When George Benjamin Warren was born on 29 September 1847, in Hudson, Penobscot, Maine, United States, his father, William Reed Stockbridge Warren, was 29 and his mother, Elizabeth Davis Haskell, was 28. He married Mary Ann Newman in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 12 October 1897, in Ouray, Ouray, Colorado, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Ouray, Ouray, Colorado, United States.
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"In 1851, Maine outlawed the sale of alcohol, allowing exceptions only for ""medicinal, mechanical, and manufacturing purposes"". This made Maine the first state to experiment with prohibition. Neal Dow, mayor of Portland, believed that alcohol was linked to slavery and was also convinced by the Christian temperance movement. Dow ran into problems later for his anti-immigration rhetoric against the Irish, and also for breaking his own prohibition laws; although not a designated ""purchaser"", Dow personally purchased alcohol to distribute to local doctors, violating a technicality. As the citizens turned against him, Dow eventually ordered soldiers to fire on protesters. This marked a sharp decline in Dow's political career, and the Maine Law was repealed by 1856. Aspects of the law would remain in tact, however, and ultimately paved the way for the 18th Amendment, which prohibited alcohol on the national level."
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English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English (Old French) personal name Warin, Werin, a borrowing of ancient Germanic Warino, a short form of various compound names based on the element warin ‘protection, shelter’ or ‘guard’. Compare Waring .
English and Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from La Varrenne in Seine-Maritime, France, named with a Gaulish element probably descriptive of alluvial land or sandy soil. This was the name of a major Norman family after the Conquest. In Ireland, this name has been Gaelicized as Bharain.
Irish: adopted as an English form of Gaelic Ó Murnáin (see Murnane , Warner ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesGeorge Benjamin Warren was born on 29 September 1847 in Maine to William Reed Stockbridge and Elizabeth Davis Warren. He was the second of five children, three girls and two boys, the first three bo …
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