. Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Chautauqua County, New York. away in 1883, aged seventy years. Warren B. Hooker was reared on the farmand received his education at Forestville acad-emy, from which he was graduated in the classof 1872. At the close of his academic course,he determined upon law as a life vocation, andpursued his legal studies with J. G. Record, ofForestville, this county. He was admitted tothe bar in 1879, and practiced in Chautauquacounty until 1882, when he went west. At theend of two years he returned to Chautauquacounty, and established himself in active prac-tice
. Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Chautauqua County, New York. away in 1883, aged seventy years. Warren B. Hooker was reared on the farmand received his education at Forestville acad-emy, from which he was graduated in the classof 1872. At the close of his academic course,he determined upon law as a life vocation, andpursued his legal studies with J. G. Record, ofForestville, this county. He was admitted tothe bar in 1879, and practiced in Chautauquacounty until 1882, when he went west. At theend of two years he returned to Chautauquacounty, and established himself in active prac-tice at Fredonia, where he has remained eversince. His political career commenced in 1878,when he was elected special surrogate of Chau-tauqua county, which jiositiou he held for threeyears. In 1890 he received the nomination ofhis party for Congress over several popular andable republican leaders, and at the ensuing elec-tion had a majority of 5,726 votes over hisdemocratic oj)ponent. On September 11, 1884, he united in mar-riage with Etta K. Aliboy, daughter of Chaun-. OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNT!. 147 cey Abbey (see his sketch in tliis volume).They have two children : Sherman A. anilFlorence E. In addition to the duties of liis ])rofessionand the calls upon him iu the political field, hehas always found time to serve his feilow-townsmeu, or to labor iu any movemeut for thebenefit of Frcdonia or the county. When was elected to Congress from his dis-trict, he was a member of tiie Board of Super-visors of Chautauqua, which position he heldtwo years, the second time being tlie nominee ofboth the Republican and Democratic politics Warren B. Hooker has steadily sup-ported the Republican party and its cardinalpriucipies, wliile the part he has taken and themeasures which he has advocated in politicalaffairs has always met with the popular ap-proval of his own party, and never failed tocommand the respect of his opponents. TTHOMAS J. NEWELL is a son of Harvey-* C. and Jane E
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