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Jerome C. Warner Biography

BIOGRAPHIES OF VAN BUREN CO., MICHIGAN RESIDENTS in 1912
From A HISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY MICHIGAN
By Captain O. W. Rowland
Volume II

Published by
The Lewis Publishing Company
Chicago and New York
1912

Jerome C. Warner- Following the peaceful and productive occupation of a quiet farmer until his services were required in the army in defense of the Union, then going valiantly to the field and rendering the best service he could to the cause he had espoused, Jerome C. Warner, of Paw Paw, has shown in his career as a man and a citizen that he is ready for any call to duty and can be depended on to perform his part ably and faithfully, whatever it may be. When he returned from the war , bearing on his person the mark of service in the scar from a dangerous wound received in one of the late battles of our sanguinary and disastrous sectional strife, he again turned his attention to farming for a short time, then became a merchant. In this last line of endeavor he has risen to high rank in the part of the state in which his operations are conducted, and has thus given another proof of his adaptibility to circumstances and capacity to meet requirements, even in hitherto wholly untried fields of labor.
Mr. Warner is a native of Van Buren county and has passed the whole of his life within its borders, except during the period of his military service. He was born on a farm in Almena township on December 14, 1840, and is a son of Rev. Junia and Arminda (Merry) Warner, natives of Herkimer county, New York. They came to Michigan and located on the Van Buren county farm in 1835, the place of their son Jerome's birth. On their arrival in this county they entered three hundred acres of land belonging to the government and on that they made their home and bestowed their labor until the death of the father in 1847. After this event the mother remained on the farm and continued cultivating it and rearing her children to usefulness in life by having them perforn their full share of the work in conducting it. She survived him thirty-six years, surrendering her trust at the behest of the Great Disposer of Events in 1883. Nine children were born in the family, three of whom died in infancy and four of the others have since died, the latter being Philura, Elam L., Francis and Mary. The two still living are Jerome C. and his brother Wilber F., who lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Both were educated in the district schools and reared on the farm. Both have also sought other prusuits in life and have won gratifying and ell-deserved success in them. Jerome C. Warner remained on the farm until 1864. On January 1, that same year, he enlisted in Company H, Thirteenth Michigan Infantry, as a volunteer to fight for the preservation of the Union. This company was connected with the army corps commanded by General Sherman and he remained in active service until the battle of Bentonville, North Carolina, when he was wounded and removed to a hospital in New York City, where he remained about three months, or until the fall of the Southern Confederacy and the close of the war, being discharged in June 1865. When he left the army he returned to the farm and conducted its operations for a short time. Finally he sold it and moved to Paw Paw, where for a number of years he was extensively and profitably engaged in merchandising, which business is not carried on by his sons. He now owns one of the largest and most imposing brick buisness buildings and one of the most attractive and valuable private residences in the city. He also owns one hundred and thirty acres of fine farming land, which he has purchased since he became a merchant and to the cultivation of which he gives his person attention to the extent of supervising and directing it.
Mr. Warner has taken a great interest in the affairs of the city, township and county of his home and has rendered their people excellent service in several important and responsible public offices. He has been under sheriff of the county, township treasurer two terms, township supervisor nine years and successively president, treasurer and assessor of Paw Paw. In fraternal circles he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and he also belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic. His religious fealty is given to the Presbyterian church. In politics he is a Republican of pronounced convictions and zealous in the service of his party at all times. On May 24, 1876, Mr. Warner united in marriage with Miss Jennie Kelly, and by this union became the father of five children, all of whom are living at Paw Paw. Wilber J. who is conducting the business formerly carried on by his father, married Vivian daughter of R.W. Broughton, of Paw Paw. They have one daughter, Jean. Glenn E. and Guy are twins, the former being a lawyer and the present prosecuting attorney of Van Buren county, and the latter in the furniture buisness at Paw Paw. Leland is associated with his brother Wilber J. in buisness, and the youngest member of the family is Blaine. Glenn E., Leland and Blaine still reside beneath the parental roof-tree and assist in making the household one of the most popular in the neighborhood and an attractive resort for numerous admiring friends of the family. All the members stand high in the regard and good will of the people and are looked upon as among the best and most useful citizens in the county. They are accepted everywhere as worth representatives of its sterling manhoood and the enterprise and progressiveness which distinguish its inhabitants and sustain its excellent reputation in all parts of the state.

Owner/Source	BIOGRAPHIES of VAN BUREN CITIZENS
Date	1912
ID	359
Linked to	Jerome C. WARNER Junia WARNER, Jr.

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