Biographical Sketch of Capt. Henry E. Warren, Pulaski County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas,
 Pulaski, Phelps & Dent Counties, Missouri, Published 1889, Goodspeed
 Publishing Company.

Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com)

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Capt. Henry E. Warren is one of the oldest and most enterprising
merchants of Richland.  He is the eldest of three children born 
to Charley and Susan (Armstrong) Warren, both natives of Tennesee,
who came to Pulaski County, MO., in 1866; the mother died in 1877,
but the father, who is a farmer by occupation, is still living.
His father, who was Rev. Charley Warren, a Methodist minister for
many years, was of English descent, and was one of the early 
settlers of Tennessee, but died in Virginia, which was his native
State.  The parents of our subject were also members of the Meth-
odist Church.  Henry E. Warren received a good common school educa-
tion, and spent two years at Holston College, Tenn.  In 1863 he 
enlisted in the United States Army, Company A, Ninth Tennessee
Cavalry, and after serving about four months as a private was made
sergeant-major of his regiment, and one year later was promoted to
the position of first lieutenant of Company H.  Six months afterward
he was commissioned captain of Company E, which position he held 
until the close of the war, being mustered out at Knoxville, Tenn.,
in September, 1865.  He participated in may prominent engagements
of the war in Tennessee and Virginia.  He came to Missouri with his
parents in 1866, served as deputy county clerk a short time, and
subsequently clerked in a store at Arlington two years.  He then 
went to Richland, and in 1869 established a general merchandise
business, and is the only merchant who has since been continuously
engaged in business at that place.  He carries a stock of dry goods,
clothing, hardware, harness, saddles, etc., worth about $6,000, and
the annual sales amount to about $30,000.  He represented Pulaski
County in the State Legislature in 1886, having been elected on the
Democratic ticket, and served with credit to himself and the county.
In March, 1869, Mr. Warren married Lottie Gibson, daughter of Judge
Samuel and Eliza Gibson, natives of Missouri and Tennesee, respec-
tively.  Mrs. Warren was born in Camden County, where her father
died; her mother is still living.  Judge Samuel Gibson was probate
judge of Camden County several years, and was also judge of the
Camden County Court, a man of considerable ability and influence,
and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  He married Eliza
Ballard, daughter of B.N. Ballard, one of the pioneers of Pulaski
County, where he spent the remainder of his life, and was prominent
in public affairs.  Mrs. Warren died in the autumn of 1888, leaving
a family of eight children.  She was a consistent and devoted mem-
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years, and was mourn-
ed by many sincere friends.  Capt. Warren is one of the most enter-
prising business men of Richland, and is a man of more than ordianry
ability.

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