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| ~ Bio - Capt. John Warner ~ | |||||||
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Captain John Warner was born on May 29, 1745 in Woodbury (now Roxbury) Litchfield County, Connecticut, the son of Benjamin and Silence (Hurd) Warner. John was a younger brother to Seth Warner, Colonel of the Continental Army Regiment known as the “Green Mountain Boys”. In 1765, John moved to Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont with his parents. He married twice. His first wife died in the year 1775. In August 1777, about ten or twelve days prior to the Battle of Bennington, he married Joanna Ames. John and Joanna had nine children: Truman, Wait, Gideon, William, Benjamin F., Junia, Sarah, Levi and Amos. John moved to St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont in 1793 and resided there until his death on July 2, 1819. He was St. Albans first physician, specializing in medicinal botany (the use of indigenous plants in treating disease). He is buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in St. Albans. The photos below show the gravesite of Captain John Warner. The red Vermont slate marker is the original headstone. The Granite and bronze marker was erected by the Bellevue Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1922. Click on images below to view larger pictures:
- Biographical information and photos courtesy of Herman C. Brown
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