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of the Shatemnc (1850) ; The Golden Ladder (1S62); Hie Old Helmet (1863); Melbourne House {\SU); Daisy (1868); A Story of Small Beginnings (1872); The Say and Do Series (1875); The Broken Walls of Jerusalem, and the Re-building of Them (1878), and The Kingdom of Judah (1878). She died in Highland Falls, N.Y., March 17, 1885.

WARNER, Vespasian, representative, was born in Mount Pleasant (Farmer City), 111., April 23, 1842 ; son of John and Cynthia Ann (Gardiner) Warner; grandson of David and Catherine (Kettner) Warner and of Thomas and Elizabeth (Davis) Gardiner. He removed vi^ith his parents to Clinton, 111., in 1843; attended common and private schools, and Lombard uni- versity, Galesburg, 111., 1860. He subsequently studied law in Clinton ; served as a private in Company E, 20th Illinois volunteers, 1861-62 ; was commissioned 2d lieutenant, Feb. 5, 1862; served in the Army of the Tennessee, being wounded at Shiloh ; was promoted captain March 1, 1865, and brevetted major. May 10, 1866 ; and again March 1, 1867 ; ordered north after the evacuation of Atlanta, on account of his wounds, and was engaged in a campaign against the Indians, 1865-66. He graduated from Harvard Law school in 1868 ; admitted to the bar, Feb. 18, 1868 ; and began practise at Clinton, 111. He was married March 26. 1868, to Winifred, daughter of Clifton H. and Elizabeth (Richmond) Moore of Clinton. His wife died June 8, 1894, and he was married secondly, Jan. 2, 1898, to Minnie M., daughter of William and Catherine (Lewis) Bishop, of Clinton, He was colonel and judge advocate-general of the Illi- nois National Guard, 1883-92 ; a presidential elector on the Harrison and Morton ticket, 1888 ; and a Republican representative from the thir- teenth Illinois district in the 54tli-57th con- gresses, and from the new nineteenth district in the 58th congress, 1893-95.

WARNER, Willard, s<3nator, was born in Granville, Ohio, Sept. 4, 1826 ; son of Willard and Eliva (Williams) Warner ; grandson of Daniel and Patty (Knowlton) Warner and a de- scendant of the Vermont Warners, Holbrooks and Knowltons. He was graduated from Mari- etta college, B.S. and A.M., 1845, and in 1849 went to California, in search of gold. In 1852 he removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, and to Newark, Ohio, in 1854 ; became treasurer of the Newark Machine Works in 1854 and general manager in 1856, and was a delegate to the Republican na- tional convention in 1860, from the Capitol dis- trict of Ohio. He was married, March 4, 1856, to Eliza, daughter of E. S. Woods. At the outbreak of the civil war he joined the Federal army as ma- jor of the 76th Ohio infantry and took part in the attack on Fort Donelson, the siege of Corinth and

the Vicksburg campaign. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel and took part in the battles of Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and Ringgold. He was appointed inspect- or-general and served on General Sherman's staff during the Atlantic campaign ; was pro- moted colonel of the 180th Ohio volunteers, Oct. 20, 1864 ; was brevetted brigadier-general and ma- jor-general of volunteers in March, 1865, and was mustered out of the volunteer service in July, 1865. He returned to Newark, Ohio ; was a mem- ber of the Ohio state senate in 1866-67 ; and en- gaged in cotton planting in Alabama, 1865-67. He was a representative in the Alabama legisla- ture in 1868 ; and was elected to the U.S. senate as a Republican, July 25, 1868, serving till March, 1871. He was collector of customs at Mobile, Ala., 1871-72 ; declined the appointment by Presi- dent Grant of governor of New Mexico, and that of U.S. minister to the Argentine Republic. He was a member of the Republican national con- ventions of 1860, 1868, 1876, 1880, and 1888. In 1873 he removed to Tecumseh, Ala., where he built the Tecumseh blast furnace and was presi- dent and general manager until 1891. In 1887 and 1888 he built two charcoal blast furnaces at West Nashville, Tenn. In 1890 he removed to Chattanooga, Tenn., where he became promi- nently connected with several large corpora- tions. In 1897 he was chosen a member of the Tennessee house of representatives. The hon- orary degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by Marietta college in 1885.

WARNER, William, representative, was born in Wisconsin, June 11, 1841 ; son of Joseph and Mary (Dorking) Warner. He attended Law- rence university. Wis., and the University of Michigan, studied law, and at the outbreak of the civil war, he enlisted in the 33d Wisconsin volunteer regiment and later was transferred to the 44th Wisconsin regiment, with the rank of major, serving until 1865, when he settled in practice in Kansas City, Mo. He was married in August, 1866, to Sophia, daughter of John and Sarah (Brockway) Bullene of Kenosha, Wis. He was elected city attorney in 1867 ; cir- cuit attorney in 1869 ; mayor of Kansas City in 1871 ; was a presidential elector on the Grant and Wilson ticket in 1872 ; and U.S. district attorney for the western district of Missouri, 1882-84 ; 1898 and 1902-1906. He received the votes of the Republican members of the state legislature for U.S. senator in 1885 ; was a representative in the 49th-50th congresses, 1885-89 ; candidate for governor in 1892 and served as a delegate to the Republican national conventions of 1872, 1884, 1888, 1892, and 1896. He was first de- partment commander, G.A.R., in Missouri, and national commander-in-chief, 1888-89.