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JESSE WARR, an adopted son of the United States, who bore arms in her defense when her misguided sons sought to rend asunder her time-honored institutions, is a son of John and Jane (Mould) Warr, and was born in Ailsbury, England, near the palace of the Duke of Buckingham, June 1, 1828. For generations the Warrs had acknowledged allegiance to the sovereign of Great Britain, and James Mould, the maternal grandfather, was in the service of the duke above mentioned. John Warr was born at Glancutt, England, and came to America in 1833 and settled in Durhamville, Oneida county, this State, and soon after moved into the city of Utica, where he made his home until his death in 1 852. He attained the age of sixty-seven years. When he identified himself with American political institutions, Mr. Warr became attached to the Democratic party; his trade was harness-making, an employment that he followed in the mother country, and for many years in his new home. While in England’s military service he belonged to the cavalry, and was skilled in the manual of arms in that branch of the service. Jane Mould was born at Buckingham, England, and died in Utica, New York, when eighty-two years old. She was a very religious lady, and was thoroughly conversant with the Bible, which was her constant companion.

Jesse Warr came with his parents to America when only five years old, and the passage being made in a sailing vessel, it was long and tedious. He was reared principally in Utica, and secured his education at the public schools of that city, and after leaving school he learned shoemaking. During the month of August, 1862, Mr. Warr enlisted in Company A, 112th Regiment, New York Volunteers, as a private, and served two years and two months, when he was discharged on account of disability. He participated in many of the principal fights of his regiment, and conducted himself in such a manner as to win the respect of his comrades. Jamestown first knew him in the fall of 1859, when he came here and established a home, where, with the exception of the time spent in the array, he has lived ever since, and found employment at his trade until 1877, when, having a natural taste for floriculture, he opened a green-house and took front rank while he followed it. He is now retired from business and owns some valuable city property.

In 1851 he married Helen T. Osborn, of Utica, New York, and is now the father of three children: Mrs. Anna M. Wilcox lives in Jamestown; Mrs. Mary E. Rice resides here; and Emily L., who is superintendent of the training-school for nurses in the hospital at St. Louis, Missouri.

Jesse Warr is a member of the Presbyterian church, is a republican and belongs to James M. Brown Post, No. 285, G. A. R. Mrs. Helen T. Warr is a member of the same church and is one of the active members of the Woman’s Relief Corps, No. 73, attached to James M. Brown Post, G. A. R., and also belongs to the Royal Templars of Temperance. Her father, Henry W. Osborn, was in the War of 1812, where he served with credit. He was of German descent, a native of Albany, New York, and died in Utica, this State, in 1882, aged ninety-one years.