Hiram Warne, p. 1346

HIRAM WARNE, one of the representative self-made prosperous agriculturists of Franklin township, is descended from a stalwart family who came from eastern Pennsylvania, settling in Allegheny county, same State, at an early day.

Maj. James Warne, father of Hiram, was born in Allegheny county, and when yet a young man moved to Washington county, locating in Monongahela City, then called "Parkison's Ferry" (years before Joseph Parkison had laid out part of the town and named it "William's Port" ), where he was married to Mary, daughter of Joseph and Margaret Parkison. Here he was engaged in various pursuits, being connected among other industries with ship-building, glass-blowing and in general merchandising, in all of which he was eminently successful. Some time in 1825 or 1826 he retired from business, and moved onto a farm near town, where he died in 1856, and his wife in 1865. The children born to them are as follows: Amuzette, Margaret, Joseph P. and James (both in Washington county), David, Mary and Susan (all three deceased), and Hiram and Eliza J. (the latter living in Missouri). Major Warne was a loyal Democrat of the Jeffersonian stamp, and was a fearless as well as an able exponent of the party. From his youth he had been connected for many years with the Presbyterian Church, but in advanced life he united with the Methodist Episcopal Society.

Hiram Warne was born February 16, 1822, in what is now Monongahela City, Washington Co., Penn., and was a small boy when the family moved into the country. His education was more of business than a literary nature, and the success he has made in life is due entirely to his own natural abilities, brought into active play by indomitable energy and perseverance. On December 2, 1856, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of James and Rebecca (Devore) Nichols, of Allegheny county, Penn., the latter of whom was a daughter of Moses Devore, of the same county. Mr. and Mrs. Nichols were parents of the following named children: Mary, Lucinda, Samuel, William, Catherine, David, Harvey, Sarah, James, Nancy, Rebecca, Elizabeth and Martha J. Politically Mr. Nichols was a Whig, and in religion a Presbyterian. After marriage our subject and his wife located on a farm in Somerset township, thence moved to Nottingham township, and finally came to their present pleasant home. Their union has been blessed with the following named children: James C., Florence, William W., Allen C., Boyd E., Howard F. and Mary Etta May. Mr. and Mrs. Warne and daughters are all members of the Third Presbyterian Church of Washington, in which he is an elder, and he assisted in the building of the Second and Third Presbyterian churches. In his political connections Mr. Warne was a Democrat until 1860, when be united with the Republican party, of which he has since been a consistent member.

Text taken from page 1346 of:
Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).

Transcribed February 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project.
Published February 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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