E. E. Warren

STEPHENS, VIERS

Posted By: Norma Nielson
Date: 2/23/2006 at 18:39:02

E. E. WARREN
From The "History of Adair County Iowa and its People", Volume II (Chicago: The
Pioneer Publishing Company), 1915.

E. E. Warren, founder of the Warren Dry Goods Company of Greenfield, of which he
is general manager, is one of the foremost business men of Adair county and is
an important factor in the commercial expansion of his city. His birth occurred
in New London, Henry County, Iowa, on the 31st of March, 1862. His father, Henry
Webb Warren, who was a native of Indiana, became a pioneer of Henry county,
Iowa, where he was prominently identified with agricultural interests for a
number of years. During the Civil war he served as a member of Company E, First
Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, and while at the front received injuries which
eventually caused his death. He passed away in New London.

E. E. Warren passed the period of his boyhood and youth under the parental roof
and at the usual age entered the public schools of New London. After completing
the course there offered he became a student in the New London Academy, a
private school, and on leaving that institution he clerked in a general store in
Greenfield and entered the employ of A. P. Stephens & Company, with whom he was
associated for two years. He was then transferred to Mr. Stephens' store at
Creston, where he remained for two years, but in 1883 he became Mr. Stephens'
partner in the ownership of the latter's Greenfield store, the firm style
becoming Fuller, Warren & Company. About 1886 our subject and his brother, F. C.
Warren, acquired the business and the firm name was changed to Warren Brothers.
In 1889 our subject purchased the interest of his brother and conducted the
business alone until 1910, when he sold out and for three years thereafter he
gave his attention to the management of his farm lands in North and South Dakota
and in Canada. In 1913 he and his brother repurchased the Greenfield store,
which is now conducted under the name of Warren Dry Goods Company. Our subject
has charge of the business and it has prospered under his able management. He
carries a complete and well selected stock and follows the policy of giving full
value for money received. He is progressive and astute and his integrity is
unswerving. He has other financial interests as he owns the Warren Opera House
block and a number of other properties in Greenfield.

In 1884 occurred the marriage of Mr. Warren and Miss Eva Viers, of Fontanelle.
He is a republican in politics but never had time to take a very active part in
public affairs. Fraternally he is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason,
belonging to Des Moines Consistory, No. 3, A. & A. S.R., and being also
identified with Crusade Lodge, No. 386, A. F. & A. M., and St. John's Chapter,
No. 73, R. A. M. The religious faith of both he and his wife is that of the
Presbyterian church and they can be counted upon to further all movements
seeking the moral advancement of the community. Mr. Warren has gained a
gratifying measure of success, which is the natural result of his enterprise and
business ability and his is one of the valued citizens of Greenfield.