Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 128, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1912 — Obituary of John Phillip Warner. [ARTICLE]

Obituary of John Phillip Warner.

John Phillip Warner was born in New Britton, Conn., January 31, 1837, and died May 25, 1912, at Rensselaer, Ind. He moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1844, with his parents. The family then moved to Jasper county in 1850, where he has since resided. He learned the carriage making trade in Lafayette, when a boy of 18. He worked as an apprentice then for three years. He was considered one of the best carriage builders in the state. He worked at his trade in various parts of Indiana, finally locating in business in Rensselaer in 1858. He enlisted in Company I, Sixth Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, November 5, 1862, and was discharged from the service August 14, 1865 at Pulaski, Tenn., by reason of a rupture, received while on duty, a horse falling on him June 15, 1864. On October 27, 1867, he was married to Julia E. Bedford, of Lafayette, to which union two children were bonn Mrs. C\as. Pefley, of Remington, and D. J. Warner, of Rensselaer. Besides the widow and children he leaves two brothers, Norman and Marsh, of Rensselaer, and one grandchild, HUdred Pefley, of Ttemingtnn.