Biographical Sketch of Oscar D. Warnick, Johnson County, Missouri,
Warrensburg Township

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.
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Oscar D. Warnick, of the firm Shock & Warnick of Warrensburg, was born
April 17, 1881 in Post Oak township, Johnson county.  He is a son of
Sanford Francis and Mollie B. Warnick.  Sanford Francis Warnick was
born in Post Oak township, a son of Robert N. and Amanda J. (Oglesby)
Warnick.  Robert N. Warnick was born December 3, 1824 in Tennessee. 
When he was a child, he came with his parents to Missouri and they 
settled in Johnson county, where he was reared to manhood and in 1846
was married to Amanda J. Oglesby.  Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Warnick were
ever active and interested participants in all good and worthy causes
and both were valued members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church.
Mr. Warnick was prominent in civic affairs in his day and for many
years was justice of the peace in Johnson county.  Robert N. Warnick
was owner of a splendid tract of land ten miles south of Warrensburg,
upon which he settled.  He died in Warrensburg and was buried in the
Providence cemetery in Chilhowee township.  Robert N. Warnick was a 
son of Major James N. Warnick, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in
this volume.  Sanford Francis Warnick, the father of the subject of
this review, was born and reared in Post Oak township, Johnson county.
For fifteen years, he was engaged in the mercantile business in 
Warrensburg, associated with his brother, E. N., under the firm name 
of Warnick Brothers.  Later, Sanford F. sold his interest in the 
establishment to his son, Oscar D., the subject of this review, and, 
in 1909, E. N. Warnick purchased the interest of Oscar D.  After 
selling his interest in the store, Sanford F. Warnick retired to his
farm in Centerview township, where he is now residing.  To Sanford 
Francis and Mollie B. Warnick have been born the following children:
Gertrude, who is the wife of Theodore Shock, of Warrensburg, Missouri;
and Oscar D., the subject of this review.  Oscar D. Warnick attended
the public schools of Johnson county and the Warrensburg High School.
In 1909, he began life for himself, purchasing his father's interest
in the hardware store conducted by the Warnick Brothers.  He later 
sold his interest in the store to E. N. Warnick and purchased the 
hardware and implement stock from Wampler & Wampler at Knob Noster,
Missouri, where he remained one year.  He then became a member of the
firm of Miller & Warnick, which, one year later, was succeeded by 
Shock & Warnick, having purchased the stock of hardware owned by S. P.
Hines & Son, whose store was located at 201 North Holden street, the
present place of business of the firm Shock & Warnick.  The Shock &
Warnick Hardware Store is an outgrowth of the Miller & Warnick Hardware
Store, originally started in 1912.  The present firm carries a complete
line of hardware and also is engaged in the business of plumbing, heat-
ing, and tin working.  The young men of the firm are progressive, 
energetic, and enterprising and they are numbered amoung the best 
business men in the city of Warrensburg.  December 25, 1910, Oscar D.
Warnick and Maud E. McKee were united in marriage.  Maud E. (McKee)
Warnick is a daughter of Samuel and Katherine McKee of Butler, Miss-
ouri.  Mrs. Warnick was born in Butler, Missouri, June 10, 1884.  To
Oscar D. and Maud E. Warnick has been born one child, a daughter, 
Martha Katherine.  Mr. and Mrs. Warnick are highly esteemed in Warrens-
burg, where for three quarters of a century the Warnick family has been
considered one of the most prominent and respected families in the 
county.  Mr. Warnick is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted 
Masons lodge Number 265, of Warrensburg.

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