Lyman C. Wareham

As printed in 1916

Lyman C. Wareham is a native of Clayton county, where he was born July 29, 1856, and he is a representative of one of the sterling pioneer families of this favored section of the Hawkeye state. He is now living virtually retired, with an attractive home at Strawberry

Point, and the gracious prosperity that is his stands in evidence of the success which he achieved as an exponent of agricultural industry and as a progressive merchant. He is a son of Conrad and Ann (Barrett) Wareham, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Ireland. Conrad Wareham was born in the year 1819 and was sixteen years of age at the time of becoming a resident of Clayton county, in 1835. He enlisted as a soldier of the Union when the Mexican war was threatened, and he was stationed with his command at Fort Atchison, Iowa, at the time of his marriage. He died December 28, 1863. His widow was summoned to the life eternal on the 13th of December, 1875, and of their children the first two, Phoebe and Frances are deceased; George resides at Elkader; Julia is deceased; Lyman C, of this review, was the next in order of birth; Emeline is the wife of Philip Hickey and they reside in the state of Colorado; Virginia is deceased; Kate is the wife of William Hyde, of Oldham, South Dakota, and Conrad is deceased. By his first marriage the father had one son, John, and the latter is now deceased. Lyman C. Wareham continued his activities as a farmer and stock-raiser until he was thirty-four years of age, and thereafter he gave his attention to mercantile pursuits for many years — up to the time of his retirement from active business. He is the owner of a valuable farm of one hundred and twenty-seven acres in Boardman township, this county, and a well improved farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Putnam township, Fayette county, besides his attractive residence property at Strawberry Point. His political allegiance is given to the Democratic party and he is affiliated with the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks. In 1876 Mr. Wareham wedded Miss Melissa Wood. They became the parents of six children: Conrad is engaged in the drug business in Tama county; Mollie is deceased; William is individually mentioned on other pages of this publication; Hannah is the widow of Ernest Frederick and resides in South Dakota; John is engaged in the drug business at Reinbeck, Grundy county, and the sixth child died in infancy. On the 23d of December, 1914, Mr. Wareham contracted a second marriage, by his union with Miss Emma Gratke, who was born and reared in Delaware county, this state, a daughter of the late Samuel Gratke. Mrs. Wareham presides most graciously over the pleasant home and has made the same a center of generous hospitality and good cheer.

As printed in History of Clayton County, Iowa : from the earliest historical times down to the present : including a genealogical and biographical record of many representative families, prepared from data obtained (1916). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.