William H. Warder, legislator, attorney and teacher, was born on August 21, 1859 in Johnson County, Illinois, the second son of Joseph Warder (1810-1887) and Anne T. Kirkham (1822-1890). His mother, Anne, was the daughter of Thomas Kirkham and Elizabeth Pruitt.

Joseph Warder and Ann Thomas Kirkham (1822) were married near the Blue Lick Springs, in Fleming County, Kentucky on Feb 3, 1842. They resided in Flemingsburg for 7 or 8 years and then moved to Maysville, the county seat of Mason County, Kentucky where they lived for about two years. Two children, Elizabeth and Isabell, had been born to them while they resided in Flemingsburg. Continue reading →