Warren, E. J. (Edward Jenner), 1826-1876

Edward Jenner Warren, a native of Vermont, moved to Washington, Beaufort County, N.C., where he was a lawyer; state legislator, 1862-1866 and 1870-1872; delegate to state conventions, 1861-1862 and 1865-1866; and Superior Court judge, 1865-1868.

Edward Jenner Warren (1826-1876) was born in Wardsboro, Vt., the third child of twelve of Dr. John Parker and Lucy Maynard Wheelock Warren. Dr. Warren was a distinguished physician and botanist. Lucy Wheelock Warren was related to Frederick Eleazar Wheelock, a prominent New England educator and founder of Dartmouth College, where Edward Jenner Warren studied until 1847 (he received his degree from Dartmouth sometime in the 1860s). Within two years of leaving Dartmouth, Warren settled in Washington, Beaufort County, N.C., where he taught school and studied law.

Warren quickly made his reputation at the bar and among the people of Beaufort County. He was elected to represent Beaufort County at the Secession Convention of 1861 and then in the state legislature, 1861-1862. In the 1871-1872 session, he served as president of the state Senate. He also served as a Superior Court judge from 1865 to 1868.

In 1849, Warren married Deborah Virginia Bonner (1829-1910). They had one daughter Lucy Wheelock (1850-1937), and one son Charles Frederick (1852-1904). Lucy ( Lulie ) Warren received her formal education at Saint Mary's School in Raleigh and married W. Rodman Myers in 1872. Charles Warren received his degree from Washington College (later Washington and Lee University) in Lexington, Va. He studied and practiced law in Washington, N.C. He was also president of the North Carolina Bar Association. In 1879, he married Elizabeth Mutter Blount.