Ida-Clinton County IA Archives Biographies.....Barrick, A. A. 1852 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com July 21, 2007, 9:35 pm Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1893) A. A. BARRICK, one of the representative business men of Battle Creek, Ida county, Iowa, has been identified with the interests of this place since 1881. Mr. Barrick is a native of Chicago, Illinois, born June 5, 1852, son of William and Elizabeth Barrick, natives of England. When A. A. was a year old his father moved to Clinton county, Iowa, and on a farm in that county he grew to manhood. He served an apprenticeship to the blacksmith's trade, and was engaged in business on the Maquoketa road one year. Then he farmed one year. The following three years he was engaged in blacksmithing in Morris county, Kansas. In 1881 he came from Kansas to Battle Creek, and has since been engaged in the blacksmith business here, and in connection with this business, in 1889 he opened up a stock of farming implements. He handles Caultmen threshers and Goodhue and Globe windmills, and, in fact, everything kept in a first-class implement house. His annual sales amount to between $7,000 and $8,000. Mr. Barrick is identified with the Republican party, and has been a member of the City Council six years. Socially, he is an Odd Fellow; religiously, a Methodist. He is a Steward and Trustee in the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1878 Mr. Barrick married Miss Hannah Gillmore, a native of Jackson county, Iowa. They have had two children, Roy and Archie. The latter is deceased. Additional Comments: Extracted from: BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF Crawford, Ida and Sac Counties, Iowa. Containing Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States, with accompanying Biographies; a Condensed History of Iowa, with Portraits and Biographies of the Governors of the State; Engravings of Prominent Citizens of the Counties, wth [sic] Personal Histories of many of the Early Settlers and Leading Families. "Biography is the only true history."—Emerson. CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY. 1893. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/ida/bios/barrick73gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/iafiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb