Thomas Warren Biography, Genesee County, Michigan

This Biography extracted from “Portrait and Biographical Record of 
Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties, Michigan…”, published be Chapman 
Bros., Chicago (1892), p. 

This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives.


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1009-1010

THOMAS WARREN. Among the Anglo-American citizens who have helped to 
build up trade and enliven commercial life in Flint, is he whose name 
appears above. He is a foundryman and machinist whose place of business 
is located at the corner of North First and Garland Streets. His 
residence occupies a pleasant north-east corner and the machine shop 
the southeast corner. Here he has been engaged in business since 1853. 
Mr. Warren was born in England, July 1, 1809. He is a son of Henry and 
Grace Warren, and when twenty years of age came to Geneva, N. Y.

   Our subject lived in Geneva three years and spent two years in 
Rochester. While there he married Miss Jane M. Hubbard, of the same 
city. Soon afterward they came to Ypsilanti and later to this city, 
where he was engaged as a pattern-maker and in such other work of the 
kind, as he was most skillful. He started a little shop here in 1853, 
carrying it on for three years, when he built where he now is, having, 
on first arriving in the town, fixed upon that as the most desirable 
location.

   Our subject's business continued to grow until he was finally 
enabled to put in steam power and he now has one of the best shops of 
its size to be found in the locality. It is a brick structure, having 
two stories and a basement, all of which is occupied; it is 33x75 feet 
in dimensions and all accessible to the motor power. They are now in 
need of extra room for the business. They do a fine line of brass work, 
and although he has seen many other firms go under in the tide of 
adversity, Mr. Warren has managed to weather all these storms. He 
purchased the corner upon which his residence is built in 1853. It is 8 
x10 rods in size and upon it he has built a very fine home, in which he 
has lived for a quarter of a century.

   Of the seven children that have been given to the care and parental 
affection of our subject and his wife, four are now living. They are 
Charles, who is a machinist; Miles, who is with his father in the 
shops; Helena, Mrs. Charles H. Wisner; Eva, wife of Charles .Johnson. 
After the decease of his first wife, Mr. Warren married Miss Hannah 
Morley, formerly of England. Mr. Warren has never been actively 
interested in politics, having given his whole attention to his 
business and to that fact he owes his success.

   The first wife of our subject was born in Massachusetts; she died 
January 23, 1863, at the age of forty and one-half years; she was 
married in June, 1841. His present wife was united to him in 1875. Mr. 
Warren is an amateur of no mean ability on the violin. The writer has 
heard him play with a fine steady hand, choice old dance music. He is 
the owner of a very fine Joseph Guanerius, which was made in 1771, a 
violin of which he was so fortunate as to discern its fine make from a 
multitude of instruments in an old shop.




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