Tuscola County MI Archives Biographies.....Warner, Henry B. 1842 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

HENRY B. WARNER, a prosperous farmer of section 1, Koylton Township. Tuscola
County, was born in 1842, in Monroe County, N. Y., and is a son of Zimriah and
Sarah A. Warner, both of whom were natives of the Green Mountain State, the
father being born in 1804, and the mother in 1807. The boyhood days of our
subject's father were spent upon a farm and he there learned to love the work
connected with agriculture, and made it his life calling. He received an
excellent common-school education for a boy of that day, and remained with his
parents until he reached the age of twenty years, when he removed with them to
New York. In this new home he met the lady whom he chose as his companion for
life, and when about twenty-two years old he was united with her in marriage.

  Sarah A. Walker, was the daughter of Hazelton and Catherine (Furgison) Walker,
and by her union with Mr. Warner she became the mother of six children, namely:
Spencer H., Henry B., Dallas J., Rodney Z., Hasbrook and Harvey D. Hasbrook died
after growing to manhood, and Harvey D., who was twin brother of our subject,
enlisted in 1862, in Company H, Ninth Michigan Infantry, and being taken
prisoner he lay in Libby Prison for a few months, and was then exchanged and
sent North on a boat that met with a terrible disaster on the way. The boiler
exploded and the unfortunate soldiers who had suffered so much for their country
were hurled into eternity. This was a terrible loss, and a great grief to the
family, and especially to our subject.

  The father of this family migrated with his wife and children to Coldwater,
Mich., where he remained for some eleven years, and brought them to Tuscola
County in 1857, here buying one hundred and sixty acres of Government land at
$1.26 per acre. Upon this property he made his home until his death, which
occurred June 30, 1865. His faithful wife survived him for twenty-five years,
and was then called to her heavenly home in 1890. They were both members of the
Free-Will Baptist Church, in which they found a wide sphere of influence.

  At the age of thirty, Henry B. Warner was united in marriage with Frances P.
Francis, daughter of Edward and Frances (Parsilow) Francis. Mrs. Warner was the
only child of her parents, and as her mother died when she was but seven months
old she was brought up by her grandparents, Robbert and Sarah A. Francis. One
son only, Velsoe J. has been granted to our subject and his wife.

  Henry B. Warner was like his twin brother, a soldier under the stars and
stripes, during the days of the Civil War, belonging to the same company him,
namely: Company H, Ninth Michigan Cavalry, serving under Capt. H. M. Rice. He
saw severe service in marching and camp, and was engaged in many skirmishes, and
the two important battles in which he took part were those of Strawberry Plains
and the siege of Knoxville. He received his honorable discharge at Chicago in
1865. He is a son of Zetrick Warner, who was well known many years ago among the
lumbermen in the Green Mountain State, and the family has ever been one highly
honored in the community where they live.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892

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