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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

A. D. WARDER.

The student of history cannot carry his investigations far into the records of
Competine township and Wapello county without recognizing the fact that the
Warder family has long resided here and has been prominent in promoting
agricultural progress and in advancing development along other lines.

A. D. Warder was born in Competine township, November 27, 1856, and is a
representative of one of the old pioneer families of the county, his father
being Philip M. Warder, who was a native of Virginia. In 1853, however, he came
to Iowa, settling in Wapello county, and thereafter remained a resident of
Competine township. Upon the old homestead which the father developed and
improved, A. D. Warder spent the days of his boyhood and youth, remaining there
until he had attained his majority. He then began farming on his own account,
first securing a tract of land which he rented for five years. During that
period he carefully saved his earnings until at length his industry and economy
had brought him capital sufficient to enable him to purchase a farm. He then
invested in a farm in Pleasant township and still owns the original place, to
which he has added from time to time until he now has four hundred and sixty
acres on sections 4, 5, 6 and 8. He has lived continuously upon this farm
throughout all the intervening years to the present time, and its excellent
appearance is due to his care and supervision. He is systematic in his work,
plans his tasks carefully and executes them with promptness. Moreover, he has
come to know what the soil requires, the best time for planting and the best
methods of cultivating his crops and, acting upon this knowledge, he is meeting
with excellent success in his work.

In 1877 Mr. Warder was united in marriage to Miss Adella Carson, who was born in
this county, a daughter of Calvin and Pertina Carson, both of whom are now
deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Warder became parents of ten children: Nettie, who has
departed this life; Nancy M., now the wife of H. Muldoon; Pertenia E., the wife
of Arch Shaw; Avis, the wife of William Decker; Goldie, the wife of G. H.
Garber; Claude; Gladys, at home; Rex B.; Hilda, at home; and Allen H. The wife
and mother passed away June 25, 1911, and was laid to rest in the Ottumwa
cemetery. She was a faithful member of the Christian church and possessed many
excellent traits of heart and mind, while her good deeds and kindly spirit
endeared her not only to her immediate family, but to all with whom she came in
contact. Mr. Warder has also led an earnest Christian life. He belongs to the
church with which his wife was connected and is serving as one of its elders.
His political indorsement is given to the Democratic party, and he has filled
the office of township trustee. He is likewise treasurer of the school board and
is much interested in the cause of education, believing the public-school system
to be one of the bulwarks of the nation. Mr. Warder deserves mention in this
volume, not only as a representative of an old pioneer family, but as a man
whose sterling worth classes him with representative citizens.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914

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