Ware, John F. W. (John Fothergill Waterhouse), 1818-1881

John Fothergill Waterhouse Ware (1818-1881) graduated from Harvard College in 1838 and Harvard Divinity School in 1842. He held Unitarian pastorates in Fall River, Massachusetts, from 1843 to 1846; Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, from 1847 to 1864; Baltimore, Maryland, from 1864 to 1867; and the Arlington Street Church ( Boston) from 1872 until his death. While in Baltimore, he worked extensively with former slaves and established a number of schools for the children of freed slaves. He wrote The Silent Pastor (1848) and Home Life: What It Is and What It Needs (1864). Additionally, a collection of his sermons was published posthumously under the title Wrestling and Waiting (1882).

From the guide to the Sermons, 1871-1880., (Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School)