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Born 1851
From Portrait and biographical album of Muscatine County, Iowa (1889)
IIARLES L. WARFIELD, the present ticket agent on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific and the Burlington, Cedar Rapids tk Northern Railroads, at Muscatine, Iowa, was born in this city, on the 22d of February, 1851, and is a son of
David R. Warfield, one* of the pioneers, whose sketch is given on another page of this work. He is a thorough business man, familiar with every detail of the business, and has been identified with the road for twenty years, discharging his duties with fidelity and promptness. He is also engaged in breeding fast trotting-stock, in which line of business he is quite successful.
In the month of October, 1885. Charles L. Warfield was united in marriage with an accomplished young lady, Miss Grace Fletcher, a daughter of Gen. Fletcher, one of the pioneer settlers of Muscatine County, a history of whom is given elsewhere. Their union was celebrated in Muscatine, Mr. Warfield has a son, - Clyde, by a former wife. Socially, Mr. Warfield is a member of Wyoming Lodge, K. of P., and politically, is a stanch sup porter of the principles advocated by the Democratic party, and holds the office of Vice President of the Young Men’s Democratic Club.
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.
Named in this biography: David R. Warfield (b. 1816)
Their biographies name Charles L. Warfield: Jonathan E. Fletcher (b. 1829)
The printed record stops around 1889. We trace your line from there down to you, with every source cited.