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Rev. Abner Barnard Warner, born in
Northampton, Mass., Jan. 8, 1814, graduated from Williams College, 1833, and from Gilmanton Theological Seminary, 1838; held a very successful pastorate in
Milford, N. H., from 1839 to 1846, and, having accepted his call, was duly installed pastor of the
Mystic Church Oct. 27, 1847.
The sermon on that occasion was by his uncle,
Rev. Professor Warner, D. D.
After a ministry eminently efficient and successful, as is manifest from the fact that the membership of the church more than doubled during his connection with it, he died, sincerely lamented, May 26, 1853.
During his long sickness the pulpit was supplied gratuitously by neighboring pastors, and after his death the society continued his salary for several months for the benefit of his wife and daughter, who survived him.
His successor was
the Rev. Jacob M. Manning.