Warren, James L. L. F. (James Lloyd LaFayette), 1805-1896

Biography

James Lloyd LaFayette Warren, perhaps better known simply as Colonel Warren, was born at Brighton, Massachusetts on August 12, 1805. He began work as clerk in a dry goods store in Boston, and in 1822 served as supercargo in the employ of D. J. Kendall in Wilmington. Upon returning to Boston he again turned to the dry goods business. In the 1840s he established large horticultural gardens in Brighton, introducing the tomato and the tulip to Massachusetts. At this time he also laid out the private gardens of Henry W. Longfellow. Mr. Warren then went on a lecture tour of Europe, preaching Temperance. Late in 1848 he made preparations for going to California, forming the Sweden Mining Company and chartering the ship Sweden.

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