Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Warning, Chris 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Warning, Chris – Experience has taught some of the modern agriculturalists of 
Grundy County that it pays to specialize on stock raising. The conditions in 
this locality are particularly good for this class of work, and results are 
such as to encourage others to embark in the same line. One of the men who is 
achieving more than ordinary success in raising Jersey cattle and Belgian 
horses is Chris Warning, of Norman Township. He was born in Green Garden 
Township, Will County, Ill., March 22, 1877, a son of Henry and Sophia 
(Burmeister) Warning, natives of Germany. Henry Warning came to Will County 
when he was twenty-one years old, and Miss Burmeister a year later, and they 
were married and settled in Will County. Until 1886 the father rented land 
there, in that year coming to Norman Township, Grundy County, where he bought 
160 acres of land on which he carried on general farming until 1899, when he 
retired and moved to Morris. This continued to be his home until 1910, when he 
went to Ottawa, where he still resides. Henry Warning lost his wife on June 
19, 1906, and in 1911 he married a Mrs. Frost. By his first marriage, Mr. 
Warning had two children: Henry, who lives in Chicago, and Chris.

As he grew up on his father's farm, Chris Warning was sent to the local 
schools, a German school at Frankford, and was taught farming on the 
homestead. He remained at home until his marriage, in 1900. At that time he 
began working in the Morris sawmill, but after six months, went to Ottawa 
where, for four years he had charge of some high grade horses. In 1905, Mr. 
Warning moved on his father's homestead where he has since resided, carrying 
on general farming and specializing on the raising of registered Jersey cattle 
and Belgian horses.

On June 12, 1900, Mr. Warning was married to Marion Keeler, born in Grand 
Island County, Vt., April 2, 1878, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Martin) 
Keeler, natives of Connecticut and Grand Island County, Vt., respectively. The 
paternal grandparents, Clark and Harriet (Beers) Keeler, were born in 
Connecticut, while the maternal grandparents, Lyman and Fannie (Ames) Martin, 
were born in Grand Island County, Vt., and Colchester, N. H., respectively. 
Mr. and Mrs. Warning have had the following children: Clara, born October 24, 
1902; and Harry Edgar, born August 10, 1905. Mr. Warning is a member of the 
German Lutheran Church, and Mrs. Warning of the Baptist. He is independent in 
his political views. Fraternally, he belongs to the Knights of Pythias No. 357 
of Morris, Ill., and to Shabbona Lodge of the Gleaners of Wauponsee. The 
family is well and favorably known throughout Grundy County.

page 917

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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