Family Remembrance:795, p. 61. "William Mason Warnock was born October 4, 1835, in Indiana. The 1850 census lists his age as 13 years which would figure 1837 as the year of his birth. In the 1840 census he was listed as under 5 years of age. He married December 21, 1862, at Oregon City, Pernecia Hughes, 1842-1918, daughter of Samuel and Faith Hughes. The Reverend C. F. Beatie performed the ceremony. William Mason died in 1922."

1835 Birth:2612 Birth date of 4 October 1835 taken from 1922 Multnomah County death certificate. Birth place assumed to be Porter County, Indiana as The History of Porter County, Indiana47, p. 36. (Chicago, 1912) indicate Presley Warnock arrived with members of the Frame family in 1834.

1840 U.S. Census:2280 William enumerated in the household of his father Presley Warnock in Lake (actually Porter) County, Indiana, as a male under age 5; William was about age 3.

1850 U.S. Census:1380 William enumerated in the household of his father Presley Warnock in Porter Township, Porter County, Indiana, as a male, age 13, born in Indiana, in school within the year.

1853 on the Oregon Trail:2549 In an affidavit filed on 17 November 1855 in connection with is donation land claim, father Presley Warnock attests that he and his family arrived in Oregon Territory on 25 September 1853.

1862 Marriage:2427 On 21 December 1862, Mason Warnock married Pernecia Hughes in Clackamas County, Oregon.

1870 U.S. Census:2592
Clackamas County, Oregon (Springwater Precinct, Oregon City Post Office)
Enumerated 7 July 1870
W. M. Warnick •• 35, male, white, farmer, real estate value $2,000, personal property value $300, born in Indiana
Pernecia •• 26, female, white, born in Missouri
Charles •• 5, male, white, born in Oregon
William •• 1, male, white, born in Oregon

1880 U.S. Census:2325
Clackamas County, Oregon (Springwater Precinct)
Enumeration date not given
Mason W. Warnock •• white, male, 42, married, farmer, born in Indiana, father born in Kentucky, mother born in Virginia
Pernecie •• white, female, 36, wife, married, keeping house, born in Missouri, father born in Kentucky, mother born in Kentucky
Charles D. •• white, male, 14, son, single, at school, born in Oregon, father born in Kentucky, mother born in Kentucky [!]
Samuel M. •• white, male, 9, son, single, at school, born in Oregon, father born in Kentucky, mother born in Kentuck [!]
Hattie A. •• white, female, 7, daughter, single, at school, born in Oregon, father born in Kentucky, mother born in Kentucky [!]
Fread R. •• white, male, 2, son, single, born in Oregon, father born in Kentucky, mother born in Kentucky [!]
Ethel M. •• white, female, 5 months, born in January, daughter born in Oregon, father born in Kentucky, mother born in Kentucky [!]

1922 Death:2612 William Mason Warnock; place of death, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon; date of death, 18 April 1922; residence, 5904 58th Ave. SE, Portland; resided there 4 years prior to death; male, white, widowed; wife, Pernecia Warnock; age, 86 years, 6 months, 4 days; occupation, retired farmer; birthplace, Indiana; name of father, Preston Warnock, born in Kentucky; name and birth place of mother unknown; informant, Fred Warnock, 5904 58th Ave. SE; burial, Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City; date of burial, 20 April 1922.

Descendant Information:

Hattie or Hallie Warnock: Clackamas County Marriage records, Book 4, p. 259, held by the Oregon State Library in Salem, records the marriage of Hallie Warnock to James Marrs in 1890.