The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 794 ERIE J. WARNER. Erie J. Warner, busily engaged in the further development of a ranch property of thirty-three and a half acres near Sunnyside, comes to Washington from the state of Michigan. His birth occurred at Volinia, October 13, 1869, a son of James H. and Rachel (Rich) Warner, the former a native of New York, while the latter was also a native of Michigan. They were farming people of that state and both have now passed away. Erie J. Warner obtained a public school education and through the period of his boyhood and youth assisted in the work of the home farm of which he afterward took charge. continuing its cultivation until September, 1899, when he removed to the northwest and purchased nineteen and a half acres of land six and a half miles west of Sunnyside, in Yakima county. It was then a wild tract covered with sagebrush, but his labors soon wrought a marked change in the appearance of the place. He afterward bought fourteen acres more and he is devoting his land to the production of corn and hay. He has built a good house and substantial barns upon the place and has added many modern improvements, making it one of the attractive ranch properties of the district. On the 4th of December, 1893, Mr. Warner was united in marriage to Miss Lottie B. Jewell, a native of Michigan and a daughter of James R. and Charlotte (Young) Jewell. They became the parents of four children: Harold C., a member of the United States Army; Otto, who died in 1918, in Philadelphia, while a member of the army; Olive, at home; and Fred, who died at the age of nine years. The wife and mother passed away in April, 1914, and on the 21st of January, 1917, Mr. Warner was again married, his second union being with Mrs. Inez (Kline) Searls, of Yakima, who by her former marriage had three children; Wanda, deceased; and Harry and Neil, at home. Fraternally Mr. Warner is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America and his political endorsement is given to the democratic party. He has gained a wide acquaintance during the period of his residence in this section and all with whom he has become acquainted entertain for him high regard, recognizing his progressiveness in business affairs and his substantial qualities of citizenship. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.