FREDERICK FRICK

He came from Columbia county, Pennsylania, in 1838. Mr. Frick was elected a justice of the peace the year follow- , ing his settlement in Abington township, and he was elected five times to the same.position, being on his fifth term when he died.

Mr. Flick was the first postmaster in Abington township, the office being located at the farm-house of Mr. Frick at the Bluff, five miles east of where Keithsburg is now situated. Mr. and Mrs. Friek had eight children: Sarah E. (Mrs. W. A. Willits), George A., Mary C. (Mrs. John E. Willits), Harriet W. (Mrs. James Noble), Rebecca N. (Mrs. Joshua Cabeen), Lucy J. (Mrs. Harvey N. Smith), "William W., and Charles P. Mr. Frick died in 1866. George A., the second child, was born in Columbia county, Pennsylvania, May 12, 1826. He came with his father's family to Mercer county, Illinois, and assisted his father in the work of farming, and has made agriculture his chief business.

He was married, March 29, 1848, to Frances, daughter of William and Anna Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. Frick have five children living, and one (Harry Norvell) deceased. The living are: Frederick W., Albert A., Warren T., Alice, and Homer W. Mr. Frick is a member of the I.O.O.F. He is a democrat politically, and an independent on questions of religion. Mr. Frick has served his township as supervisor three terms, held the office of township collector ten years, and that of town clerk two years. The handsome home of Mr. Friek is near where his father's family first settled, and consists of 140 acres of land with the necessary appurtenances.

 

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