A. D. Warder

As printed in 1914

A. D. WARDER.

The student of history cannot carry his investigations far into the records of Competine township and Wapello county without recognizing the fact that the Warder family has long resided here and has been prominent in promoting agricultural progress and in advancing development along other lines.

A. D. Warder was born in Competine township, November 27, 1856, and is a representative of one of the old pioneer families of the county, his father being Philip M. Warder, who was a native of Virginia. In 1853, however, he came to Iowa, settling in Wapello county, and thereafter remained a resident of Competine township. Upon the old homestead which the father developed and improved, A. D. Warder spent the days of his boyhood and youth, remaining there until he had attained his majority. He then began farming on his own account, first securing a tract of land which he rented for five years. During that period he carefully saved his earnings until at length his industry and economy had brought him capital sufficient to enable him to purchase a farm. He then invested in a farm in Pleasant township and still owns the original place, to which he has added from time to time until he now has four hundred and sixty acres on sections 4, 5, 6 and 8. He has lived continuously upon this farm throughout all the intervening years to the present time, and its excellent appearance is due to his care and supervision. He is systematic in his work, plans his tasks carefully and executed them with promptness. Moreover, he has come to know what the soil requires, the best time for planting and the best methods of cultivating his crops and, acting upon this knowledge, he is meeting with excellent success in his work.

In 1877 Mr. Warder was united in marriage to Miss Adella Carson, who was born in this county, a daughter of Calvin and Pertina Carson, both of whom are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Warder became parents of ten children: Nettie, who has departed this life; Nancy M., now the wife of H. Muldoon; Pertenia E., the wife of Arch Shaw; Avis, the wife of William Decker; Goldie, the wife of G. H. Garber; Claude; Gladys, at home; Rex B.; Hilda, at home; and Allen H. The wife and mother passed away June 25, 191 1, and was laid to rest in the Ottumwa cemetery. She was a faithful member of the Christian church and possessed many excellent traits of heart and mind, while her good deeds and kindly spirit endeared her not only to her immediate family, but to all with whom she came in contact. Mr. Warder has also led an earnest Christian life. He belongs to the church with which his wife was connected and is serving as one of its elders. His political indorsement is given to the Democratic party, and he has filled the office of township trustee. He is likewise treasurer of the school board and is much interested in the cause of education, believing the public-school system to be one of the bulwarks of the nation. Mr. Warder deserves mention in this volume, not only as a representative of an old pioneer family, but as a man whose sterling worth classes him with representative citizens.

As printed in History of Wapello County, Iowa (1914). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.