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20th
Century History of
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1907
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GEORGE WARHURST
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THOMAS H. WELLS
Source: 20th Century History of
Youngstown & Mahoning Co., Ohio
and Representative Citizens - Publ. Biographical Publ. Co. - Chicago, Illinois -
1907 - Page 469 |
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CALEB
B. WICK, one of the leading citizens of Youngstown, who for
years has been closely identified with its most important commercial
interests, belongs to one of the most honored pioneer families of the
Mahoning Valley. He was born Apr. 24, 1836, at Youngstown, and
is a son of the late Col. Caleb B. and Maria Adelia (Griffith) Wick.
The early history of the Wick family may be found in the sketches of
Col. Caleb B. Wick and his brother, Hugh Bryson Wick, appearing
elsewhere in this book.
Mr. Wick completed
his education in the schools at Youngstown and began his long and
successful business career as a clerk in the Mahoning County Bank,
when he was 17 years of age. By the time he was 23 years old he
had risen to the position of cashier of this institution and served as
such until 1862. His association as a member of the banking firm
of Wick Brothers & Company, at Youngstown, gave him an acknowledged
standing and he soon became interested in other financial enterprises,
these including the founding of the first bank at Sharon,
Pennsylvania, under the name of Wick, Porter & Company. In
connection with his large financial operations, Mr. Wick early became
interested in the building of railroads and was a very important
factor in the organization and completion of what is now the
Pittsburg, Youngstown & Ashtabula Railroad, having been one of the
incorporators of the company. He still retains his position on
the directing board of this road and is the only surviving member of
the original board. He was the first president of the Youngstown
& Sharon Steel Railroad Company.
For the
past half century Mr. Wick has been largely interested in real estate
in this section, being a large holder and the owner of iron and coal
properties. His commodious offices are located at Nos. 404-405
Dollar Bank Building, Youngstown. His beautiful home is situated
at No. 524 Wick avenue.
Source: 20th Century History of
Youngstown & Mahoning Co., Ohio
and Representative Citizens - Publ. Biographical Publ. Co. - Chicago, Illinois -
1907 - Page 502 |
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COL.
CALEB WICK, whose long, eventful and useful life was almost
entirely spent in Youngstown, may well be classed with that band of
notable men, whose patriotism, energy, ability and integrity ushered
in the conditions which have resulted in the wonderful development of
this city along every line. Caleb B. Wick was born Oct. 1, 1795,
in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and was the eldest son of
Henry and Hannah (Baldwin) Wick.
Henry
Wick came, through several generations of Americans, and most
worthy residents of Long Island, from an English ancestor. His
father and his grandfather were born and reared at Southampton, Long
Island, where his birth took place Mar. 19, 1771. On Dec. 11,
1794, he married Hannah Baldwin, who was a daughter
of Caleb Baldwin, a prominent resident of Morristown,
New Jersey. In Washington County, Pennsylvania, Henry
Wick went into business and carried on merchandising until
1801, when he followed his father-in-law to Youngstown, Ohio, then in
its infancy. Here Henry Wick Established a home
and re-embarked in business and in the following year brought his
family here, Caleb B. being then in his seventh year.
A successful and honorable business career followed, Mr.
Wick's store on the southeast corner of the Diamond, on the
corner of Federal and Phelps streets, being a landmark for over forty
years. He died Nov. 4, 1845, and was survived by his wife until
1849.
Henry Wick and wife
were the parents of twelve children, all of whom have passed away.
One of the sons, the late Henry Wick, a capitalist of
Cleveland, resembled in character, as well as in name, Youngstown's
honored pioneer citizen.
Caleb
Baldwin Wick was given the best educational advantages that
the little town of Youngstown afforded, and received an excellent
business training under his father, one which equipped him for a
mercantile business of his own. In 1815, in association with
Dr. Henry Manning, he embarked in a general
mercantile business at Youngstown, his stock including drugs, and from
this beginning grew the city's large drug business, it being the first
departure in this line of all this section of Western Reserve.
When Mr. Wick retired from mercantile pursuits, in
1848, he was the oldest merchant in this city. He was interested
in the various industries which gave employment to his
fellow-citizens, encouraged the influx of capital and proved his
public spirit by investing much of his own. In 1846, in
association with other men of means, he erected the first of the great
rolling-mills which formed the nucleus of the extensive plant of
Brown, Bonnell & Company, one of the main industries of he
Mahoning Valley.
For many years of his
life, the late Caleb Baldwin Wick was known as
Colonel Wick, a title given him in 1822, as colonel
of the First Regiment of Ohio State Militia, with which he had been
connected as an officer since 1817. He served as township clerk
and trustee, and as postmaster of Youngstown under the administration
of President William Henry Harrison. To the
developing of the educational and religious influences of his city,
Col. Wick was a large contributor, not only of his
means but of his time, which was always a valuable asset. Many
of the present well-developed charities of the city had their
inception under his fostering care, and many a struggling enterprise
was placed upon a sound basis through his helpfulness. This
honored and beloved citizen passed from this life June 30, 1865, being
survived by a number of his children and by his second wife, whose
death occurred in 1887.
Col. Wick
was first married Jan. 1, 1816, to Rachel Kirtland,
who was a daughter of Jared Kirtland, of Poland,
Ohio. Two children of this marriage are deceased, and
Mrs. Wick died in 1820. On Nov. 3, 1828, Col.
Wick married, second, Maria Adelia Griffith,
who was born at Caledonia, New York. Of this marriage ten
children were born, seven of whom reached maturity. Two of his
sons, Caleb B. and Henry K., rank
with the leading business men of Youngstown. The former is
largely interested in real estate, coal and iron, and ahs offices, as
has his brother, Henry K., at Nos. 404-405 Dollar
Bank building, Youngstown. Henry K. Wick is
president of the great coal firm of H. K. Wick & Company.
Both brothers have handsome residences on Wick
avenue.
Source: 20th Century History of
Youngstown & Mahoning Co., Ohio
and Representative Citizens - Publ. Biographical Publ. Co. - Chicago, Illinois -
1907 - Page 474 |
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HENRY WICK,
president of the Witch Hazel Coal Company, at Youngstown, is an old
and experienced man in this line of business, one with which he has
been identified for about forty years. Mr. Wick was
born at Youngstown, Ohio, May 13, 1846, and is a son of Hugh B.
and Lucretia G. (Winchell) Wick.
After completing his education, passing through the
common and High Schools at Youngstown, Mr. Wick, at the age
of 22 years, entered into the coal business as the owner of a coal
mine in Youngstown township. During the whole period of active
business life he continued to be connected intimately with coal
interests, and still retains the presidency of the Witch Hazel Coal
Company, although practically retired.
On Nov. 4, 1869, Mr. Wick was married to Mary
Arms, and they have three children, viz.: Hugh B.,
Mrs. W. J. Sampson of Youngstown, and Myron Arms.
The eldest son, Hugh B. is vice president of the Elyria
Iron and Steel Company, of Elyria, Ohio, and resides with his family
at that place. The resides with his family at that place.
The youngest son, Myron Arms, is secretary and treasurer of
the Youngstown Furnace and Supply Company.
In addition to his coal interests, Mr. Wick is a
director of the Dollar Savings and Trust Company, of Youngstown;
treasurer and member of the board of directors of the Washington,
Ohio, Lumber and Box Company, of Hoquiam, Chehalis county,
Washington. Having spent his whole life at Youngstown, Mr.
Wick has been more or less prominently connected with the
various beneficial agencies which have brought about the progress
and prosperity of his native city.
Source: 20th Century History of
Youngstown & Mahoning Co., Ohio
and Representative Citizens - Publ. Biographical Publ. Co. - Chicago, Illinois -
1907 - Page 638 |
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HENRY K. WICK,
who is president of the large coal firm of H. K. Wick &
Company at Youngstown, was born in this city Aug. 31, 1840, being
one of ten children born to Col. Caleb B. and Maria Adelia
(Griffith) Wick.
Col. Caleb B. Wick was born in Washington County,
Pennsylvania, Oct. 1, 1795, and died at Youngstown June 30, 1865,
having passed nearly the whole of his life in Mahoning County, and
having been largely interested in most of the important industries
that were established in this section during his life time.
His father, Henry Wick, was born in Long Island March 19,
1771, and at the age of 23 years married Hannah Baldwin, a
daughter of Caleb Baldwin of Morristown, New Jersey.
After some years of mercantile life in Washington County,
Pennsylvania, Henry Wick came to Youngstown, Ohio, in 1801
and here engaged in a mercantile business. His son, Col.
Caleb B. Wick, followed in his footsteps and was also interested
in the iron industry which has done so much to develop this section.
Colonel Wick was twice married. Both of the children
born of the first marriage are deceased. On Nov. 3, 1828, he
married Maria Adelia Griffith, a native of Caledonia, New
York. All of their children reached maturity.
Henry K. Wick attended the public schools of
Youngstown and laid the foundation of a good education which is
later augmented through lessons learned in the school of experience.
In 1856 he entered the business world as a clerk in the Mahoning
National Bank. In the succeeding fifty years he has been
interested in many branches of industry and for the last
thirty-eight years has given special attention to the coal and iron
industries, being president at this time of H. K. Wick &
Company, coal dealers. His offices are located at No. 404-405
Dollar Bank building.
Mr. Wick married Millicent R. Clarke, a
daughter of Daniel T. Hunt, of Rochester, New York. The
family resident is a very handsome structure located on Wick
avenue. Like all other members of the Wick family in
Youngstown, Mr. & Mrs. Wick are attendants of the Memorial
Presbyterian Church. The subject of this sketch is a
Republican in politics.
Source:
20th Century History of Youngstown & Mahoning Co., Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. Biographical Publ. Co. - Chicago,
Illinois -
1907 - Page 462 |
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HENRY BRYSON WICK. In
recalling the men to whom Youngstown is indebted for its material
prosperity, the late Hugh Bryson Wick is immediately brought
to mind, for he was a very important factor in its development for
many years. His long and busy life was mainly devoted to this
section, which benefited by his business sagacity and public spirit
Mr. Wick was born at Youngstown, Feb 5, 1809, and died Apr.
22, 1880. He was a son of Henry and Hannah (Baldwin) Wick,
The Wicks were of English origin, settling originally on Long
Island, New York.
Mr. Wick's parents came to the Mahoning Valley
as pioneers from Washington County, Pennsylvania, For many
years they were closely identified with the business and social
interests of this section and when they passed away they left
memories of honorable, useful and virtuous lives. They reared
a large family and almost all of these became prominent in some walk
of life. They were Caleb Baldwin, Thomas Lupton, Betsy,
Lemuel Henry, Jr., Hugh Bryson, Hannah, Matilda Lucretia, John
Dennick, Mary Ann, Thomas Lupton (2) and Paul. The
last survivor of this notable family was Henry Wick, Jr., who
was a resident of Cleveland.
Hugh Bryson Wick began his remarkable business
career as a merchant in 1828, opening a store at Brookfield,
Trumbull County, where he remained for ten years, during a portion
of which period he had business interests also at Lima. In
1837 he removed to Lowellville, where he conducted a business for
two years, coming to his native place in 1839 to enter into business
competition here. In1846, with his brothers, Caleb B.
and Paul Wick, Henry Heasley, Dr. Henry Manning, William Rice
and other capitalists. Mr. Wick built a rolling mill
and opened a store, the latter being managed by the late Paul
Wick and continued as a business under the management of Paul
and Hugh B. Wick until 1855. This rolling-mill enterprise
was the nucleus around which developed the immense works of Brown,
Bonnell & Company.
Probably the late Mr. Wick was best known as a
financier, having been prominently identified with the H. B. & H.
Wick Banking Company of Cleveland, and, after 1857, with Wick
Brothers & Company, Bankers, at Youngstown. He had large
coal and other interests, was a director in the Mercer Mining & &
Manufacturing Company, the Shenango & Allegheny Railroad Company and
many other successful interprises. He was essentially a
business man and seldom undertook responsibilities unless he clearly
saw his ability to bring them to a successful issue. With
other members of his family, and also individually, he stood for
years at the head of great combinations of capital and industry,
and during the many years of such prominence enjoyed unlimited
confidence and universal esteem.
On Oct. 30, 1832, Mr. Wick was united in
marriage with Lucretia G. Winchell, who was born Sept. 5,
1813, at Wallingford, Ct., and was a daughter of Orrin and Laura
C. Winchell. Being left an orphan when young, Mrs. Wick
was reared in the home of her uncle, Dr. Charles Cooke, at
Youngstown. Her death occurred on April 27, 1892, when in her
79th year. Of the ten children of Hugh B. Wick and
wife, four survive, viz.: John C., Vice president of
the Dollar Savings & Trust Company, whose sketch appears in this
work; Lucretia H., wife of William Scott Bonnell,
president of the Mahoning National Bank, of whom biographical
mention will be found elsewhere in this volume; Henry,
president of the Witch Hazel Coal Company, residing at No. 416 Wick
avenue, and Emily W., residing at No. 315 Wick avenue, widow
of the late John M. Bonnell, of whom a sketch may be found on
another page of this work.
From early manhood the late Hugh Bryson Wick was
a consistent member of the First Presbyterian Church of Youngstown.
He was a willing and liberal contributor to all regulated charities.
Although he belonged to a family which took a more or less important
place in the city's varied interests and thus commanded a large
measure of public attention aside from his individual prominence, he
was notably simple and unassuming, to the close of his life being a
practical business man who liker best to stand before his
fellow-citizens on his own merits. He was a man who was
devoted loved in the domestic circle, was trusted and revered by a
large number of personal friends and was admired and respected by
his fellow citizens.
Source:
20th Century History of Youngstown & Mahoning Co., Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. Biographical Publ. Co. - Chicago,
Illinois -
1907 - Page 508 |
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JOHN
C. WICK, vice-president of the Dollar Savings & Trust
Company, of Youngstown, is one of the most prominent business men of
this city, as well as a member of one of the oldest families whose
representatives have been foremost in developing the resources of
this section and have contributed in a very large degree to
Youngstown's commercial
prosperity and importance. He was born Dec. 9, 1836, at
Youngstown, and is one of a family of ten children born to his
parents, of whom four survive, the others being: Lucretia H.,
wife of William Scott Bonnell, president of the
Mahoning National Bank, a notice of whom appears elsewhere; Henry,
president of the Witch Hazel Coal Company, residing at Youngstown;
and Evelyn W., widow of the late John M. Bonnell, a
separate sketch of whom also appears elsewhere in this volume.
Hugh Bryson Wick, the father of our subject, was
born at Youngstown, Feb. 5, 1809, when the future city consisted of
only a few scattered houses and stores. In 1828 he engaged in
business as a merchant at Brookfield, Trumbull County, where he
continued until 1837. He then removed to Lowellville, where he
conducted business for two years. In 1839 he returned to his
native place, and from that time until his death, which occurred
Apr. 22, 1880, he was very prominent in the business world of
Youngstown, being actively engaged in the iron industry, also as a
member of the H. B. & H. Wick Banking Company of Cleveland,
and, after 1857, as a member of the banking firm of Youngstown,
known as Wick Brothers & Company. He also had
large coal and railroad interests.
In October, 1832, he married Lucretia G. Winchell,
who was a native of Connecticut, born Sept. 5, 1813. Her death
occurred Apr. 27, 1892, when in her 79th year.
John C. Wick attended the common schools at
Youngstown and continued his education in the public schools of
Cleveland. Ohio. His first experience in business was obtained
as an employe of the H. B. & H. Wick Banking Company of
Cleveland, with whom he continued from 1856 to 1859. He then
returned to Youngstown and entered the bank of Wick
Brothers & Company. in which he subsequently acquired an
interest. On August 1, 1894, it was organized as a national
bank, becoming the Wick National Bank, with the subject of
this sketch as president. Mr. Wick continued as
the head of this institution until July, 1906, when the bank was
merged with the Dollar Savings & Trust Company, of which he became
vice-president. Mr. Wick is also vice-president
of the Ohio Iron & Steel Company, and is also identified with the
Morgan
Spring Company and other important industries.
Mr. Wick married Caroline H. Bonnell, a
daughter of the late William Bonnell of Youngstown, a
biographical sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work.
Mr. and Mrs. Wick are members of the Presbyterian Church.
They have a beautiful residence at No. 410 Wick avenue. Mr.
Wick is a Republican in politics.
Source:
20th Century History of Youngstown & Mahoning Co., Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. Biographical Publ. Co. - Chicago,
Illinois -
1907 - Page 551 |
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PAUL WICK,
was the youngest son of the family of twelve children born to
Henry and Hannah (Baldwin) Wick. He was educated in the
old Youngstown Academy, which stood on the site of the present
public square. His first business enterprise was in the joint
operation of a coal mine with his brother, John D. Wick.
Later he was associated with other members of the family in the
management of a mercantile establishment at Cleveland and still
later devoted his attention to the developing of the resources and
extending the trade of Youngstown. He was one of those who
laid the foundation for the great iron industry; which has spread
the fame of Youngstown throughout the world. Until 1866 he was
concerned in a mercantile business at Youngstown as senior member of
the firm of Wick & Goble. He then turned his attention
to private banking, organizing the firm of Wick & Goble.
He then turned his attention to private banking, organizing the firm
of Wick Brothers & Company, a banking house which has
continued to the present time, having safely passed through every
commercial crisis and gaining strength with each succeeding year.
Mr. Wick continued to be the head of this business until his
death, which occurred June 13, 1890. He was also interested in
the Ohio Iron & Steel Company and the Paul Wick Real Estate
Company. In 1846 he was married to Susan A. Bull, a
native of Vermont, who died in Youngstown in 1852, aged 56 years.
To this marriage six children were born, among whom may be mentioned
Myron C., George D. and Fred Wick, prominent
business men of the city of Youngstown in 1852, aged 56 years.
To this marriage six children were born, among whom may be mentioned
Myron C., George D. and Fred Wick, prominent business
men of the city of Youngstown, and Harriet, the widow of
John S. Ford. In 1885 he was married second to Mrs.
Margaret L. Haney, of Youngstown. In his political
sentiments Mr. Wick was always a stanch adherent of the
Republican party, spirit and large business interests, was more or
less influential in shaping public movements in Youngstown. He
served for some yeas as a member of the city council and for
nineteen years was a member of the board of education. In
church membership he was a Presbyterian, but his religion was wide
enough and broad enough to cover other denominations, and in the
dispensing of his charities he knew neither creed, color nor
condition. Like most men of affairs, he was a man of practical
views, but he was also keely alive to all that is beautiful
and elevating in life.
John S. Ford is survived by his widow and one
daughter, Helen, who reside in a beautiful home at No. 509
Wick avenue. Mrs. Ford is a member of the Presbyterian
Church, to which Mr. Ford also belonged and in which his
Christian character was most highly appreciated.
Source:
20th Century History of Youngstown & Mahoning Co., Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. Biographical Publ. Co. - Chicago,
Illinois -
1907 - Page 923 |
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JOSEPH
WILLIAMSON, one of the leading citizens of Youngstown, Ohio,
who has now retired from business activity, belongs to one of the
old and influential families of this part of the county. He
was born on the old Williamson farm in Youngstown in 1827 and
is a son of Pyatt Williamson, and a grandson of Joseph
Williamson.
Joseph Williamson came to Mahoning County in the
spring of 1800, and cleared a tract of land, then bringing his
family here from Washington County, Pennsylvania. Pyatt
Williamson, the father, was born in Youngstown township,
Mahoning County, in 1801 and was one of the most prominent farmers
and stock raisers in the county. At the time of his death he
was the owner of 225 acres of fine farm land.
Joseph Williamson, the subject of this notice,
was reared on his father's farm and acquired his education in the
old pioneer school house of Youngstown township. Early in life
he learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked in connection
with farming. He was married in the fifties to Belinda
Detchon, a daughter of Elijah Detchon, one of the old
settlers of Boardman township, Mahoning County. Three children
were born to Mr. and Mrs. Williamson: Warren P.,
manager of the Youngstown Carriage and Wagon Works; Martha A.,
and Mary B., who are twins. Politically, Mr.
Williamson is a Republican. He is a member of the Central
Christian Church.
Source:
20th Century History of Youngstown & Mahoning Co., Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. Biographical Publ. Co. - Chicago,
Illinois -
1907 - Page 921 |
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Geo. C. Wilson
Mrs. Geo. C. Wilson
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GEORGE C. WILSON
(Source: 20th Century History of Youngstown and Mahoning Co.,
Ohio and Representative Citizens, Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1907 - Page 651) |
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B. F. Wirt
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HON. BENJAMIN F. WIRT (Source: 20th Century History of
Youngstown and Mahoning Co., Ohio and Representative Citizens, Publ.
by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1907 - Page
501) |
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