Warners

Eratus Warner and Mrs. Warner (Lettie Jane Akerson of Scranton, PA) were the parents of five children, Leander A., Elisha, Jennie, Everett, and John Davis Warner.

Mr. Warner was a farmer and resided on farms near Bucklin and Marceline and in the latter years of his life he lived in Marceline. He died in 1909.

Leander A. Warner was born August 22, 1865 and for many years he was a farmer. After leaving the farm he moved to Marceline and started working in the mines. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and of the I.O.O.F. He married Laura Lawson of Ethel, Missouri and had one adopted son, Raymond.

Elisha Warner was born in Wyoming County, PA in 1867. He was a farmer and also worked on the Santa Fe doing track work. He resided many years in Marceline before he died at the age of 87.

John Davis Warner was born in 1879 in Baker township, Linn County and attended the Harden and Osage schools. He resided on a farm until 1907 when he moved to Marceline and became a fireman on the Santa Fe. He was married to Myrtle Harris, who with her parents had moved to 124 Marceline from Kidder, Missouri in 1908.

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