Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 282, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1920 — WILLIAM WARREN [ARTICLE]

WILLIAM WARREN

was born in Marion, Ohio, March 31, 1843, and'died at his home near Tefft, Ind., November 19, 1920. In 1852 with his parents he came to Indiana and since that time Indiana had been his home, except for a four-year period when he served as a soldier in the war of the rebellion, enlisting in 1881 and serving until the close in 1865. He was a member of Co. K, 48th Ind. Regt In 1863 he was wounded and taken prisoner, spending one night in Libby prison, being released the following day when an exchange of prisoners was made. In 1885 the deceased was united in marriage with Miss Ollie Zick, who, with the two children, Mrs. Hattie Grube .and Louis F. Warren, survive him. Two sisters, Mrs. Maria McElfresh, of Rensselaer, and Mrs. Ellen Oram, of Chicago, and one brother, David Warren, of this city, two grandchildren and numerous other relatives also survive.