WARREN-L.C. (Elder) - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Elder L.C. Warren, evangelist, Hillsboro. The subject of this biography is one of the best known preachers of the Christian church in Indiana, his field of labor having extended over the greater portion of the state. He was born April 5, 1830, and was the youngest of a family of eight children, four of whom are still living: Amanda M., Neal, John Warren, and Minerva E. Bradshaw. His father, John Warren, was born in Quebec, in Upper Canada, and when one year old his parents removed to the United States, the family being related to the Bunker Hill family of the same name. His mother was a Collins, niece of Col. Collins, who died under Perry at the battle of Lake Erie. Mr. Warren's parents were married at Harrison, on the White Water, and afterward removed to Port Royal, and there located, thinking that that would be the site of the state capital. Here the subject of our sketch received his early education in an old store-room, his preceptor being Ebenezer Sutton, who did not believe in sparing the rod while cultivating the youthful minds of his pupils. For the greater portion of his education he is indebted to his mother, who was a lady of fine education, and imparted to her children the knowledge which she had acquired. He took up, of his own accord, the business of cabinet-making, which he followed for some time, but finding that the confinement did not agree with him he took up carpentering, and engaged at the handicraft for some years. He married, on July 24, 1850, Miss Nancy Dyson, by whom he has had ten children, five of whom are no longer living: John H., Amanda M. Meek, James I. B., Omar Pasha, and Daisy E. On the outbreak of the war Mr. Warren enlisted in the 20th Ind. Bat., and for ten months was installed as ordnance officer at Louisville. On being mustered out of the army, June 20, 1865, he returned home and again went to work at carpentering, which he followed some time, then was called upon to preach and to build up the congregations of the Christian church in this state, many of them being in a dilapidated condition. He preached his first sermon at Clarksburg, Johnson county, and continued there in the good work, delivering in all seventeen discourses, the result being thirty two additions to the membership. From this time onward he continued to preach the word, the greater portion of his time being occupied with evangelical work. During his career he has baptized over 5,000 persons and organized and reorganized fifty-two congregations. In this immediate vicinity he has done a splendid work, assisted by the brethren, the churches at Hillsboro, Waynetown, Veedersburg and Covington being organized and reorganized through his labors, and the congregation at Scott's Prairie reanimated. In July 1874, he settled in Hillsboro, and has since continued to make this his home. His residence, south of the village, is beautifully situated upon one of the most picturesque sites in the vicinity. He is a member of the Masonic and Odd-Fellows fraternities, and is a leading man of the republican party in this county. Mr. Warren's whole life has been one of true nobility and self-denial in the cause of the Master, treading the path of the evangelist with an eye single to work to be performed without thought regarding the monetary matters, and today stand high in the estimation of all who know him.