Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Slick, David A 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

David A. Slick, general farmer and stock-man, located on section 13, Genesee 
Township, is the son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Leady) Slick. They were both 
born in the State of Pennsylvania. They were married in Pennsylvania, where 
they engaged in agricultural pursuits until their removal, in 1853, to Carroll 
Co., Ill. They settled in the township of Freedom, where the son was born, 
October 5 of the same year. The parents are now residents of Lanark, Carroll 
Co., Ill. Until he was 16 years of age, Mr. Slick remained at home, attending 
the district school. He then began a regular course of study at the college of 
Lanark, Carroll Co., Ill., and continued till Oct. 6, 1870. Soon after he 
entered the mercantile establishment of Henry Wickey, at Coleta. He was a 
salesman there 10 years, and at the expiration of that time he purchased a 
half interest in the business. The relationship was in active existence two 
years, with successful results. On the termination of his commercial 
enterprise, Mr. Slick bought a farm of 80 acres, on section 13, Genesee 
Township. Since 1883, the year in which he engaged in farming, he has given 
considerable attention to agricultural operations, and to raising valuable 
stock. He contemplates another change a year hence, in 1886, and preliminary 
thereto he has sold his farm. His marriage to Celesta Wetzel took place Sept. 
19, 1881. Mrs. Slick was born Oct. 30, 1854, in Tuscarawas Co., Ohio. She is 
the daughter of George aad Mary (Lineroad) Wetzel, both being of German 
extraction, and by birth natives of Ohio. She is the youngest of three 
daughters, there being no sons in the family. Her father was a mechanic, and 
he came West when she was a child of five years. Her mother died in Ohio in 
1856, aged 25 years and six months. The daughter was placed in charge of her 
uncle, Joseph Hannah, by whom she was brought up. She was educated at Mt. 
Carroll, Ill., and Mt. Vernon, Iowa, and later, was sent to the Northwestern 
College at Naperville, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Slick have been the parents of three 
children—Josephine Natalie, Emory D. and Harold R. Mrs. Slick is a member of 
the Methodist Episcopal Church. In political sentiment Mr. Slick is a 
Republican.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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