Private Gideon Warner
17xx - 1843
This page contains information on Gideon Warner, one of the soldiers who fought in the American Revolution and who are buried in one of the counties served by the Fox Valley Chapter. This page contains his biography and photographs of his grave.
Gideon Warner enlisted before his xx-th birthday. He lived to be almost xx years old and is buried in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Wheaton, Illinois.
Biography
The biography of Gideon Warner is being written and should be available by June 2006. The sign in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery states: Gideon Warner, Massachusetts native, enlisted April 20, 1778 and served for a year as a private in Captain Pomeroy's company of Colonel Woods regiment in the New York State area. He is the only veteran of the Revolutionary War buried here in 1843.
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Gideon Warner is buried near the center of the Pleasant Hill Cemetery only 10 feet from the flagpole. The Pleasant Cemetery is a small cemetery located on the south side of Geneva Road west of Wheaton. It is normally locked and not open to the public. To visit the cemetery call 630-668-1616 for an appointment.
Click for MapQuest map to cemetery.
A large sign, visible to traffic on Geneva Road, proclaims that Gideon Warner is buried here.
On Coventry, the side street is this sign with the phone number to gain access to the cemetery.
The flag on Gideon Warner's grave is visible in the open field to the left behind the flagpole and tablet.
The Aurora Chapter of the DAR marked this grave and conducted a memorial service on June 22, 1914, when Frederick was moved to the Spring Lake cemetery.
A close-up of the memorial tablet for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Placed perhaps on its 100th anniversary.
A close up of Gideon Warner's head stone with an American flag waving in the breeze.
Sources
Signs at Pleasant Hill Cemetery