Lewis County, West Virginia    Biography of Walter H. WARREN

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The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., 
Chicago and New York, Volume II, pg. 171

WALTER H. WARREN, who was with the hospital service
in France during the World war, is a well known business
man of Weston, member of the real estate firm of Lively
& Warren. He has been engaged in the real estate busi-
ness ever since he left school except for the time he spent
with the colors.

Mr. Warren was born in Lewis County, July 27, 1886,
son of Allan A. and Mary M. (Harrison) Warren. His
mother was born at Weston, June 2, 1856. His father was
born at St. Louis, Missouri, October 2, 1851, but was reared
in Richmond, Virginia, where he attended school. As a
young man he located at Weston and was in the hardware
business for thirty years, but since retiring from merchan-
dising has been in the fire insurance business as head of
the firm, A. A. Warren & Son. His wife was reared at
Weston, attended the public schools there and is a graduate
of an Episcopal School at Winchester, Virginia. They are
members of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and he is affiliated
with the Knights of Pythias. As a democrat he served on
the City Council for twenty years. A. A. Warren and wife
had six children: Edward H., purchasing agent with the
Midwest Oil & Refining Company at Casper, Wyoming;
Allan A., Jr., deceased; Elise, a high school graduate and
wife of Cecil L. Orr, of Weston; Jeanette, a graduate nurse
who was on duty for six months during the World war;
Gertrude, a graduate of high school and wife of Eugene
Grant, of Weston.

Walter H. Warren grew up at Weston, and after com-
pleting a high school education entered the insurance and
real estate business, and in many transactions has proved
his notably good judgment and has made a most gratify-
ing success in his chosen field.

Mr. Warren is a member of Weston Lodge No. 10. A. F.
and A. M., Bigelow Chapter No. 4, R. A. M., and Weston
Lodge No. 43, Knights of Pythias, of which he is a past
chancellor. He is unmarried. He takes an active interest
in the democratic party of the county. When he joined the
Medical Corps during the war he was given his training at
Chickamauga Park, Georgia, and Camp Taylor, Louisville,
and embarked for overseas with Base Hospital No. 119.
He left October 31, 1918, and landed in France November
10, 1918, the day before the armistice was signed. He was
stationed in the largest hospital in France, at Savenay,
eight miles from St. Nazarre, and was on duty there for
eight months. He returned to the United States June 27,
1919, and received his honorable discharge at Camp Sher-
man, Ohio, July 26, 1919.