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land ; she was adopted by an uncle, Benajah
Ticknor, fleet surgeon in the navy
under Commodore Decatur.
(VII) Donald Ticknor Warner, eldest
son of Donald J. and Lois Warner, was
born in Salisbury, December 15, 1850, and
was educated in the district schools of
that town and the Salisbury Academy.
In the class of 1872, he entered Trinity
College at Hartford, but owing to ill
health was unable to complete his course.
He took up the study of law under the
able perceptorship of his father and was
admitted to the bar in 1873. He practiced
his profession in association with his
father until the latter was appointed
judge, and in 1890 Mr. Warner formed a
partnership with Howard Fitch Landon
under the firm name of Warner & Lan-
don. From June, 1896, to March, 1917,
he was State's Attorney for Litchfield
County, being appointed Judge of the
Superior Court in the latter year. From
1885 to 1917, Judge Warner was also
Judge of the Probate Court ; is President
of the Litchfield County Bar Association,
and from November, 1874, to 1885, served
as postmaster. He is a Republican in
politics and served the interests of that
party in the State Senate in 1895 and 1897,
being chairman of the Judiciary Commit-
tee both sessions. He is treasurer of the
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Salisbury Cutlery Company president of
;
the Lakeville Water Company, and holds
the same office with the Lakeville Gas
Company ; director of the National Iron
Bank of Falls Village, Connecticut. Judge
Warner attends St. John's Episcopal
Church of Salisbury, and is also one of the
financial agents of the parish.
He married, October 4, 1884, Harriet
E. Wells, born November 14, 1857, daugh-
ter of Philip and Elizabeth (Harrison)
Wells, and their children were : Donald
Judson, born July 24, 1885, of extended
mention below ; Elizabeth Harrison, born
November 2"], 1886, wife of Irving Kent
Fulton of Salisbury; Lois Caroline, born
June 30, 1888 ;
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Mary Virginia, February 5,
1891 ; Philip Wells, November 2, 1893 \
Jeanette De Forest, born December 3,
1896.
(VIII) Donald Judson Warner, eldest
son of Judge Donald T. and Harriet
(Wells) Warner, was born in Salisbury
where he attended the public schools and
was also under private tutors. He attended
the Hotchkiss School where he
prepared for Yale College and graduated
from that institution in 1906; two years
later he graduated from the Yale Law
School and was admitted to the bar at
Winsted the same year. He engaged in
practice in Salisbury, the third genera-
tion of his family in succession to follow
this profession in that town, and in 1908
was elected Justice of the Peace on the
Democratic ticket and still holds this
office. He was Secretary of the State of
Connecticut in 1921-1923, and has long
been an active member of the town com-
mittee.
Fraternally, he is a member of Montgomery
Lodge, No. 13, Ancient Free and
Accepted Masons; the Hartford Club;
the Graduates Club of New Haven; the
Sons of the American Revolution ; and
the Connecticut Historical Society.
Mr. Warner married Lois Church Sco-
ville of Salisbury and they attend the
Episcopal Church there, of which Mr.
Warner is a member of the Vestry and
assistant clerk of the parish.
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