Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Wicks, Lewis K 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Wicks, Lewis K. – lt is given to some men to come into possession of property 
owned by their parents, and such take great pride in further developing the 
land to which they are connected by so many pleasant ties. Lewis K. Wicks of 
Nettle Creek Township owns and operates the homestead of his parents, although 
he was born in Big Grove Township, Kendall County, October 1, 1865, a son of 
Knute K. and Emily (Larson) Wicks, natives of Norway, who, after their 
marriage, left the land of their birth and came to Morris, Ill., about 1857. 
Soon thereafter, they moved to Kendall County and remained there until 1887. 
In the latter year they came to Nettle Creek Township, buying a farm of eighty 
acres to which they added until they owned 160 acres. The father died upon 
this property in 1882, and his widow in 1909. Their children were: Emily, who 
married John Olson, died in the spring of 1887; Knute, who died in November, 
1893; Lewis K.; Ella, who married John Wither of Morris; Thor, who died in 
June, 1894; Martin, who lives in Aux Sable Township; and Edward, who resides 
in Erienna Township, this same county.

Lewis K. Wicks has spent his life upon the home farm, alternating assisting 
his father during his boyhood days, with attendance in the district schools. 
In the fall of 1893 he purchased the property and since has been engaged in 
grain farming and raising horses, cattle and hogs. On June 10, 1893, he 
married Mary Osman, born February 6, 1870, in Kendall County, a daughter of 
Soran and Margaret (Anderson) Osman, natives of Norway. The ceremony was 
performed by the Rev. O. Anderson of Newark, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Wicks have had 
the following children: Newt R., born July 20, 1894, died August 15, 1894; 
LeRoy, born November 22, 1895; Esther, born December 6, 1897; Russell, born 
July 8, 1905, and Fern, born August 23, 1907, all of whom are at home. Mr. 
Wicks belongs to the Lisbon Lutheran Church. Politically he is a Republican 
and has held the office of school director since 1903. An earnest and hard-
working man, he has forged ahead and has honorably earned his present standing 
in his community.

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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