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Abner WARNER
1821 - 1853 (31 years)-
Name Abner WARNER Birth 2 Aug 1821 Union, Ross, Ohio, USA 
Gender Male Death 9 Mar 1853 article 1894 , Scioto, Ohio, USA Portrait and Biographical Record of the Scioto River Valley, Ohio - ABNER WARNER was born in Union township, Ross county, Ohio, on the farm which is still his home August 2, 1821. His father Levi Warner was born in Chester county Pennsylvania in 1779, and his grandfather John Warner was a resident of that county, though the place of his birth is not known. He was a soldier in the war of the Revolution serving under General Washington. He died about 1780. After his death the family removed to Wilmington, Delaware where the children grew to maturity. Levi Warner was employed in the United States custom house in Wilmington four years. He removed to Ohio in 1796, and settled in the territory now embraced in Ross county. He was accompanied by a number of settlers who located at High-bank, just south of Chillicothe. The maternal grandfather of our subject, *John Winders*, emigrated to Ohio in *1796 at the head of a colony* of which Levi Warner was a member. He bought a tract of 1,000 acres which he sold in lots to the various members of the colony. This land lay in Union township and was a portion of the Massie survey. Levi Warner returned to Pennsylvania but about 1802 came back to Ohio and settled in Union township on land which he placed under cultivation. He erected the brick residence which still stands upon the place in 1828. In those early days corn bread, hominy and wild meat were the chief diet of the pioneers. Mr. Warner was a potter by trade and exchanged his wares for salt, which he sold to his neighbors. He was often obliged to carry a torch from his cabin to his shop to keep the wolves away. He was married in 1804 to *Miss Massie Winders, a daughter of John Winders who is mentioned earlier in this sketch as the head of the colony coming from the Keystone State*. Mrs. Warner died January 2, 1823, the mother of a family of eight children. Mr. Warner was married again, the second wife bearing three sons. He was married a third time but there were no children of this union. He died March 9, 1853.
Abner Warner was born in the old log house which was the first residence of the family in Ross county. He attended the subscription schools passing his youth in the uneventful routine of the frontier. He assisted his father in taking droves of cattle across the mountains to the Eastern markets and continued the business of shipping to distant markets until 1871. In early times the trip to Philadelphia required sixty days. In 1844, Mr. Warner was married to Eleanor Anderson, who was born in Union township, the daughter of John Anderson, who was a Virginian. Six children have been born to this marriage: John M., Trumble, Hugh, Ella, Simeon and Abner.
Until the organization of the party Mr. Warner cast his suffrage with Whigs. He has held various local within the gift of the people and has proven himself worthy of the confidence reposed in him. The most of his life has been devoted to agricultural pursuits. He owns 180 acres of land in a high state of cultivation and has done much to develop the resources of Ross county. A man of business ability and unquestioned integrity, he enjoys the respect of all who know him.
_UID 8F5691EA8FF44360AF3354EFA35E99CF141F Person ID I250 WinderWonderland Last Modified 16 Dec 2013
Father Levi WARNER, b. 12 Feb 1771, , Chester, Pennsylvania, USA d. 9 Mar 1853, Selma, Clark, Ohio, USA (Age 82 years) Mother Mercy WINDER, b. 5 Jun 1783, , , Pennsylvania, USA d. 1 Dec 1821, , Ross, Ohio, USA (Age 38 years) Marriage 10 Apr 1805 , Ross, Ohio, USA [1] Family ID F110 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ellen ANDERSON, b. Union, Ross, Ohio, USA d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 1844 , Ross, Ohio, USA Family ID F151 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Dec 2013
- ABNER WARNER was born in Union township, Ross county, Ohio, on the farm which is still his home August 2, 1821. His father Levi Warner was born in Chester county Pennsylvania in 1779, and his grandfather John Warner was a resident of that county, though the place of his birth is not known. He was a soldier in the war of the Revolution serving under General Washington. He died about 1780. After his death the family removed to Wilmington, Delaware where the children grew to maturity. Levi Warner was employed in the United States custom house in Wilmington four years. He removed to Ohio in 1796, and settled in the territory now embraced in Ross county. He was accompanied by a number of settlers who located at High-bank, just south of Chillicothe. The maternal grandfather of our subject, *John Winders*, emigrated to Ohio in *1796 at the head of a colony* of which Levi Warner was a member. He bought a tract of 1,000 acres which he sold in lots to the various members of the colony. This land lay in Union township and was a portion of the Massie survey. Levi Warner returned to Pennsylvania but about 1802 came back to Ohio and settled in Union township on land which he placed under cultivation. He erected the brick residence which still stands upon the place in 1828. In those early days corn bread, hominy and wild meat were the chief diet of the pioneers. Mr. Warner was a potter by trade and exchanged his wares for salt, which he sold to his neighbors. He was often obliged to carry a torch from his cabin to his shop to keep the wolves away. He was married in 1804 to *Miss Massie Winders, a daughter of John Winders who is mentioned earlier in this sketch as the head of the colony coming from the Keystone State*. Mrs. Warner died January 2, 1823, the mother of a family of eight children. Mr. Warner was married again, the second wife bearing three sons. He was married a third time but there were no children of this union. He died March 9, 1853.
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Sources - [S407] Bowers, Ruth and Anita Short, Gateway to the West, (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1989 ,), Page 459 (Reliability: 0).
Marriage of Massie Windor to Levi Warner, 10 Apr 1805
- [S407] Bowers, Ruth and Anita Short, Gateway to the West, (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1989 ,), Page 459 (Reliability: 0).