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horn in 1836, now a resident of Philadel- phia, Pennsylvania, eleven of her fifteen children are now living: Elizabeth, married John L. Ketterlinus, of Philadelphia ; Annie L., deceased ; Eleanor G., married Samuel C. Bodine, of Philadelphia; Henry, of fur- ther mention ; Louisa, died in childhood ; -Mary, married Charles W. Harkness, of New York City; Sarah, married William L. McLean, of Philadelphia ; Jeannette, died in childhood; Edith, married Henry R. Corn- ing, of Cleveland ; Barbara, married William Strawbridge, of Philadelphia, whom she sur- \ ives ; James W., died in childhood; Wil- liam G. (2), of Philadelphia, now manager of the William G. Warden estate; Herbert \V., of Paris, France; Nelson B., of Paris, f'rance ; Clarence B., a lawyer of Philadel- [ihia.

Henry Warden was born March 17, 1858, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was seven >ears of age when his parents moved to Philadelphia where he obtained his early education. He also attended McClellan's r.oarding School, West Chester, Pennsyl- .ania, and later spent two years at Rens- -I'laer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, New \'()i"k. He then formed a connection with the Hannibal Meat Company, of Philadel- phia and Hannibal. Missouri, spending two years with that company at Hannibal. He then returned to Philadelphia, spending the next five years in the employ of the Atlantic Refining Company. The next seven years he s|)cnt in business as member of the firm of the Warden c^- Mitchell Boiler and Tank Comi)any. of Philadelphia, then from 1891 until 1895 was associated with his father in the care of the latter's large estate, this con- nection continuing until dissolved by the death of William G. Warden. Henry Warden from 1895 until 1898 was engaged in business in Upshur and Randolph coun- ties, \'irginia, locating in Fredericksburg in the latter year. In 1905 he purchased "Lee Hill Ivarm" and has since devoted himself to its management. He is also largely in- terested in the Journal Publishing Company, lla/.cl Hill Canning Company, Fredericks- burg Tie Company, and has a stockholding interest in other imjiortant concerns in Pennsylvania.

Mr. Warden married in llannibal. Mis- souri. October 10, 1879. Mary P.. Green, daughter of Moses P. and MaryR. (Rowen) Green. Moses P Green was an eminent


lawyer of Hannibal ; he and his wife are now deceased. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Warden : Grace and Sarah B., residing with their parents in Fredericksburg.

Charles Price Warwick, a prominent busi- ness man of New York, was born at Lynch- burg, Virginia, August 14, 1873. He is the son of Abram Daniel and Adel (Branch) Warwick, the latter born at Petersburg, Virginia, in 1838, the daughter of David Branch. Abram Daniel Warwick was born at Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1835, the son of John Marshall Warwick, who was born in Amherst county, Virginia, the son of Major William Warwick. The father of Charles Price Warwick was in the civil war on the staff of General Jackson in the Confederate army. After the war he lived the life of a gentleman of leisure, having no particular business or work. The present United States Senator Daniel, of Virginia, is a nephew of the father of Charles P. Warwick.

The Warwicks, Worricks, or Waddocks, as the name severally appears in the Amer- ican records, are in some cases supposed to derive their descent from Turchil de War- wick, son of Alwine, who was a tenant in capite at the making of Domesday. The Ardens of Arden, county Warwick, claimed descent from Sivard de Arden, son of Tur- chil de Warwick, who though of Saxon origin, held under the Conqueror of England as tenant in chief. A parish in Cumberland anciently written Warthwick has a similar name, and one Odard, owner of the estate in the twelfth century, was the grandfather of John de Warthwyke who lived temp. Rich- ard Coeur de Lion and the descendants of the latter in the direct male line possessed the estate down to the eighteenth century. There are several Warwick families in Eng- land having the right to bear arms. The arms of the Cumberland family of the name are thus heraldically described : Azure : Three lions rampant argent. Crest: A dex- ter arm couped at the shoulder in armor, holding in the gauntlet battle axe all proper.

There were Warwicks at Saco. Maine, at an early date. Henry Warwick or Warrick was there in 1636, and had a son named John, and two daughters, dying about 1673. Folsom tells that commonly the name was written Waddock, but not by the owner ; that one daughter, Joan, married, in 1658, John Helson. and the other daughter mar-