Guthrie County IA Archives Biographies.....Warrington, William 1819 - 1905 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com December 6, 2007, 12:07 am Author: Elbert Wright Weeks (1932) [photo] FIRST FRAME HOUSE IN GUTHRIE CENTER Built by William Warrington WILLIAM WARRINGTON. William (Billy) Warrington, the blacksmith, came into the county to shoe the stage line horses. "Billy," the useful man, the hard-working man, the necessary man, whose anvil rang early and late. His nails, horseshoes and bolts were all made by his own hands. He cheerfully served the poor and rich alike, was always at his post with the implement of his work in his hand. It could be said of him as one of David's mighty men whose "hand clave to his sword" his "hand clave to the handle of his hammer." Because of his faithfulness in small things, he became influential and useful in the larger things, bigger than he knew. So "Billy," humble and modest, should be placed with the primary quintet that did so much in the beginning to start and give impetus to Guthrie Center. William Warrington, born in England, April 15, 1819, died at Guthrie Center, Iowa, July 31, 1905. Additional Comments: Extracted from: A RECORD History Biography Memory Pioneer Times and Peoples GUTHRIE CENTER I0WA By ELBERT WRIGHT WEEKS 1932 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/guthrie/bios/warringt87gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/iafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb