Henry F. Warrick (1865-1894) and Samantha Needham (1867-1951) were married 9-30-1886. To this union four children were born: Bertha (7-19-1887), Ellen (6-13-1889), William (9-15-1891) and Forrest (12-22-1893).

The parents of Henry F. were Henry (1840-1865) and Elizabeth (1840-1867). Henry F. was born four months after his father passed away and his mother lived only two years more. This left him and his older brother, William, orphans. The parental grandparents of Henry F. were Robert (1809-1865) and Martha Hatfield Warrick (1812-1903), who were among the first pioneers to settle around the Little Tennessee area in the Northeast part of Richland Township. They arrived early spring, 1851, when the father of Henry F. would have been eleven years old. Robert served in the Civil War during the years 1862-1863 but was then discharged because of chronic bronchitis.

Henry F. and Samantha settled on a farm in the Sand Creek area northwest of Westerville. Henry succumbed from an old injury 8-28-1894, leaving his wife widowed at 27 years of age and with four small children. The oldest child was only seven years old. Samantha raised all four to adulthood on the banks of Sand Creek near the North Rock Ford.

Bertha married Fred Black (both deceased). They had six children: Harry deceased;.......Edith deceased;.......

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Forrest Henry Warrick spent his youth and part of his adult life on Sand Creek. About 1918 he went to North Dakota where he entered the service. Around 1920 he and his mother returned back to her farm on Sand Creek. He left Decatur County about 1938 and finished out his life in and around Stockton, California. In 1969 he was buried in the Warrick cemetery, Section 2, Richland Township, beside his parents.