Portrait of Mary Ann Ware, surrounded by her quilts and handwork. Note on back of photograph: Great Grandmother Ware, Mother of William Penn Ware, Grandmother of Frank Ware, Great Grandmother of Frances Ware Abbott and Great-grandmother Ware. Mary Ann Ware was born in 1805 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She migrated to Barry, Illinois. She igrated to Morris, Minnesota in 1880. She was the great-grandmother of Frances Louise Ware Abbott who was born 7/25/1906 in Morris, Minnesota.