Warner, G. H.

WARNER, JOHNSON, PULLEY

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Date: 10/24/2009 at 08:25:49

Warner, G. H.

In the face of obstacles that would have utterly discouraged one of less stamina and determination, G. H. Warner, the well-known and successful real estate dealer of Newton, Jasper County, has won for himself not only a fair competency, but also the honest regard and esteem of those with whom he has for many years been associated. He has taken an abiding interest in the general welfare of his county and has aided in its development in every way possible and by his judicious course has won the friendship and good will of all classes.

Mr. Warner is a native of Scott County, Iowa, his birth having occurred there on November 28, 1865. He is the son of Frank and Ellen (Johnson) Warner, the father born in Germany and the mother in Ireland. Frank Warner immigrated to America when a young man and he came to Iowa about 1863 and devoted his life to farming, becoming well established here. His death occurred on April 18, 1910, at the age of sixty-nine years, his birth having occurred in August 1831. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Warner, namely: G. H. of this review; Frank W. lives on a farm in this county; Anna J. is the wife of John A. Pulley and is living in Faribault County, Minnesota; Ella died in young womanhood.

G. H. Warner spent his babyhood on the parental farm in Scott County, coming to Jasper County with his parents in the spring of 1868, when three years old and he has since made his home within her borders. The father located on a farm nine miles northeast of Newton and there G. H. spent his boyhood and youth, assisting in the general work on the place, attending the country schools during the winter months. When twenty-three years of age he began farming for himself, which he continued successfully up to the fall of 1899, when he came to Newton and engaged in the real estate business, which he is still conducting, having built up a very satisfactory patronage and a rapidly growing business through his judicious management and honest dealings. He is the owner of considerable desirable land outside the state.

Mr. Warner was married on April 25, 1888, to Anna L. Miller, daughter of Joseph Miller, a highly respected citizen of this state, whither he moved from Illinois when Mrs. Warner was a baby, she having been born in the last named state, and she was reared and educated in Iowa. To Mr. Warner and wife one child has been born, Blanche, whose birth occurred on March 6, 1889 Mr. Warner has always taken an abiding interest in public affairs and in 1908 he was appointed a member of the city council of Newton and in 1909 he was elected councilman-at-large on the Citizens' ticket. He is an enthusiastic city ownership advocate and he has done much for the general good of the town and vicinity since coming here.

Fraternally, he belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen. Mrs. Warner belongs to the Presbyterian Church. Politically, Mr. Warner is an unswerving Democrat. He is well liked throughout the County as a result of his public spirit his known honesty and his genial address. Past and Present of Jasper County Iowa B. F. Bowden & Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1912 Page 650.