William A. Warren - 1879

WARREN, JAMESON

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Date: 8/18/2009 at 17:04:33

CAPT. W.A. WARREN, insurance and real estate, Bellevue; born in Fayette Co., Ky., Aug. 23, 1812; went to Callaway Co., Mo., in 1826; enlisted in a cavalry company, Capt. John Jameson, in 1831, for the Black Hawk war; was mustered out of service in the winter of 1833, at Galena, Ill.; resided in Bellevue since 1836. Was Sheriff of the county seven years; he executed the first man in the Territory by legal order of the Court; he has held the office of Justice of the Peace for twenty-five years most of the time; member of the Constitutional Convention of 1857 and 1858; served in the Union army from April, 1862, until September, 1865, as Quartermaster; handled millions of money, receiving a receipt in full from the Government. Is now living with third wife; has three children living - Thomas B. Warren, residence in Idaho. - 1879 History of Jackson County Iowa, pg. 677