Thomas Warwick came to the United States from Cleborn or Penrith, 
     England, when he was about 20-25 years of age. He had a curious mind 
     and was constantly seeking to learn. He had been an apprentice nine 
     years in three different trades. He was a chemist, Machinist, tinsmith,
     and a blacksmith. He expected to secure work in Baltimore, Maryland,
     with Baldwin Locomotive Works, but for some reason he did not stay in
     Maryland. He came on to Medicine Lodge, Kansas, perhaps because he 
     knew the Best family. He may have worked as one of the first chemists
     at Best Bros. gypsum plant. He was trained and worked as a machinist
     there. He received a leg injury while changing a burr, which left him
     with a limp for the remainder of his life.
       Thomas Warwick was born in Cleborn, England, in 1863. Elizbeth Hunter
     was of Kirby Thore, born in 1859. She came to America not long before
     she and Thomas were married in 188. They were married in the Methodist
     parsonage in Medicine Lodge by Rev. R. Sanderson and made their home on
     the Ramsey place two miles southwest of Medicine Lodge.
       Three sons blessed this home, John William, Thomas Hunter, and Robert
     Henry. They grew to adulthood, married, and two reared families in Barber
     County. Two children died in infancy; then Elizabeth died in March, 1895,
     following childbirth. She was 32 years old. Her funeral was conducted
     from the home by Episcopal Arch Deacon Brady of Harper, Kansas, and
     graveside rites by R.B. Engle of the M.E. church.
       Thomas Warwick was firm with his family, where his church was concerned.
     He was Senior WArden of St. Mark's for many years.
       About 1912 or 1913 he acquired property on the west side of North Main
     Street where he had a blacksmith shop. The home was on West Stolp about
     where the Arthur Johnson home now stands.
       Even though the three boys grew up under the firm hand of an Episcopalian
     father, as boys so often do, they found opportunity for fighting among
     themselves and got into other mischief, much to the dismay of their father.
     Jack carried to his grave a scar resulting from a horseshoe being thrown
     at him by Tom. Their father was busy at the mill with steam engines so one
     time the boys built a dam across the water ditch, across from the Tolaferro
     house, and went skinny dipping in their "pond." The neighbors reported it
     and that ended that. One a watermelon swiping trip with one of the Strain
     boys, Roger Axline, Tom, Jack, and Chuck got melons treated with Croton oil.
     This kept them busy for awhile.
       Those who many have had blacksmith work done in the shop may recall the
     large clock which hung there. It is ironic that it had stopped at the exact
     hour of the death of Thoams Warwick August 2, 1937, 20 minutes to 2, though
     no one had been in the shop since Tom had closed it, until after his death.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, pg. 474 
     Submitted by: Jack Warwick