A. O. Warfield

As printed in 1889

A. O. WARFIELD, a pioneer of Musof some settler, and in three and a half days reached

1 IV catine. of 1837, and a veteran freight

Bloomington, which consisted of a few scattered

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Carroll) County, Md., Nov. 16, 1811. His parents in the little hamlet. After a little time they thought were Judge Alexander and Jemima (Dorsey) Warlumber would be in demand and proceeded to look field, both natives of Maryland, the former born for a mill site, finding a favorable place on Mad

March 18, 1764, the latter in June, 1776. They

Creek, where they erected a mill.

were highly respected people in the community

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Warfield serving as Class-Leader and Steward for miles west of Tipton, prosecuting the business there many years. Politically, he was a Whig. He was for a couple of years, and then again came to Mustwice elected to the State Legislature, and was catine. In 1855 he was appointed freight and ticket elected Judge of the Levy Court of Frederick agent of Muscatine, on the Mississippi & Missouri

County, Md., which office he filled with credit to

Railroad, being the first agent at this station, and himself and constituents.

for thirty-four years he has been in the same em-

Mr. and Mrs. Warfield were the parents of ten ploy. On the building of the Burlington, Cedar children, five sons and five daughters, three of whom

Rapids & Northern Railroad to this city he was are yet living: Charles A., now a resident of Chico, appointed its agent, serving in that capacity until

Butte Co., Cal.; Mary C., widow of Mr. Allemong,

1881, when the ticket and freight were made difis a resident of Stephens City, Frederick Co., ferent departments, and he continued to be the

Va., and A. O., the subject of this sketch. The freight agent. Politically, the Major is a Demofather died in Maryland, July 6, 1835, and the crat, a stanch defender of the past administration, 1 and believes in tariff reform. He bas represented his party in County and State Conventions, and is always ready to do his part in the cause.

No man in Muscatine County is better known or has more friends than May. Warfield, and it is with great pleasure that we insert the splendid per train of him in this work, which appears upon an other page.

As printed in Portrait and biographical album of Muscatine County, Iowa (1889). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.