The Press., 1888-02-02
(Sprinpfield Republfcan.1

S6AO1 away one of the few survivors of the busi- ness life of the city 40 years ago, the pe- Hiod of railroad construction, in the rugged toil of which they found a calling suited to their character. An invinclble determina- ton to overcome every obstacle in his path, unsparing of his own strength, and a stern conviction that to have thing well done he must do it himself, 50 wore on a constitution naturally of the strongest character that sbout four years ago Wr. Warren was suddenly prOstrated, and he has never been able to regain his former activity and spirits. He was, however, able to attend to his business in a quiet way. His former trouble increased in No yember, and he has been unable to leave the honsesinCe that time. The immediate cause of his death, was the failure of, the heart to perform its functions, and the dis ease assumed 8 dropkical form. He was unconscious for several days before his death.
 Mr. Warren was born at Hoosick, Rens. selaer county, N. r., in 1925, was the fourth son of 10 children, and SO was taken ont of school when 15 years of age, and from that time till 21 he was engaged as clerk in several wholesale grocery es. tablishments. He occupied 8 similar poai-
 
 and in this city in 1846> In I8A7 Mr. Warren married Mary Louise, daughter of Joseph Weatherhead, who was at that time super. intendent of the armory, and the couple set up housekeeping at the brides home, where Mir. Warren has always lived. For the first 16 years of his life in this city he was employed as a clerk in wholesale pro- vision stores, and was in the stove busi. ness for himself for 6 short time, till in 1882 he opened & wholesale liquor busi- ness in the block just above the depot now occupied by the Revere House, He re. naained there till 1872.
 It was hard for one of Mir. Warren's viz oEous character to confine himself to one business, however profitable, and the con- struction of railroads, which at that time occupied the energies of many men of sim ilar temperament, soon took his attention, While still in the liquor business, Mr. Warren became associated with the late Willis Phelps in the construction of the Council Bluffs and St. Joseph, the Mis- souri Valley, the Lake Ontario Shore and the Connecticut Central railroads. He was chosen president of the Connecticut Central in 1876, and for many years had charge of the active management. A few years later he was associated with William Birnie in building the Springfield and New London railroad, and also inethe cdnstruc- tion of the Troy and Greenfield. He was sole contractor for the Watertown and Carthage railroad. During his active life as a contractor Mr. Warren knew little gt9or either mind and body. He prided himself in seeing personally that the work was well done, and after hours hours of labor in the open air, with irregular meals, he would return, not to rest, but to make up the days accounts, that easily might be done by clerk. The plan of building the New York, West Shore and Buffalo road early met with favor from hlm, and when 8 construction company was formed Mir. Warren vas a charter member. He was contractor of that DOT ton of the road from Little Falls to Sche- nectady, N. F., and was made director of the road later. His time, however, was by no means monopolized by his railroad interests in other business, being for some years large stookholder and president of the Union Paper Company, stockholder and director of the " Worthy Paper Compa- ny of Mittineague, and owning paper mills in Bondville and PepperelL He was treas urer ot the Warren aWoOlen Company at Stafford Conn, when he died.
 A lifelong democrat, Mir. Warren pre- ferred the management of othef peoples political fortunes to his own advancement. So he always refused to be . candidate, whenever the matter was approached, and has never filled official position. He leaves by bis first: wife three children, Dr. Joseph ". Warren, who is now connected with the Harvard law, school, Thomas B. War reu, Q lawyer in this city, and Mary Louise, wife of George R. Estabrook. His first wife died in 1884, and in 1873 Mir. Warren married Miss Mary L. Watson of Oswego, N. Y., who survives him. There are two children by this marriage, Grace and Dan- iel ID. Warren. Moses, 6 lawyer of Troy, N. r., and John, who is in California, and Mrs. W. Townsend of New York arc his brothers and sister.
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