Marion County, West Virginia    Biography of George W. BOCK

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Submitted by Valerie Crook, <vfcrook@trellis.net>, April 1999
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The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., 
Chicago and New York, Volume II, pg. 171

GEORGE W. BOCK, a broker and dealer in flour, feed, hay
and grain at Weston, is a native of Marion County. He
started to make his fortune when a boy, and has achieved
a definite and satisfactory progress through the years, all
of which accounts for the high standing and esteem paid
him as a citizen.

Mr. Bock was born in Marion County, West Virginia,
July 20, 1865, son of Jackson and Lyda (Pyles) Bock,
natives of the same county. His father, who is still living,
was born in 1830. Both parents were reared on farms, had
common school educations, and after their marriage settled
on a farm in Marion County, where Jackson Bock continued
his active responsibilities until he retired. Both have been
faithful and earnest members of the Christian Church, and
in politics the father is a democrat. Of the nine children
born to their marriage three are still living: George W.;
Mrs. Lena Basnett, of Worthington, West Virginia; and
Charles S., a miner at Worthington.

George W. Bock grew up on a farm and acquired a com-
mon school education. He went out for himself at fifteen
and gradually his experience led him into the lumber busi-
ness, and for some years he conducted a lumber plant as
manager and proprietor. In 1914 he engaged in his present
business as a broker in flour, feed, hay and grain at Wes-
ton. He is also a stockholder in the Benson Oil Company.

In February, 1891, Mr, Bock married Mintie Skinner,
a native of Lewis County. They have four children: Wal-
ter R., who is a graduate of the Port Clinton High School
and is now chief chemist in the great paint works of Sher-
win-Williams Company of Cleveland; George L., a graduate
of the Weston High School, has charge of the meter depart-
ment of the West Virginia Central Gas Company; Virginia,
also a high school graduate, is the wife of Harry S. Vander-
vort, Jr., of Weston; and Frank R. is a graduate of the
Weston High School and is now the business partner of
his father in the brokerage trade. The family are mem-
bers of the Christian Church. Mr. Bock is affiliated with
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has filled the
office of noble grand three times. He has been a working
member of the democratic party for many years, and was
his party's nominee for the State Senate to represent the
Twelfth Senatorial District.