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Lafayette A “Att” Warden Veteran

Birth
Missouri, USA
Death
7 Jan 1922 (aged 77–78)
Copeville, Collin County, Texas, USA
Burial
Lavon, Collin County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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CONFEDERATE AND EARLY SETTLER DIES AT COPEVILLE

ATT WARDEN PASSES AWAY AFTER 30-DAY ILLNESS, AGED 77 YEARS.

Att Warden, aged 77 years, 2 months and 10 days, dies at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Cotner, at Copeville Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, following an illness of thirty days.
The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Baptist church at Copeville, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Mr. Hall. Interment followed in the Thompson cemetery two miles south of Copeville. The following relatives and friends attended the funeral obsequies from McKinney: Mr. and Mrs. Henry Warden, Mr. and Mrs. Gibson Caldwell, W. A. (Chief) Warden, Mrs. Jeannie Phelps and son, Gibson, Charlie Sears and W. M. Burgess.
Deceased was born in Missouri. He was a son of William Warden and wife, who moved to Texas when the deceased was a small child, settling on Bois d'Arc Creek in Fannin county. Where they continued to live until several years later when they moved to Collin county, settling in the Climax community, twelve miles east of McKinney.

Early Settler.
The Warden family was among the earliest settlers to Collin county. The family has been prominent in the development of Collin county, its members having taken active and prominent parts in every worth while movement and in converting Collin county from a semi-wilderness to the rich agricultural county of today. Mr. Warden was a member of a family of eleven children all of whom are now dead with the exception of one, W. A. (Chief) Warden of McKinney. Deceased was a brother of the late Sheriff Williams Warden, F. M. Warden, John Warden, Bob Warden, Mrs. Bob Fitzhugh, Mrs. John Hunter and Mrs. Rike of this county.
Deceased was married twice, both companions having preceded him to the grave. He is survived by five children as follows: Joe Warden of New York, member of the U.S. Army; Jack Warden, of California, Lon Warden of Oklahoma City; Mrs. John Cotner of Copeville and Mrs. Nora Martin of Copeville.

Confederate Veteran.
Deceased served through the Civil War. At the close of the four years of strife he returned to Collin county and had since been engaged in farming until a few years ago when he sold his farm and had spent declining years in the home of his daughter. The news of his death was received with sadness by his friends in McKinney and all over Collin county.

- 09 Jan 1922 - McKinney Courier Gazette
CONFEDERATE AND EARLY SETTLER DIES AT COPEVILLE

ATT WARDEN PASSES AWAY AFTER 30-DAY ILLNESS, AGED 77 YEARS.

Att Warden, aged 77 years, 2 months and 10 days, dies at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Cotner, at Copeville Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, following an illness of thirty days.
The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Baptist church at Copeville, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Mr. Hall. Interment followed in the Thompson cemetery two miles south of Copeville. The following relatives and friends attended the funeral obsequies from McKinney: Mr. and Mrs. Henry Warden, Mr. and Mrs. Gibson Caldwell, W. A. (Chief) Warden, Mrs. Jeannie Phelps and son, Gibson, Charlie Sears and W. M. Burgess.
Deceased was born in Missouri. He was a son of William Warden and wife, who moved to Texas when the deceased was a small child, settling on Bois d'Arc Creek in Fannin county. Where they continued to live until several years later when they moved to Collin county, settling in the Climax community, twelve miles east of McKinney.

Early Settler.
The Warden family was among the earliest settlers to Collin county. The family has been prominent in the development of Collin county, its members having taken active and prominent parts in every worth while movement and in converting Collin county from a semi-wilderness to the rich agricultural county of today. Mr. Warden was a member of a family of eleven children all of whom are now dead with the exception of one, W. A. (Chief) Warden of McKinney. Deceased was a brother of the late Sheriff Williams Warden, F. M. Warden, John Warden, Bob Warden, Mrs. Bob Fitzhugh, Mrs. John Hunter and Mrs. Rike of this county.
Deceased was married twice, both companions having preceded him to the grave. He is survived by five children as follows: Joe Warden of New York, member of the U.S. Army; Jack Warden, of California, Lon Warden of Oklahoma City; Mrs. John Cotner of Copeville and Mrs. Nora Martin of Copeville.

Confederate Veteran.
Deceased served through the Civil War. At the close of the four years of strife he returned to Collin county and had since been engaged in farming until a few years ago when he sold his farm and had spent declining years in the home of his daughter. The news of his death was received with sadness by his friends in McKinney and all over Collin county.

- 09 Jan 1922 - McKinney Courier Gazette


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