JAMES
R. WICK was one of the early business men of Greenville, where he
located as a clerk in the store of J. & A. P. Waugh in 1826-27. He
was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1807, and was a son of Rev.
William Wick, a Presbyterian minister. After clerking a few years he
began merchandising and continued in the mercantile business till about
1850, when he started a private bank. He was engaged in the brokerage
line until 1856, and then removed to Wisconsin. He finally returned to
Greenville, and died November 1, 1865. Mr. Wick was the second
postmaster of Greenville, filling the office from July, 1830, till
October, 1831. He was also a justice of the peace several terms, and
associate judge one term. He was married in 1830 to Catherine, daughter
of Jacob Loutzenhiser, a pioneer of Greenville, and reared a family of
six children. She died October 11, 1887, surviving her husband nearly
twenty-two years.
History of Mercer County, 1888, page 835
|
|