Joseph
H. Warner

Joseph H. Warner, of
Chattanooga
, was born in Sumner County, Tenn.,
September 5, 1842
, the son of Jacob L. and Elizabeth J.
(Cartwright) Warner, natives respectively of
Virginia
and
North Carolina
. Our subject's maternal grandfather, James
Cartwright, immigrated to
Tennessee
in 1780, and was one of the pioneer settlers and
Indian fighters of Middle Tennessee. Our subject was reared and educated
in his native county. In 1862 he enlisted in Company A, Nineteenth Tennessee
Regiment Confederate Infantry, serving as private and non-commissioned officer
until captured at
Missionary Ridge
, and was held in the Federal prisons until the
close of the war. He then engaged as clerk in a wholesale hardware store
in
Davenport
,
Iowa
, and in the latter part of 1865 he engaged in
the business for himself in
Nashville
. In December, 1866, he removed to
Chattanooga
and started his present hardware business on a
limited scale. His trade now extends to
Georgia
,
Alabama
,
Mississippi
,
Tennessee
and
Kentucky
. He employs twenty men in the house which is
located on the southwest corner of Seventh and Market Streets. It is five
stories high, and is a commodious structure. He also employs five traveling
salesmen. Mr. Warner is one of the original founders of the Chattanooga Street
Railroad Company, and has been its president for four years. He was one of the
organizers of the Third National Bank, and its president some years.
June 20, 1867
, he married Miss Alice G. Hood of Rutherford
County, Tenn., and has five living children by this union - two sons and three
daughters. Mr. Warner is independent in his political views but has affiliated
with the Democratic party. He is a Knight of Pythias.
Goodspeed's
"History of East Tennessee" 1887