Bio of STRICKER, George W. (b.1864), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

Vol II, pg 647-648
GEORGE W. STRICKER
George W. Stricker is a self-made man in the truest sense of the word, and is
now assistant secretary of Janney, Semple, Hill & Company, the largest wholesale
hardware concern in the Northwest. He was born on the 15th of October, 1864, in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a son of George W. and Sarah E. (Dunwoody) Stricker.
The father was born in Philadelphia in 1812 and engaged in the lumber business
all of his life. His death occurred when George W., whose name introduces this
review, was but three years of age. Mrs. Stricker was born at West Whiteland,
Chester county, Pennsylvania, June 20, 1827. Her death occurred in April, 1880.
In the acquirement of his education George W. Stricker attended the public
schools of Philadelphia and after putting his textbooks aside accepted a
position with W. R. Warner & Company, druggists, in Philadelphia, with whom he
remained fifteen months. He then engaged in the hardware business, clerking for
the Biddle Hardware Store for two and one-half years. In 1884 he came to
Minneapolis and accepted a position with, the Janney, Semple, Hill & Company
hardware concern. He started in a minor capacity and, through close application
to the thing at hand and laudable ambition, he worked his way toward the top,
and is now assistant secretary. In 1908 he became a director in the institution
and is also a stockholder. Since coming to Minneapolis Mr. Stricker has been an
important factor in business circles and his prosperity is well deserved, as in
him are embraced the characteristics of an unbending energy and industry that
never flags.
In Minneapolis, in May, 1891, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Stricker and
Miss Maud Best. She is a daughter of Judge Best of Indiana, whose death occurred
in 1920. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Stricker the following children have been
born: Marian, who is twenty-pine years of age, is now touring Europe; Beatrice,
who married D. Knox Winton of Duluth, who is engaged in business in New Orleans;
and James Best, twenty-five years of age, who is in the lumber business at Sauk
Center, Minnesota.
Since attaining his majority, Mr. Stricker has given his political allegiance to
the republican party and the principles for which it stands. He maintains an
active interest in party affairs and is well informed on all important questions
and issues of the day. He is a member of the Westminster Presbyterian church and
he also holds membership in the Minneapolis Club, Lafayette Club and Automobile
Club. During the World war he gave generously of his time and money in the
furtherance of the government's interests and he was active in the promotion of
all bond drives in the fourth ward. Mr. Stricker's hobby is horses and he rides
a great deal, and also spends much of his spare time in fishing. He is
essentially public-spirited and gives his cooperation to every movement which
tends to promote the moral, intellectual and material welfare of the city. He
owns a beautiful home here, valued at twenty thousand dollars.