BIOGRAPHY

THE WARNERS
The Warners emigrated to Dallas County early in 1852 direct from Ireland. They were influenced by letters written by my father to his brother that was then living in Ireland. There were eight of them, the old gentleman and his wife and five sons and a daughter. They have all made good citizens. Mr. John Warner served as Judge of District 1 for some time, and could have served longer, but declined to stand for the office, preferring to retire. Mr. Thomas Warner married Miss Harriet Perry, the daughter of A. W. Perry, and resides in the north part of the county. He is a wealthy farmer and stock man, is highly respected and one of ur best citizens. Mr. William Warner married a Miss Vicery, and Irish lady. They live on a farm in north part of the county, and they are independent.
It is now sixty years since we land in this country, and I have kept track of most all of the descendants of these early settlers, and there are a great many of them, and I do not know of one that has not made a good citizen, and many of them have become prominent. This is a record that every descendant of those early pioneers should be proud of.
I will say a few more words in regard to the Warners. They were a family of more than ordinary intelligence. The old gentleman was a remarkable man, over six feet tall, well educated and as polite as a French dancing master, and could make as graceful a bow as a Chesterfield. He had a rich Irish brogue, and was very interesting in conversation and a dignified Christian gentleman, and was held in high esteem by all his neighbors He was born 1795 and departed this life in 1875, the family came from County Cork Ireland. Two of his sons, Robert and Benjamin, departed this life several years ago, also the daughter, Susan. The entire family were Protestants. Those old pioneers were honest and reliable, and true to one another.
One circumstance that happened is probably worthy of note: A young man by the name of George Reed came to this country with the Warners, but did not leave Ireland with them, and my father was afraid he was with them for no good, as Mr. Warner had quite a sum of money. My father thought he might be waiting for an opportunity to get it, and skip the country. Mr. Warner had it sewed up in a belt, a thousand or twelve hundred dollars in gold, that he work around him. My father was so uneasy about it that he went to Warner's camp just after they reached the neighborhood and called him out to talk with him, and put him on guard, and when he mentioned his fears the old gentleman laughed heartily and told my father that he had lost his belt of money as they came along. He had taken the belt off and put it under his head at night and in the morning there was some haste in getting away and their blankets were thrown in the wagon, and the money left in the grass. Reed, that morning very early, left the camp to try to kill a deer, and when he returned to camp they were all gone. He picked up the belt of money and buckled it around him, and started after them, and about ten or eleven o'clock overtook the wagon. The old gentleman had not yet missed his money. George Reed delivered hem the belt of gold and advised him to be more careful with his money in the future.
Mr. Warner thanked my father very much and told him the George was perfectly honest.
The early settlers of Dallas County were honest, generous and brave. They were a class of people that any country might be pound of, and a very few countries can boast of such a people as the early settlers of this country, and many of their descendants have become the prominent men of the county and State, and we never heard of any dishonesty from the time of the early settlement until near the close of the Civil War.
Mr. John Warner married Miss Millie Johnson, a sister of H. B. Johnson, of the City of Dallas. The were a fine looking couple, both of them over six feet tall. They lived on the farm for many years. Five children were born to them, three boys and two girls. Two of the boys are now living in Dallas. The oldest daughter, Ula, married Mr. William Perry, son of Frank Perry. They live on the farm. The other son, Alexander Warner, is married and lives on the farm, and the youngest daughter, Emma, is living with her father. Mrs. Warner died many years ago, when the children were quite young. Mr. Warner Warner never married again. He brought up and educated the children, and one of them, the youngest, is still living with him. He has always been a Republican politically, and most all of his neighbors are Democrats, but they think so well of him they would vote for him for any office that he wanted; white, black, Democrat and Republican would all vote for Warner. He is now 68 years old.

From Sixty Years in Texas by George Jackson