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A. J. WARDEN, lawyer, was born October 1, 1816, in Lincoln County, Ky., and is a son of William B. and Elizabeth (Martin) Warden, both natives of North Carolina. Robert Warden, subject’s paternal grandfather, was a native of Wales, which country he left as early as 1755, coming to America and settling in one of the Carolinas, where about 1815 he died. Subject’s maternal grandfather was David Martin, a native of North Carolina. He emigrated from that State in 1810, settling in Hardin County, Ky., and later moved to Indiana, where he died in 1835. William B. Warden, subject’s father came to Hickman County in 1832, and located near the town of Clinton. He afterward moved to Ballard County, and died at the village of Milburn in 1865, aged seventy-five years. Subject’s mother died in Missouri about 1820, at the age of twenty-three or twenty-four years. A. J. Warden commenced life for himself as a teacher, engaging in that profession in Ballard County, when but seventeen years of age. He was elected constable in an early day and filled the office for a period of ten years, employing his leisure moments in reading law. In 1862 he was elected to the offices of circuit and county clerk, filling both positions for six years. He was admitted to the bar in 1867, and since that time has given his attention to his profession in Ballard and adjoining counties. He was married December 27, 1842, to Miss Zillah, daughter of James L. and Zillah, Gray, of Ballard County. To this union were born eight children as follows: Jane (deceased), Elizabeth (deceased), A. J.; Margaret, Ann (deceased), Henry C. (deceased), Harry and Maud. Mrs. Warden died March 12, 1874, aged fifty-two years. Mr. Warden is a member of the Masonic fraternity and belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically he is a Republican.