”’Joseph Warner”’ (1803–1865) was a prominent [[Middlebury, Vermont]], merchant, banker, and a long-serving trustee of [[Middlebury College]]<ref name=”auto”>{{Cite web|url=https://www.middlebury.edu/library/people/joseph-warner|title=Joseph Warner | Middlebury Libraries|website=www.middlebury.edu|accessdate=December 1, 2025}}</ref>
”’Joseph Warner”’ (1803–1865) was a prominent [[Middlebury, Vermont]], merchant, banker, and a long-serving trustee of [[Middlebury College]]<ref name=”auto”>{{Cite web|url=https://www.middlebury.edu/library/people/joseph-warner|title=Joseph Warner | Middlebury Libraries|website=www.middlebury.edu|accessdate=December 1, 2025}}</ref>
==Life and Career==
==Life and ==
Warner was a successful businessman who served as the first cashier of the [[National Bank of Middlebury]] from 1831 until his death in 1865. He was involved in [[Vermont]] state politics, serving as a member of the [[State Senate]] from 1855–1856. In 1861, he was one of the electors who voted to place [[Abraham Lincoln]] in the presidential chair.
Warner was a successful businessman who served as the first cashier of the [[National Bank of Middlebury]] from 1831 until his death in 1865. He was involved in [[Vermont]] state politics, serving as a member of the [[State Senate]] from 18551856. In 1861, he was one of the electors who voted to place [[Abraham Lincoln]] in the presidential chair.
He was Elected as a trustee of [[Middlebury College]] in 1850, he held that position until his death on December 31, 1865.<ref name=”auto1″>{{cite book}}|title=A List of the Principal Civil Officers of Vermont from 1777 to 1918 Being a Revision and Enlargement of “Deming’s Vermont Officers.”|publisher=St. Albans messenger Company, publishers|date=1918 |page=36}}</ref>
He was Elected as a trustee of [[Middlebury College]] in 1850, he held that position until his death on December 31, 1865.<ref name=”auto1″>{{cite book}}|title=A List of the Principal Civil Officers of Vermont from 1777 to 1918 Being a Revision and Enlargement of “Deming’s Vermont Officers.”|publisher=St. Albans messenger Company, publishers|date=1918 |page=36}}</ref>
Joseph Warner was married twice:
Joseph Warner was married twice:
In 1833, he married Jane Meech, and they had three children: James M. (a Civil War Colonel and later Brigadier General), Mary, and Ezra Joseph.
In 1833, he married Jane Meech, and they had three children: James M. (a Civil War Colonel and later Brigadier General), Mary, and Ezra Joseph.
In 1860, he married Maria Bates, the daughter of Rev. Joshua Bates, the third President of Middlebury College.
In 1860, he married Maria Bates, the daughter of Rev. Joshua Bates, the third President of Middlebury College.
==References==
==References==
Catalogue of Officers and Students of Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont
Catalogue of Officers and Students of Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont
And of Others who Have Received Degrees, 1800-1915By Middlebury College · 1917|publisher=The College|date=1917 |page=18}}</ref>
And of Others who Have Received Degrees, 1800-1915By Middlebury College · 1917|publisher=The College|date=1917 |page=18}}</ref>
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Joseph Warner (1803–1865) was a prominent Middlebury, Vermont, merchant, banker, and a long-serving trustee of Middlebury College[1]
Warner was a successful businessman who served as the first cashier of the National Bank of Middlebury from 1831 until his death in 1865. He was involved in Vermont state politics, serving as a member of the State Senate from 1855 to 1856. In 1861, he was one of the electors who voted to place Abraham Lincoln in the presidential chair.
He was Elected as a trustee of Middlebury College in 1850, he held that position until his death on December 31, 1865.[2]
Joseph Warner’s son, Ezra Joseph Warner (Class of 1861), became a successful Chicago businessman and financier. In memory of his father, Ezra Joseph Warner (Class of 1861) donated the funds for the construction of the Joseph Warner Science Hall at Middlebury College, which opened in 1901 as the college’s first dedicated classroom building.
Joseph Warner was married twice:
In 1833, he married Jane Meech, and they had three children: James M. (a Civil War Colonel and later Brigadier General), Mary, and Ezra Joseph.
In 1860, he married Maria Bates, the daughter of Rev. Joshua Bates, the third President of Middlebury College.
- ^ “Joseph Warner | Middlebury Libraries”. www.middlebury.edu. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
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