 He retired from Lafayette, moved to Los Angeles, California, where he took up private law practice until his final appointment, as president of Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.He remained at Wilson until his retirement in 1936.Warfield was married twice, first to Sarah Lacy Warfield (née Brookes) (1864–1886) and secondly, on August 28, 1890 in Natick, Massachusetts to Nellie Frances Warfield (née Tilton) (1864–1941), the daughter of J. Edward Tilton and Edie Lovia Tilton (née Wite).