“Allen Wardner, a member of one of the oldest families in Windsor county and bearer of one of Windsor’s most respected names, died at Portland, Oregon, on the 15th instant at the age of thirty-five. He was born in Windsor, November 7, 1872, a son and the youngest of the children of the late Henry Wardner and a grandson of the late Allen Wardner. His mother, born Caroline Paine Steele, a daughter of the late Jason Steele, is a resident of Windsor.
Allen Wardner, the second of the name, lived for a part of his boyhood in this village in the Wardner place, on the corner of Pine and Court streets, and was a scholar in our public school at the time his family moved to Springfield, Mass., in 1883. Since then, until four years ago, he had been a frequent visitor in his old home which is still kept by the family.
He attended private schools in Springfield, the Belmont school at Belmont, Mass., and entered Harvard with the class of 1895 in the scientific department. At college he played on the freshman eleven, and might probably have made his class crew but for an injury received at foot-ball. It was under his vigorous and lively coaching during one of his vacations at Windsor that the Windsor high school turned out one of the best foot-ball teams in its history.
He managed the Windsor Horse and Cattle show in 1901, which was the only year the fair showed a balance of receipts over expenses. He left college in 1893 and was in business in New York for about seven years, principally in the employ of the Continental Trust company. After a year in the far southwest and having recovered from a period of ill health, he entered the shipping department of the National Biscuit company at Cambridge, Mass., and later had charge of opening a new factory for the same company at Chicago. At the time of his death and since January, 1905, he had been with the San Francisco and Portland Steamship company, first in the freight department at San Francisco, and since last March as head of the Portland offices.
He was a man of marked business ability, quick to act, full of daring and energy and brimming with vitality. He had traveled much in this country, had lived in many places, and so, with an engaging personality and a real genius for making friends, had endeared himself to many people. He knew every sort. If he ever drew a line to define those whom he was willing to number as his friends, it was far beyond the limit which most of us, from motives of prudence or self interest, would fix for ourselves.
Besides his mother, he is survived by his sister, Mrs. Robert W. Harrison of San Francisco, and by his brother, Henry Steele Wardner of New York and Windsor. He was unmarried.
The cause of Mr. Wardner’s death was typhoid fever. He was taken ill about the first of September, and had been in a hospital at Portland since September 10. It was believed that he was well on the road to recovery, but the attack had been severe, and a relapse, which took on violent form about two days before his death, was beyond resistance. His rugged constitution and his normal great strength were perhaps handicapped by an operation for appendicitis, last spring.
Funeral services in St. Paul’s church will be held, probably, Friday afternoon of this week at 2:30 o’clock.”
Transcribed from the October 24, 1908 edition of The Vermont Journal.
Allen Wardner, the second of the name, lived for a part of his boyhood in this village in the Wardner place, on the corner of Pine and Court streets, and was a scholar in our public school at the time his family moved to Springfield, Mass., in 1883. Since then, until four years ago, he had been a frequent visitor in his old home which is still kept by the family.
He attended private schools in Springfield, the Belmont school at Belmont, Mass., and entered Harvard with the class of 1895 in the scientific department. At college he played on the freshman eleven, and might probably have made his class crew but for an injury received at foot-ball. It was under his vigorous and lively coaching during one of his vacations at Windsor that the Windsor high school turned out one of the best foot-ball teams in its history.
He managed the Windsor Horse and Cattle show in 1901, which was the only year the fair showed a balance of receipts over expenses. He left college in 1893 and was in business in New York for about seven years, principally in the employ of the Continental Trust company. After a year in the far southwest and having recovered from a period of ill health, he entered the shipping department of the National Biscuit company at Cambridge, Mass., and later had charge of opening a new factory for the same company at Chicago. At the time of his death and since January, 1905, he had been with the San Francisco and Portland Steamship company, first in the freight department at San Francisco, and since last March as head of the Portland offices.
He was a man of marked business ability, quick to act, full of daring and energy and brimming with vitality. He had traveled much in this country, had lived in many places, and so, with an engaging personality and a real genius for making friends, had endeared himself to many people. He knew every sort. If he ever drew a line to define those whom he was willing to number as his friends, it was far beyond the limit which most of us, from motives of prudence or self interest, would fix for ourselves.
Besides his mother, he is survived by his sister, Mrs. Robert W. Harrison of San Francisco, and by his brother, Henry Steele Wardner of New York and Windsor. He was unmarried.
The cause of Mr. Wardner’s death was typhoid fever. He was taken ill about the first of September, and had been in a hospital at Portland since September 10. It was believed that he was well on the road to recovery, but the attack had been severe, and a relapse, which took on violent form about two days before his death, was beyond resistance. His rugged constitution and his normal great strength were perhaps handicapped by an operation for appendicitis, last spring.
Funeral services in St. Paul’s church will be held, probably, Friday afternoon of this week at 2:30 o’clock.”
Transcribed from the October 24, 1908 edition of The Vermont Journal.
“Allen Wardner, a member of one of the oldest families in Windsor county and bearer of one of Windsor’s most respected names, died at Portland, Oregon, on the 15th instant at the age of thirty-five. He was born in Windsor, November 7, 1872, a son and the youngest of the children of the late Henry Wardner and a grandson of the late Allen Wardner. His mother, born Caroline Paine Steele, a daughter of the late Jason Steele, is a resident of Windsor.
Allen Wardner, the second of the name, lived for a part of his boyhood in this village in the Wardner place, on the corner of Pine and Court streets, and was a scholar in our public school at the time his family moved to Springfield, Mass., in 1883. Since then, until four years ago, he had been a frequent visitor in his old home which is still kept by the family.
He attended private schools in Springfield, the Belmont school at Belmont, Mass., and entered Harvard with the class of 1895 in the scientific department. At college he played on the freshman eleven, and might probably have made his class crew but for an injury received at foot-ball. It was under his vigorous and lively coaching during one of his vacations at Windsor that the Windsor high school turned out one of the best foot-ball teams in its history.
He managed the Windsor Horse and Cattle show in 1901, which was the only year the fair showed a balance of receipts over expenses. He left college in 1893 and was in business in New York for about seven years, principally in the employ of the Continental Trust company. After a year in the far southwest and having recovered from a period of ill health, he entered the shipping department of the National Biscuit company at Cambridge, Mass., and later had charge of opening a new factory for the same company at Chicago. At the time of his death and since January, 1905, he had been with the San Francisco and Portland Steamship company, first in the freight department at San Francisco, and since last March as head of the Portland offices.
He was a man of marked business ability, quick to act, full of daring and energy and brimming with vitality. He had traveled much in this country, had lived in many places, and so, with an engaging personality and a real genius for making friends, had endeared himself to many people. He knew every sort. If he ever drew a line to define those whom he was willing to number as his friends, it was far beyond the limit which most of us, from motives of prudence or self interest, would fix for ourselves.
Besides his mother, he is survived by his sister, Mrs. Robert W. Harrison of San Francisco, and by his brother, Henry Steele Wardner of New York and Windsor. He was unmarried.
The cause of Mr. Wardner’s death was typhoid fever. He was taken ill about the first of September, and had been in a hospital at Portland since September 10. It was believed that he was well on the road to recovery, but the attack had been severe, and a relapse, which took on violent form about two days before his death, was beyond resistance. His rugged constitution and his normal great strength were perhaps handicapped by an operation for appendicitis, last spring.
Funeral services in St. Paul’s church will be held, probably, Friday afternoon of this week at 2:30 o’clock.”
Transcribed from the October 24, 1908 edition of The Vermont Journal.
Allen Wardner, the second of the name, lived for a part of his boyhood in this village in the Wardner place, on the corner of Pine and Court streets, and was a scholar in our public school at the time his family moved to Springfield, Mass., in 1883. Since then, until four years ago, he had been a frequent visitor in his old home which is still kept by the family.
He attended private schools in Springfield, the Belmont school at Belmont, Mass., and entered Harvard with the class of 1895 in the scientific department. At college he played on the freshman eleven, and might probably have made his class crew but for an injury received at foot-ball. It was under his vigorous and lively coaching during one of his vacations at Windsor that the Windsor high school turned out one of the best foot-ball teams in its history.
He managed the Windsor Horse and Cattle show in 1901, which was the only year the fair showed a balance of receipts over expenses. He left college in 1893 and was in business in New York for about seven years, principally in the employ of the Continental Trust company. After a year in the far southwest and having recovered from a period of ill health, he entered the shipping department of the National Biscuit company at Cambridge, Mass., and later had charge of opening a new factory for the same company at Chicago. At the time of his death and since January, 1905, he had been with the San Francisco and Portland Steamship company, first in the freight department at San Francisco, and since last March as head of the Portland offices.
He was a man of marked business ability, quick to act, full of daring and energy and brimming with vitality. He had traveled much in this country, had lived in many places, and so, with an engaging personality and a real genius for making friends, had endeared himself to many people. He knew every sort. If he ever drew a line to define those whom he was willing to number as his friends, it was far beyond the limit which most of us, from motives of prudence or self interest, would fix for ourselves.
Besides his mother, he is survived by his sister, Mrs. Robert W. Harrison of San Francisco, and by his brother, Henry Steele Wardner of New York and Windsor. He was unmarried.
The cause of Mr. Wardner’s death was typhoid fever. He was taken ill about the first of September, and had been in a hospital at Portland since September 10. It was believed that he was well on the road to recovery, but the attack had been severe, and a relapse, which took on violent form about two days before his death, was beyond resistance. His rugged constitution and his normal great strength were perhaps handicapped by an operation for appendicitis, last spring.
Funeral services in St. Paul’s church will be held, probably, Friday afternoon of this week at 2:30 o’clock.”
Transcribed from the October 24, 1908 edition of The Vermont Journal.
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