Biographical Sketch of John Warfield, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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John Warfield, grocer, was born on October 8, 1825, in St. Louis County,
Missouri, his father, John, Sr. being among the early settlers in the
Territory. He was a farmer by vocation, and young John spent his early
days in tilling the soil. In 1841 he commenced to learn the tinner's
trade in the establishment of David Andrews, at Boonville, Missouri,
remaining six years, after which he went to St. Louis and worked as a
journeyman for a time. On July 5, 1848 he became a resident of St.
Joseph, which at that time was in its primitive state, and Mr. Warfield
has since been a resident. He kept pace with its progress and grew
solid like the city. He commenced as a journeyman with Messrs. Conner
& Love, dealers in stoves and tinware. The firm was afterwards
Kercheval & Welch, and later Krcheval Bros. In 1856 in company with
R. F. Maxwell, he bought out this establishment, and the firm was well
known until 1872 as Maxwell & Warfield. In that year Mr. Warfield en-
gaged in his present business. He has been twice married; first, in
1849 to Miss Elizabeth Johnson, who died, leaving one son, William H.
He again married, in 1866, to Louisa Johnson, by whom he has one son,
Lawrence E.

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