John M Shick (1840 - 1910)

Born 3 Jul 1840 in Hawthorn, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Sophia (Miller) Shick — married 5 Mar 1863 (to 3 May 1874) in Pennsylvania

Husband of Sophia (Rinard) Shick — married 24 Sep 1874 in Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Feb 1910 at age 69 in Redbank Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

Brief Life History of John M^[1] When John M Shick was born on 3 July 1840, in Redbank Township, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Jacob Shick Sr., was 48 and his mother, Elizabeth Mohney, was 40. He married Sophia Miller on 5 March 1863. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 10 February 1910, in Redbank Township, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Redbank Township, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States.

John M. Shick, son of Jacob, was born July 4, 1840, in what is called sugar valley, in Red Bank township, near Hawthorn. He was educated in the schools of the township, and worked for his father on the farm until twenty-one years old. He remained on the farm and took care of his father and crippled sister, and he inherited the farm from his father, continuing to follow farming all his life.

His first marriage was to Sophia Miller, daughter of Christopher Miller, and they had children: Amanda married Jacob George, of Red Bank township; Ambrose, at Pittsburgh, married Della Hoch, who is deceased; Lydia died when two years old; Elizabeth, who was born in the old log house on the farm, married Harvey G. Shafer; Elsie married William Gruber, of Red Bank township; Theodore died in infancy. The mother of these died in 1873, and is buried at the Brick Church at Hawthorn. She was a Lutheran in religion.

Mr. Shick subsequently married (second) Sophia Rinard, daughter of Reuben and Angeline (Gruber) Rinard, and they had the following children: Angeline May married Calvin Copenhaver, of Pierce, Red Bank township; Clara married Raymond Troutman, of Red Bank township; Jesse, of Red Bank township, married Amanda Rearick; Charles, of Red Bank township, married Carrie Boddorf; Earl, of Red Bank township, this county, married Pearl Huffman; Catherine married Ralph Shaffer, of Red Bank, Armstrong county; Orpha and Irene live at home; Alva is now (1913) twenty-one years old. Mr. Shick was formerly a Democrat in politics.

Johns first marriage was to Sophia Miller. They had six children. John was a farmer in Red Bank Township, Armstrong County Pa. He also served in Company C, 78th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteer infantry from 1861 to 1862.

Data on children from "Armstrong County, Pennsylvania: her people past and present, embracing a history of the county and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families ;J. H. Beers, 1914; P. 349"

• Fact: Burial Hawthorn Cemetery , Hawthorn, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/about/LC3N-MT2

• John M Shick (1840-1910) on Find A Grave: Memorial #30530068 retrieved 01 September 2018