William Walter Warner Biography


	This biography appears on page 931 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was 
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				WILLIAM WALTER WARNER. 

	William Walter Warner, well known in educational circles of South 
Dakota, now holds the position of county superintendent of schools in 
Stanley county and his labors in this connection have been far reaching 
and beneficial. His birth occurred in Oakdale, Nebraska, on the 20th of 
November, 1879, his parents being Thomas and Mary E. (Love) Warner, who 
became pioneers of Nebraska in 1870. They exemplified high ideals in 
their daily lives and fostered in their children love for the good, the 
true and the beautiful. Both the paternal and maternal grandfathers of 
our subject participated in the Civil war. 

	In 1900 William W. Warner took up the profession of teaching, 
first acting as instructor in a country school and subsequently going 
into the grammar grades. Later he was made principal at Saint Edward, 
Nebraska, and in 1908 took up a homestead in South Dakota, while two 
years later he was put in charge of the schools at Philip, this state. 
In 1913 he became superintendent of schools in Stanley county and in 
this important position is doing much to advance the standard of 
efficiency along educational lines. 

	On the 9th of July, 1909, at Neligh, Nebraska, Mr. Warner was 
united in marriage to Miss Claudia Getchell, her father being John W. 
Getchell. In religious faith Mr. Warner is a Methodist. He makes his 
home in Fort Pierre and is widely recognized as an esteemed and valued 
citizen of his community.