Logan County Illinois Biographical Sketch Marguerite Estelle Warrick Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Submitted by: William L. Stephenson, Jr., Transcription by William L. Stephenson, Jr., Historian, Bock Family Association Biographical Sketch Marguerite Estelle Warrick Marguerite Estelle Warrick is a descendant of Mary Elizabeth Apel & John Warrick, Elizabeth Bock & George Gustave Apel, and Adam Bock & Maria Elizabeth Ringel. Marguerite was born in 1897, in Broadwell Township, Logan County, IL. The house where she was born was still occupied in 2004 (by the Robert Pharis family) When she was a child, her family moved to Macoupin County, IL, in the area around Girard. She was raised on a dairy farm near Girard. She would often return to the area for visits and enjoyed attending the annual Bock reunion in July. In 1915 she married Adolph Adam Alias Schoen in Girard, Macoupin County, IL, and moved to St. Louis, MO, where Adolph had entered the barber trade. The barber shop was located in the Theater District of St. Louis, and a big part of his early trade was the daily shave of many of his customers. He had a shelf on the wall that held his customers' private shaving mugs. Marguerite took on the daily task of cleaning and washing the linens used in the barber business, a substantial undertaking at the time. They lived in an area referred to as South St. Louis, which was predominately made up of people of German origin. Their first child Lillian Alma was born in 1916; Evelyn June was born in 1918, Adolph Junior in 1920, and Mary Charlotte in 1924. She was always a dedicated and active member of the church in her community; two were Tyler Place Presbyterian, and later, Southminister Presbyterian. Although she did not know how to cook when she got married, Marguerite Estelle Warrick Schoen became well known for her cooking in her two churches. Her grandmother-in-law, Emma Diebold Hirsch, taught her to cook German style after Marguerite moved to St. Louis soon after her marriage. She specialized in homemade noodles, angel food cake, sweet and sour red cabbage, German chocolate cake, and green apple pie, - all of which she made for church dinners (and fondly remembered by those fortunate enough to have visited her kitchen). >From the stories that she and others told, apparently Marguerite and her sister Mary Alma Warrick were the real firecrackers of the family and their brother Chester Oliver Warrick was the quiet one of the family. One story related was about a birthday party they had when they were young. The children were playing in the barn. They got hot and thirsty in the summertime, so the girls hauled out their father's (John A. Warrick) hidden jug of hard cider (their mother, Mary Elizabeth Apel belonged to the Temperance Union) and served the cider to their guests. Their horrified mother had to drive all the children home in the wagon as they were unable to walk home on their own. In her later years, Marguerite traveled all over the U. S. and Canada by car, boat, or plane. Her sister Alma had a car and would for many years drive them on their travels. In about 1965, they visited Marguerite's granddaughter Lynne Andrea Love Stephenson who lived in Prescott, AR. About mid-week, they decided that they wanted to see Dallas, TX, so they got into the car and hit the road in the days before the interstate highway system had been fully developed. Very late that evening they returned having driven to Dallas, taken the interstate loop around the city, and returned. When they arrived, they explained that it was only about a half-inch on the map and did not think it would take so long. But they both got to see Dallas and were pleased at having made the trip. In her eighties, Marguerite wanted to take a trip to Alaska but could not find anyone to go with her, so she went alone. She made the reservations, took off on her first plane trip, changed planes several times (once at 2 A.M.) and met the ship going to Alaska. Her favorite picture of the trip was one of Mt McKinley (now Denali) but to get the picture she had to take a ski lift (a first for her) to higher altitude so that the picture would show her standing with the peak of Mt. McKinley behind her in the picture. Marguerite always had her Bible within easy reach wherever she was, and she read it often. She was a wonderful grandmother and great-grandmother. Her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren living in the year 2000 numbered over 30. Marguerite died at the age of 91 in St. Louis County, MO. Fondly remembered by her granddaughter, Lynne Andrea Love Stephenson