Burnet County, TX - Bios: Lewis I. Warner, 1849-1933

September 7, 1999



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 WARNER, Lewis I. , 1849 - 1933 

 

The following was adapted from a lenghty obituary notice in the Burnet Bulletin, 9 Nov 1933. 

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Lewis I. Warner was born in Pulaske County Virginia, on July 24, 1849. There he grew to manhood 

and married Miss Emma E. Shelburn in May of 1870. To this union were born eight children.



Three of these children, C.P. Warner of Deanville, Texas, Mrs. A. Howell of Burnet and Mrs. 

Maybelle Howell were born in Virginia and were brought to Texas by their parents when they 

came in 1877. The other five children, Jim Warner, a tiny daughter Emma, who died in infancy,

Mrs. Mattie Garrett, M.S. Warner, and L.A. Warner all of the Lake Victor community, were born 

in this, state, in this county, and at the old home which theif father and mother settled upon 

their arrival from Virginia.



The L. Warner family and the R. Bowden family made the trip from Virginia to Texas together, 

arriving in austin, Texas, by rail and coming to this county by ox-drawn wagons. Together, 

they selected their future homes on adjoining lands, hauled their lumber, wire, etc., from 

Old Round Rock by means of ox-drawn wagons. They began their improvements and settled down 

to the serious business of home making and community building.



At one point a handful of sincere Christians in the immediate vicinity, saw the need of a church 

building, where members of the Church of Christ could worship according to the teaching of the 

Bible. Both the Warner and Bowden families, having become members of the Church of Christ early 

in life, contributed heavily to such a cause, In time the church at Dobyville was built and 

furnished. These families and a few other early settlers were to be seen every Sunday at this 

place of worship. The congregation grew and flourished under their leadership. Later as a 

greater need arose for a church in a more central location, these two great men again threw 

their strength together and were strongly instrumental in establishing a like institution in 

the small town of Lake Victor.



Mr. Warner was a prominent figure in the building of this little town. When the branch line 

of the H. & T. C. Rail Road connecting Burnet and Lampasas was completed in 1902 and a station 

was established here, Mr Warner went into business with a small stock of general merchandise. 

He operated a successful business until his strength began to fail and then he took his son, 

M.S. Warner into partnership. The firm was known after that as L. Warner and Son.



Not only did Mr. Warner operate a successful business, strongly support the Church of Christ, 

but was one of the heaviest contributors to the two other churches when they were established 

in Lake Victor. He was also a staunch friend of the school, a most liberal contributor to the 

Orphan's Homes of our state, and was at all times deeply interested in the welfare of the 

community in which he lived. He believed in civic righteousness and practiced his belief.



He was known as "Uncle Lew" to his friends and family and his wife was "Aunt Emma". His 

faithful wife died many years before him; but Uncle Lew carried on, kept the faith, fought 

a good fight, and to all who knew him seemed to have lived a beautiful life into a happy old 

age, surrounded by his adoring children, grand and great grand children, in his own home, under 

the tender care of a devoted son and his family.



His death occurred on Oct. 13, 1933 .