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ITEM: J. Warner biography SOURCE: The History of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880 (Fairwater Historical Society, gift from Richard and Joyce Damerau)
J. WARNER, harness-maker and farmer; P. 0. Brandon; was born June 28, 1832, in Wittemburg, Germany; came to America in 1849; he worked at his trade one year in Coshocton Co., Ohio, and afterward lived five years in Lorain Co., Ohio, where he took out his naturalization papers; in 1855, he came West and started a harness-shop in Fairwater, and during the palmy days of that village, the shop gave employment to five workmen; he has been two years in business in Brandon, and is the leading shop in the village. He was married in May, 1856, to Miss M. B. Siegle, of his native place, Germany; have had three children--Francis H., born in 1857; Bertha, born in 1866, died in 1870; George L., born in 1872. Has a farm of 124 acres on Secs. 29 and 30, in the township of Metomen, near Fairwater; he is Side Supervisor, and has held other local offices; his oldest son carries on the farm; is interested in stockraising, particularly of Norman horses. Is Republican.
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