LEWIS H. WARNER

     Lewis H. Warner is the president of the Lewis H. Warner Hardware Company, of West Haven, in which connection he has developed a business of gratifying proportions. He was born in Kingsport, Nova Scotia, December 23, 1867, a son of Lewis B. and Elizabeth (York) Warner, both of whom were natives of Nova Scotia, to which country his grandparents removed at an early period. Ancestors of the family left the United States and went to Nova Scotia at the beginning of the Revolutionary war. After living for a time in Nova Scotia, Lewis B. Warner removed with his family to Connecticut, settling in West Haven, where he became a building contractor. He passed away there in 1916 at the age of sixty-nine years, while his wife survives and yet makes her home in West Haven at the age of seventy-three years.
     Lewis H. Warner was the second in order of birth in a family of ten children. He attended school in Nova Scotia and pursued a commercial course in a business college. After his textbooks were put aside he learned the carpenter's trade under the direction of his father and was thus connected with building operations of West Haven until 1902, when he established the hardware store which was the predecessor of his present establishment. He began business in 1902 on a very small scale and the business has steadily grown and increased so that he has had to enlarge his facilities to meet the demands of his trade, securing increased floor space and a much larger stock. He has thus built up his business to its present extensive and gratifying proportions as the result of his close application, thorough attention to details and wise management of the principal features of his business. He is a director of the Orange Bank & Trust Company and is recognized as a man of sound business judgment, keen sagacity and clear discrimination.
     In September, 1889, Mr. Warner was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Kettle, of West Haven, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Kettle, a prominent family of this sec-tion of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Warner have become the parents of five children. Bessie A., who was born in West Haven in 1891 and is a graduate of the local high school, married Arnold D. Johnson and has two children, Mildred and Barbara Elinor. Clayton York Warner, born at West Haven, March 4, 1893, was graduated from the West Haven high school and was in business with his father until he joined the United States army. Lewis H. Jr., born in West Haven, August 24, 1897, attended the Connecticut Agricultural College and the Connecticut Literary Institute of Suffield, and is now also in service with the United States army. Hazel Eleanor, born in West Haven in 1909, and Donald, born in 1911, are both in school. Mr. Warner has ever manifested keen interest in community affairs and is president of the West Haven Chamber of Commerce. He was also burgess of West Haven prior to its incorporation and he has represented his district in the state legislature, having been elected a member of that body in 1911 on the democratic ticket. He has been a stalwart supporter of democratic principles since age conferred upon him the right of franchise and his political record is one worthy of high commendation, for he has ever been loyal to the trust reposed in him and has been found efficient and faithful in the discharge of his public duties. He is a Royal Arch Mason and in his life exemplifies the beneficent spirit of the craft, which is based upon a recognition of the brotherhood of mankind. His wife is a member of the Eastern Star and socially they are prominent in West Haven. Mr. Warner deserves much credit for what he has accomplished. He is a self-made man and has been both the architect and builder of his own fortunes.

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