Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Warner, Jacob H ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com December 3, 2007, 5:38 am Author: Past & Present, 1907 Jacob H. Warner, now conducting a tobacco business and billiard rooms in Wilmington, is well known in this city and county having at different times been closely connected with its business interests. He was born in Pennsylvania, January 10, 1847, a son of Jonathan and Julia (Mead) Warner, in whose family were five sons and two daughters. When only nine years of age Jacob H. Warner lost his mother and when a youth of thirteen he began learning the printers trade under W. R. Steele, the editor of theWihnington Independent. This was on the 7th of October, 1861, and he remained with that paper until 1866, when he went to live with his grandmother. Mrs. Sarah Warner, his grandfather, Hezekiah. Warner, having died in 1862. He continued with his grandmother until he attained his majority, when he married and removed to Pontiac, Illinois, where he spent a year. In the fall of 1869 he located at Odell, this state, where he began the publication of the Odell Independent, and in the fall of 1870 removed his business to Wilmington, publishing his paper under the name of the People's Advocate—the paper today known as the Wilmington Advocate. In 1872 he sold out to E. D. Conley and later worked in the office of the Chicago Journal and also on papers in Omaha. Nebraska, and Joliet. In April, 1906, he bought out J. W. Funk's tobacco and billiard business, which he is now conducting. Mr. Warner was married in Wilmngton, June 1, 1868, to Miss Ellen Nagle, whose birth occurred in Portland, Maine, in 1850, a daughter of Thomas and Margaret Nagle, who were born, reared and married in Ireland. In their family were six children: Mary, who was born on the sea while her parents were coming to this country, and who is now deceased; Mrs. Warner; John and Thomas, both deceased; Elizabeth and Jennie, twins, deceased. The parents came by sailing ship in 1848 and in this country the father was a railroad employe. He held membership in the Roman Catholic church. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Warner were born six children: Lillian A., the wife of William Paulucci, of Kenton, Ohio, by whom she has two daughters and a son; Nellie, who became the wife of Joseph A. Hollingsworth and died in Topeka, Kansas, leaving one daughter; Adeline R., the wife of George T. Neil, of Wilmington township, by whom she has one daughter; Sara Julia, the wife of Fred Keeley, of Wilmington; Blanche, the wife of Morris T. Murphy, of Streator; and John Byron, at home. Mr. Warner is a charter member of River camp, No. 124, M. W. A., and was its first clerk. In politics he is a republican. He is widely known in Wilmington and this part of the county, where he has many warm friends. Additional Comments: Past and Present of Will County, Illinois, by W. W. Stevens, President of the Will County Pioneers Association. Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1907. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/will/bios/warner1908nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb