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(IV) Nathaniel, son of Ebenezer and his second wife, Sarah (Hammond) Williams, born July 24, 1715, died December 19, 1773. He lived all his life a farmer of Stonington, and is buried with both wives in the burying ground on the farm of Elias Brown at "Old Mystic." He married (first), July 1. 1739. Amy Hewitt, died March 16, 1756: (second) at Stonington, Connecticut, September 19. 1756, Abigail Eldridge, died July 13, 1818. Children : I. A daughter. died day of birth. 2. Sarah, born October 4, 1742, died October 6, 1744. 3. Anna, born October 2, 1744 ; mar-
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ried Colonel William Ledyard, who was killed at Fort Griswold, September 6, 1781. 4. Amie, born January 14, 1746; married John Sell; (second) Job Stanton. 5. Israel, born August 4, 1749. Children of Nathaniel Williams and his second wife, Abigail (Eldridge) : 6. Nathaniel, born August 3. 1757. 7. Abigail, born August 25, 1758, married Christopher Cheesebrough. 8. Ebenezer, born December 24. 1759. 9. Sarah, born June 3, 1761 ; mar- ried Andrew Denison. 10. Thomas, married Abigail Hempsted. 11. Elijah, married Mehitable Rossiter. 12. Peleg (see forward). (V) Peleg, son of Nathaniel and Abigail (Eldridge) Williams, was born December 17, 1767, at Stonington, Connecticut, died August 29, 1849. He married Dorothy Denison, of Stonington, died February 27, 1836. Children : Mary Ann, married John Harris: Eliakim, married Sarah Ann Wrightman ; Erastus, mar- ried Mary Wrightman ; Dudley Denison ( see forward ) : Charles D., married Aurelia Gore; Jane D., married Barton Sanders; Betsey, married Captain Thomas Eldridge; Nancy, married Nathan Saunders; Clark, unmarried ; Fanny.
(VI) Dudley Denison, son of Peleg and Dorothy (Denison) Williams, was born Feb- ruary 19, 1800, in Stonington, died in Buffalo, New York, March 3, 1875. He removed to Preston, Connecticut, later to Royalton, New York: he was a farmer in New York, and in Connecticut he is believed to have been a hat manufacturer. He married, January 19, 1829. Lydia Lathrop, daughter of Dr. Benjamin and Sarah (Baldwin) Harris. She was born Sep- tember 30, 1800, died July 1, 1889. (Dr. Ben- jamin Harris, son of Benjamin, son of Lieu- tenant Gibson, son of Samuel, son of Gabriel, son of Walter Harris, the emigrant, 1632). Sarah Baldwin was daughter of Oliver, son of Ebenezer, son of Thomas, son of John Bald- win, the emigrant, 1653. Lieutenant Gibson Harris married Phebe Denison, daughter of George and Mary (Wetherall) Denison, Mary Wetherall was daughter of Daniel and Grace (Brewster ) Wetherall. Grace was daughter of Jonathan Brewster, son of Elder William Brewster, of the "Mayflower." Children of Dudley Denison and Lydia (Harris) Wil- liams: Benjamin Harris, born September 30, 1830; Anna S., born February 12, 1832, died November, 1889; Josephine E., born January 30, 1844 ; Jane.
(VII) Benjamin Harris, son of Dudley D.
and Lydia Lathrop (Harris) Williams, was born in Preston, Connecticut, September 30, 1830, died in Buffalo, New York, December 8, 1896. He was educated in the public schools, and after preparatory courses entered Union College, Schenectady, New York, from which he was graduated, class of 1854. The follow- ing year he came to Buffalo and began the study of law with Solomon G. Haven. After satisfactory examinations he was admitted to the bar and began the practice of his profession in Buffalo, becoming a well-known lawyer and public official. In 1870 and 1871 he was city attorney of Buffalo, and, 1872-73-74, district attorney of Erie county. In November, 1879, he was elected state senator from the thirty- first district, defeating Delevan F. Clark, his Democrat opponent. In 1890 he was the Re- publican candidate for congress from the thirty-second congressional district, but was defeated by Daniel N. Lockwood. He mar- ried, January 3, 1872, Charlotte A. Stoneman, born May 22, 1844, died in Buffalo, June 27, 1903. (See Stoneman forward). Children : I. Harris Stoneman, of whom further. 2. Katherine S., born May, 1875 ; married Henry R. Ford, an electrical engineer, of Buffalo ; children : Elizabeth and Henry R. 3. Alice C., born May, 1877. 4. Lucia R., born De- cember 31, 1881 ; married William A. Faxon, of Buffalo.
(\'IJI ) Harris Stoneman, only son of Ben- jamin Harris and Charlotte A. (Stoneman) Williams, was born at Buffalo, New York, February 17, 1873. He was educated at pri- vate schools, graduating from the Central High School, 1891; graduated from Cornell University, 1895. with the degree of Ph. B .; Buffalo Law School, 1896, LL.B. He prac- ticed in Buffalo for two years, then was ap- pointed clerk of the United States circuit court, western district of New York. He is a mem- ber of the Lawyers' Club ; Buffalo Canoe Club ; Sons of the American Revolution, by right of Daniel Denison (2nd) ; Parish Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Delta Epsilon (Cor- nell) ; Phi Delta Phi (Law School). He mar- ried, October 24, 1901, Maude I., daughter of Lester B. and Nellie (Cash) Smith. (See Merritt). Children: Dorothy Charlotte, born June 24, 1903 ; Lee Harris, July 2, 1908.
Charlotte A. (Stoneman) Williams is a granddaughter of Richard Stoneman, born in the parish of Drews, Garrington, eleven miles west of Exeter, county of Devon, England,
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died November 2, 1821. He was killed by the falling of a tree and is buried at New Berlin, New York. He had a brother, George, who was a lieutenant in the British navy under Ad- miral Nelson, and was killed at the battle of the Nile. There were also three sisters : Ann, Elizabeth and Charlotte. Richard Stoneman came to the United States soon after the revo- lution, with means furnished him by an Aunt Grace, who had married an Englishman of wealth and rank. Returning to England, he visited his sister Elizabeth in the garb of a common sailor, in which capacity he had made the return voyage. She requested him to get better clothes before she would present him to her friends. Being independent in spirit, he shook the dust from his feet and went to his sister Charlotte, who received him with open arms. In memory of the episode he named his first daughter Charlotte. His Aunt Grace again furnished him with funds, with which he bought a cargo of wool and returned to America. He there built a woolen mill and became a manufacturer. He married, Decem- ber 31, 1797, Mary Perkins, from Foster, Rhode Island, at New Berlin, New York. They had ten children.
(II) George, eldest child of Richard and Mary ( Perkins) Stoneman, was born at New Berlin, Chenango county, New York, January 9, 1799, died August 6, 1877, at Busti, Chau- tauqua county, New York. With his brother Richard he started out to seek his fortune. They parted at a cross road, one going to Os- wego, George going to Chautauqua county, and never met again. George Stoneman be- came a farmer of the town of Busti. He mar- ried Katherine Cheney, July 22, 1821. They had eight children, the youngest of whom was Charlotte A., who married Benjamin Harris Williams.
Maude I. Smith Williams is a descendant of James Merritt, who was born at Canton, Connecticut, August 24, 1744, died 1821, at Barkhampsted, Connecticut. He served in the revolutionary war. (See "Connecticut Men in the Revolution.") He married, June 16, 1768, Hannah Phelps, born at Simsbury, Con- necticut, May 29, 1749, died 1825, daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Watson) Phelps. They had ten children.
(II) Peter, son of James and Hannah (Phelps) Merritt, was born October 31, 1788, died October 14. 1867. He married Sylvia Merrill, born 1792, died January 15, 1852,
daughter of John and Elizabeth (Shepard) Merrill. They had eight children.
(III) Elizabeth, daughter of Peter and Sylvia (Merrill) Merritt, was born 1825, died January 21, 1895. She married, January 25, 1845, Asa W. Cash, born 1824, died December 25, 1907. They had two children.
(IV) Nellie, daughter of Asa W. and Eliza- beth (Merritt ) Cash, was born July 12, 1854, died September 11, 1893 ; married, April 24, 1874, Lester B. Smith.
(V) Maude I., daughter of Lester B. and Nellie (Cash) Smith, married Harris S. Williams.
FRANCIS This is a well-known name in this country and is borne by men of high rank in the pro- fessions, in business and in public life. The family first appears in Western New York, in Cayuga county, later in Orleans county, where Elihu Francis lived in the town of Ridgeway, about one mile east of Ridgeway Corners. He was of an unsettled disposition and travelled extensively. He died at the home of his daugh- ter, Mrs. Jacques, at the foot of Hemlock Lake in Livingston county. He married and had children: Amanda, married (first) a Mr. Sweetland, married (second) a Mr. Allen ; Harriet, married Russell Jacques ; Lydia, mar- ried Alfred Kendall ; Sylvester and Harvey.
(II) Harvey, son of Elihu Francis, was born in the state of Connecticut in 1806, died in Middleport, Niagara county, New York, November 24, 1869. His father, who was a native of Connecticut, began his travels in New York about 1830-40 and took his son Harvey with him. After a short residence in Cayuga county, New York, he removed to Ridgeway, Orleans county, where they re- mained until the spring of 1847. Harvey set- tled at Johnson's Creek, Niagara county, and in 1864 removed to Middleport in the same county, where he died five years later. He was a farmer and operated country stores in several different localities. He was a good business man and during his life possessed a generous estate. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and lived a life consistent with his profession. He married Elizabeth P. Hooker, born 1810, died October 2, 1872, at Middleport, daughter of David Hooker, of Ridgeway, Orleans county, New York. Their children: Three who died in infancy; Harriet, died in Hartland, Niagara
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county, at the age of thirty-two years; mar- ried Frank B. Seeley ; left a son and daughter ; Charles S. and Harriet E. Seeley ; Charles H. (of further mention).
(III) Charles H., only son of Harvey and Elizabeth P. (Hooker) Francis, was born at Ridgeway, Orleans county, New York, Sep- tember 6, 1835. He was educated in the vil- lage school, and after leaving school became clerk in his father's store at Johnson's Creek. He remained in that employ for three years, and in 1857 he purchased of his father the store and business. He remained there in successful business until 1864, when he sold his property and business and removed to Mid- dleport, where he has ever since resided. For six years after locating in Middleport he en- gaged in milling, then for several years en- gaged in mercantile life until 1878, when he engaged in farming, continuing until 1884. In that year he became interested in the can- ning and preserving of fruits and vegetables, operating canning factories at Middleport, Batavia and Brockport until 1905, when he retired from all active participation in busi- ness. He is a Democrat in politics, and for six terms (not consecutive) served as presi- dent of the Middleport village corporation. In religious faith the family are Universalists. He is highly esteemed in his community and is one of the substantial men of his town.
He married, February 4, 1873, at Middle- port, Sarah Southwick, born in Orleans county, New York, October 28, 1844, daugh- ter of Alfred and Ann (Watson) Southwick, of Orleans county, New York. Children : Anna, born May 30, 1878, died March 8, 1888; Dora, born May 4, 1883; married, March 4, 1909, Fred J. Haist, formerly of Buffalo, now engaged in the drug business in Middleport.
The history of the Warren WARREN family is exceeded in interest and antiquity by none in Eng- land. The surname is derived from Garenne or Varenne, a small river in the old country of Calais, or Caux, in Normandy, which gave its name to the neighboring commune. There is at present a village called Garenne in the same district, and it is here that the origin of the family has been fixed by historians. On the west side of the River Garenne was the ancient baronial seat of the de Warrenes, and ruins were standing in 1832. The sur- name has assumed different forms from time
to time-Gareyn, Wareyn, Waryn, Warin, Warynge, Waryng and Warren. The Nor- man ancestry of the family is traced to Rollo, Rolf, or Rov, 860 to 930, the great-great- great-grandfather of William the Conqueror. About 1060 the Norman line unites with the Saxon by the marriage of William de War- ren to Elizabeth of the twelfth Saxon genera- tion, beginning with Ealhmund of Kent, King of England, great-grandfather of King Al- fred the Great.
(I) Rollo Rolf, or Rov, a Scandinavian rover, born A. D. 860, died 930, made him- self independent of Harold of Norway, vis- ited Scotland, England and Flanders, in plun- dering expeditions, and about A. D. 912 es- tablished himself on the River Seine and laid the foundation of the Duchy of Normandy, through grants obtained through rulers in France. He was the first Duke of Normandy ; and had a son
(II) William, second Duke of Normandy, surnamed "Longsword," ruled from 927 to 943 ; he had a son (III) Richard the Fear- less, third Duke of Normandy, from 943 to 997; he had a son (IV) Richard the Good, fourth Duke of Normandy, 997 to 1027, who had a son (V) Robert the Magnificent, fifth Duke of Normandy, died 1035 ; he had a nat- ural son (VI) William the Conqueror, King, born in Falaise, Normandy, 1027, died Sep- tember 9, 1087, whose mother, Helena, was daughter of Fulbert, a tanner of Falaise. Oc- tober 14, 1066, William declared himself King of England, and ruled from 1066 to 1087. In 1052 he married Matilda of Flanders, daughter of Baldwin V. One of William's daughters was
(VII) Gundreda, married William de War- ren (1), a kinsman of her father, and who was in command at the battle of Hastings. As a reward of his valor, he was made earl by William, and granted a large estate in lands. He selected a site for his castle on an eminence near the village of Lewes, in Sus- sex. He erected a cluniac priory, or convent, in the town of Lewes, and he and his wife were buried in the priory, side by side, and in 1845, when laborers were excavating through the site for the purpose of building a railroad, their remains were discovered, each enclosed in a leaden box or coffin, and sur- rounded with rock pebbles of small size. On one of these boxes was the name "William," and on the other the name "Gundreda." both
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perfectly legible, although they had lain bur- ied more than eight centuries, for the earl died 1088, and the princess 1045. They had a son
(VIII) William de Warren, second Earl of Surrey and Mortimer, in Normandy, born about 1114, died 1138, and after 1118 was Robert, Earl of Leicester. He married Eliza- beth (Isabel), daughter of Hugh, Count of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France, a descendant of Henry the Great. (See XII, Saxon line, where this line merges).
(Saxon Ancestry).
(I) Ealhmund of Kent, King of England, founder of the Saxon line, had a son (II) Egbert, succeeded Brithric in the kingdom of Wessex, A. D., 800. He married Raedburk, and died 836, leaving a son (III) Ethelnolf, reigned from 836 to the time of his death, 856; married Osburh, daughter of Osalf, his cup-bearer, and had a son
(IV) Alfred the Great, born 849, died Oc- tober 24, 901 ; crowned King of England, March 23, 872. During his reign he formed and promulgated a code of laws, established a system of trial by jury, organized an army and navy, caused the kingdom to be surveyed and subdivided, adopted measures for the en- couragement of learning, and thus brought about the culminating power and glory of Saxon England. In 869 he married Ales- witha, of the royal house of Mercia, by whom he had three sons and three daughters. His second son,
(V) King Edward the Elder, became King of the West Saxons and died 924. He mar- ried three times, and by his first wife had a daughter (VI) Princess Edguia, married Charles III, King of France, who died Octo- ber 27, 982, and had a son (VII) Louis D'Outremer (Louis IV), King of France, married Gerberger, daughter of Henry I, of Germany, and died September 10, 954, leav- ing a daughter (VIII) Princess Gerberger, married Albert I, Count of Vermandois, born 943, died 983, leaving a son (IX) Herbert, born 968, died 993, leaving a son (X) Her- bert, Count of Vermandois and Valois, died 1080, leaving a daughter (XI) Adela de Ver- mandois, married Hugh the Great, son of Henry II, of France, and Count Vermandois and Valois. They had a daughter
(XII) Elizabeth (Isabel), married William de Warren, second Earl of Surrey, and War-
renne and Mortimer in Normandy. He was born about 1040 and died 1130. They had a son (XIII) Reganal de Warrenne, married Adela, daughter of Roger de Mowbray. They had a son (XIV) William de Warren, married Isabel, daughter of Sir William de Hayden, and had a son (XV) Sir John de Warren, who married Alice, daughter of Roger de Townshend, and had a son (XVI) John de Warrenne, married Joan, daughter of Sir Hugh de Post, and had a son (XVII) Sir Edward de Warrenne, married Maude, daughter of Richard de Skeyton, and had a son (XVIII) Sir Edward de Warren, mar- ried Cicely, daughter of Sir Nicholas de Ea- ton, and had a son (XIX) Sir John de War- ren, married Agnes, daughter of Sir Richard Wynnington, and had a son (XX) Sir Laur- ence de Warren, married Margery, daughter of Hugh Bulkley, Esquire, and had a son (XXI) John de Warren, married Isabel, daughter of Sir John Stanley, and had a son (XXII) Sir Lawrence de Warren, married Isabel, daughter of Sir Robert Leigh, in 1458, and had a son (XXIII) William de Warren, by wife Anne, had a son (XXIV) John de Warren, by wife Elizabeth, had a son (XXV) John Warren, of Headbury, Devonshire, Eng- land, who had a son (XXVI) Christopher Warren, who had a son (XXVII) William Warren, married Anne Mable, and had a son (XXVIII) Christopher Warren, married Alice Webb, and had
(XXIX) John Warren, married, in Eng- land, Margaret , and came to New England in 1630, in the same fleet with Sir Richard Saltonstall, and settled at Watertown, Massachusetts, where he died in December, 1667. He was made freeman, 1631, was a selectman, 1636-40, and commissioner for lay- ing out roads in the town. He owned a houselot of twelve acres, and other lands to the extent of one hundred and seventy-six acres. In October, 1651, John Warren was fined twenty shillings for not complying with the law relating to baptism, and in 1661 the houses of "Old Warren" and "Goodman Hammond" were ordered searched for Quak- ers. John and Margaret Warren had chil- dren: John, born 1622; Mary, born in Eng- land, 1625, married, October 31, 1642, John Bigelow; Daniel, born in England, 1628; Elizabeth, born in England, 1630, married, about 1654, James Knapp.
(XXX) John (2), son of John (1) and
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Margaret Warren, was born in England in 1622, came to New England with his father in 1630, and married, July 11, 1667, Michal, daughter of Robert Jennison and widow of Richard Bloise. Children: Margaret, born May 6, 1668; Sarah, January 25, 1671, died young ; Eliza, July 18, 1673, married, October 18, 1705, Daniel Harrington; Mary, May 25, 1675, married. December 30, 1690, Joseph Pierce ; John, May 21, 1678; Grace, March 12, 1680; Samuel, January 23, 1683, was called captain. died 1703.
(XXXI) John (3), son of John (2) and Michal (Jennison-Bloise) Warren, was born May 21, 1678; married (first) Abigail Hast- ings. died July 19, 1710; (second) May 14, 1711, Lydia, daughter of Nathaniel Fisk. John Warren had five children by his first and four by liis second wife: 1. John, born April 3, 1701. 2. Sarah, September 20, 1702. 3. Samuel, March 18, 1704. 4. Thomas, De- cember 11, 1706. 5. David, June 22, 1708. 6. Benjamin, April 4, 1715. 7. David, Janu- ary 8, 1717. 8. Abigail, October 28, 1719. 9. Lucy, October 26, 1721 ; married, June 21, 1744, James Leland, of Grafton, son of James and Hannah (Larned) Leland, and brother of Phineas Leland, who married (second) Sarah, daughter of Samuel Warren, half- brother of Lucy Warren.
(XXXII) Samuel, son of John (3) and Abigail (Hastings) Warren, was born March 18, 1704, died January 26, 1776. In 1730 he removed from Weston to Grafton, and died in the latter town. He married, August 26, 1728, Tabitha Stone, born 1702, died Grafton, April 21, 1765. Children : Samuel, born April 20, 1730; Sarah, December 24, 1731, first child baptized in Grafton ; Rebecca, April 16, 1733; Abigail, April 29, 1735; John. Au- gust 8, 1736; Tabitha, August 6, 1739; Will- iam, May 29, 1740, settled in Conway ; David, March 24, 1742; Joseph, April 22, 1745: Martha, May 31, 1749.
(XXXIII) David, son of Samuel and Tabi- tha (Stone) Warren, was born March 24, 1742, died at Weathersfield, Vermont, about 1826. He removed from Massachusetts to New Hampshire, settling first at Croyden, and later removed to Vermont, where he died. He married, at Newport, New Hamp- shire, Prudence, daughter of Jacob and Je- rusha (Leland) Whipple, and maternal granddaughter of James Leland. She was born in Grafton, Massachusetts, died in New-
port, New Hampshire, 1820. Children : I. Moses, born 1762; died in Cape Breton. 2. Aaron, born 1763; died in New York state. 3, Tabitha, born 1764; died in Pomfret, Ver- mont. 4. David, of further mention. 5. Pru- dence, born 1768; died at Newport, New Hampshire ; married Abel Wheeler. 6. Polly, born 1770; died in Newport, New Hampshire. 7. Isaac, born 1772; died in Newport, New Hampshire. 8. Samuel, born 1775; died in Ohio. 9. Louise, born 1777; died in Morris- town, Vermont. 10. Asahel, born 1778; died in Weathersfield, Vermont; married Huldah Leland. 11. Jemima, born 1781 ; died in Mor- ristown, Vermont ; married Lyrell Goodell.
(XXXIV) David (2), son of David and Prudence (Whipple) Warren, was born March 13, 1766; died at Rochester, Vermont, October 24, 1832. He married Anna Bullen, born February 1, 1771; died August 7, 1838. Children: I. David (3), born October 9, 1791 ; died in Brandon, Vermont, December 5, 1868. 2. Anna, born September 5, 1793; died in Rochester, Vermont, January 6, 1826. 3. John, born October 17, 1796; died July 27, 1853. 4. Daniel, of further mention. 5. Hor- ace, born October 11, 1800 ; died July 11, 1803. 6. Polly, born July 8, 1803. 7. Olive, Decem- ber 4, 1805 ; died April 10, 1897. 8. Lothera, January 24, 1809; died April 12, 1898. 9. Eliza, September 10, 1811; died March 26, 1855.
(XXXV) Daniel, son of David (2) and Anna (Bullen) Warren, was born near Rochester, Vermont, March 3, 1798; died near Rochester, January 29, 1864. He was a farmer, cultivating a farm in the town of his birth, also a Congregational minister. He married Priscilla Sparhawk. Children : I. Elizabeth, married (first) a Mr. Bassett ; ( sec- ond) Kettridge Goodnow. 2. Joseph, of fur- ther mention. 3. Henry D., born 1834, died 1885. 4. Evarts E. S., born 1836, died 1880. 5. Ellen Priscilla, born 1839, died 1882 ; mar- ried Luther B. Hunt.
(XXXVI) Joseph, eldest son of Daniel and Priscilla (Sparhawk) Warren, was born in Waterbury, Vermont, July 24, 1829; died in Buffalo, New York, September 30, 1876. He was educated in the district schools, and by a great display of energy and ambition pre- pared for college, later literally working his way through the University of Vermont, graduating Bachelor of Arts, 1851, receiving from his alma mater three years later the de-
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gree of Master of Arts. After graduation he removed to Albany, New York, where he was employed for a time on the Country Gen- tleman and Cultivator. Here his natural quali- fications for journalism and editorial work were made manifest and satisfactorily demon- strated. During his sojourn in Albany he was an instructor at the Albany Boys' Academy, occupying the chair of ancient languages. In October, 1854, he came to Buffalo to accept the position of local editor of The Courier, and at once made his department attractive, re- liable and popular. In 1857 he was elected superintendent of schools. In 1858 he asso- ciated himself with Gilbert K. Harroun in the purchase of The Courier, and began his connection with Buffalo journalism, which continued for more than eighteen years, and gave him a conspicuous position among the newspaper workers of the country. He was first assistant to the editor, but soon assumed chief editorial control, and maintained that position until his death in 1876. In 1860 the firm became Sanford, Warren & Harroun, later changed to Joseph Warren & Company. January 1, 1869, this firm and Haward & Johnson consolidated, the proprietors forming a joint stock company with the title of The Courier Company, with Joseph Warren, presi- dent. The company then published the Daily, Evening and Weekly Courier and The Re- public. They also did a very large job print- ing business, and had the largest show printing establishment and business in the country. After the death of Dean Richmond, in 1866, the leadership of the Erie county Democracy fell upon Mr. Warren by general consent. He was made member at large of the Democratic state committee and for ten years previous to his death he was the recognized leader of the party in Western New York. For six suc- cessive years he was chosen president of the State Associated Press, and held other posi- tions of responsibility. He was a member of the Board of Park Commissioners that inaug- urated the present park system of Buffalo, by the employment of Frederick Olmstead, the famous landscape architect, upon whose report the law of April 14, 1869, was passed, which gave the necessary powers to the board. He was a member of the first local board of the Buffalo State Normal School, founded in 1870; was a member of the first board of school commissioners of Buffalo, elected by the people; was a member of the first board
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