John Warner

As printed in 1908

JOHN J. WARNER, whose valuable farm of eighty-eight and one-half acres is situated five miles west of Akron, on the highway known as the Akron-Wadsworth road, is a well-known and respected citizen of Norton Township. He was* born in Coventry Townshin, Summit County. Ohio. October 21. 1855, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Weaver) Warner.

John Warner was born near East Liberty. Ohio, July 14, 1821, a son of Ilenry Warner a pioneer of that section. John Warner married Elizabeth Weaver and they had the following children: William, residing in Coventry Township; Henry, residing at Barberton; Samuel, residing in Copley Township: John J.: and Adam, residing in Coventry Township, all being farmers. The mother died in 1905, aged seventy-nine years.

John J. Warner was reared in Coventry Township. In 1877, his father purchased his present farm and John J. settled on it at that time and subsequently bought if. He owned seventy acres of land where Barberton now stands, owning nine of the thirteen acre.* which comprises Lake Anna. He was the first man to sell his farm to the syndicate that built Barberton. John J. Warner carries on general farming.

By marriage to Sarrah Dreisbach. Mr. Warner became connected with one of the substantial old families of Norton Township. She was born in Pennsylvania and wa* brought to Norton Township in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Warner have bad five children, the three survivors being: Fietta, who resides at

Young’s Crossing, with her venerable grandfather; and Elsie and William, residing at home. Bessie died aged three months, and Roy died aged nine months.

Mr. Warner is numbered with the leading citizens of the township and has served three years as trustee.

As printed in Centennial history of Summit County, Ohio and representative citizens (1908). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.