Eli G. Warner
Eli G. Warner, farmer, P. O. London, was born in London September 29, 1816. He is a son of Joseph and Sarah (Atkinson) Warner, of English descent, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of Ohio. Our subject worked at the carpenter's trade, with his father, who was a carpenter, until he was twenty-one years of age, when he took up the occupation of farming, which he has since followed. He owns a farm in this county which he is cultivating in the most approved style, in addition to 160 acres in Kansas. He was married in 1852 to Elizabeth Ann Maria Zartman, daughter of Samuel and Margaret Zartman, of German descent. By this union three children were born -- Mattie C., Edwin Z. and Clara S. Mr. and Mrs. Warner are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has been class leader and steward. He has long been an advocate of total abstinence, and strongly indorses rigid prohibition.
From HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY - W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]