William F. Warner was born in Jefferson County, N.Y., Dec. 29, 1837. His parents emigrated to La Grange County, Ind., when he was eight years of age, where they remained five years, and in 1853 came to Clayton County. W.F. was married in 1869 to Miss Jennie Glass, a daughter of Thomas Glass. She was born in Pittsburg, Pa., June 6, 1841. By this union there are four children--Thomas F., born Sept. 28, 1870; Bessie G., March 30, 1872; Alice L., Sept. 27, 1874, and Loreen Ashley, Dec. 6, 1877. Mr. Warner came to the county poor, commencing at the lower round of the ladder, but by hard work and judicious management, has accumulated a fine property and home, and is one of the well-to-do farmers of the county. He has 378 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre. source: History of Clayton
County, Iowa, 1882, p. 1066 |