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RICHARD WARREN WAS BORN IN FINEDON, NORTH HAMPTON SHIRE, ENGLAND
MAY 31, 1840.
IN 1850, HIS PARENTS JAMES AND ANN WARNER WARREN, IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES AND SETTLED ON A SMALL FARM IN JOLIET, ILLINOIS.
RICHARD, BEING THE ELDEST, HAD BEEN LEFT BEHIND IN ENGLAND TO EARN HIS OWN PASSAGE MONEY. IN 1852, AT THE AGE OF TWELVE, HE PAID FOR HIS PASSAGE, SAILED FROM ENGLAND AND LANDED IN NEW YORK CITY.
HE WORKED HIS WAY WESTWARD TO JOLIET, FIRST ON THE ERIE CANAL AND THEN BY WAGON.
TWO WEEKS AFTER HIS REUNION WITH HIS PARENTS AND FAMILY, HIS FATHER DIED FROM CHOLERA. THE FAMILY WAS NOT ABLE TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES ON THE FARM, THE FARM WAS SOLD.
RICHARD LOADED A WAGON WITH ALL THEIR BELONGINGS AND MOVED HIS MOTHER AND SEVEN YOUNGER SIBLINGS TO PORT BYRON, NEW YORK WHERE HIS MOTHER=S SISTER LIVED. RICHARD BECAME THE "BREADWINNER@ FOR THE FAMILY. HE WAS EMPLOYED, AS AN APPRENTICE, BY WILLIAM HOUGHTALING A WAGON MAKER IN PORT BYRON. THE SHOP WAS SOLD TO HENRY BURHAN'S PRIOR TO 1862 AND RICHARD CONTINUED TO MAKE WAGONS AND SUPPORT HIS FAMILY UNTIL HIS ENLISTMENT IN 1862.
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THIS WEB SITE HAS BEEN COMPILED TO HONOR RICHARD WARREN FOR HIS MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO HIS FAMILY, HIS COUNTRY AND HIS FELLOW MAN.
RICHARD WARREN LIVED A LIFE WHICH ILLUSTRATES THE "AMERICAN DREAM" COME TRUE.
RICHARD WAS PROUD TO BECOME AN AMERICAN CITIZEN & WILLINGLY FOUGHT TO DEFEND HIS NEWLY ADOPTED COUNTRY AND THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE.
CAROL WARREN TAYLOR, RICHARD'S GRANDDAUGHTER & MY MOTHER, TAUGHT HER THREE CHILDREN TO APPRECIATE THEIR HERITAGE AND GAVE ME A SPECIAL LOVE FOR HISTORY, SHE DID MUCH OF THE RESEARCH ON THE FAMILY AND STUDIED RICHARD'S WAR CAREER AND LIFE IN DEPTH.
I DEDICATE THIS SITE TO HER LOVING MEMORY.
THE CONTENT OF THIS WEB SITE IS FROM RICHARD'S DIARIES, HIS LETTERS, MEMORABILIA AND FAMILY HISTORY NOW IN THE COLLECTION OF RICHARD'S GREAT-GRANDSON
H. RICHARD TAYLOR
I SINCERELY ENJOY HEARING ABOUT OTHERS WHO FOUGHT WITH THE 111TH NYV.
I HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS SITE.
PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL: EXPORT@DIXIEFARMS.COM
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