Bio of Zickrick, Silas (b.1880) Wabasha Co., MN
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Zickrick, Silas (page 632), a prominent farmer of Highland Township, the
owner and operator of a well improved farm of 250 acres, was born at St.
Charles, Winona County, Minn., February 11, 1880, son of Edward E. and
Hattie (Biers) Zickrick. The father was born in Lomira, Dodge County,
Wis., and the mother in Canton, Ohio. When children they came to Minnesota
and were subsequently married in Olmsted County. In 1910 they came to
Wabasha County, settling on a farm of 160 acres in Highland Township,
having previously farmed for a number of years in Winona County. They had
four children: Silas, Ray, Arnum and Etta, the last mentioned of whom is
the wife of Elmer Pomery, a farmer of Downing Wis. Silas Zickrick was
reared on the home farm and educated in the district school. He remained
at home assisting his father until reaching his majority, after which he
worked for three years in Argyle, Minn., and in North Dakota. He then
returned to St. Charles and for six years worked on farms in that
vicinity. At the end of that period, or about 1910, at the time his
parents moved to this county, he also came here and bought his present
farm of 250 acres in section 1, Highland Township. At that time there were
no improvements on the place, but since then he has cleared six acres and
put 135 acres under cultivation, besides erecting all the buildings. These
include a five-room house; a barn 32 by 50 feet, with a lean-to 24 by 50;
a silo 14 by 36; machine shed 24 by 50; a granary 12 by 40, with a lean-to
16 by 40, also used as a machine shed; a chicken house 12 by 40; feed
house 12 by 14, and a hog house 12 by 24 feet. He has also fenced the
entire farm. Mr. Zickrick carries on general farming and stock raising,
breeding graded cattle, Chester-White hogs and Belgian horses. He is a
member of the Masonic order, having taken the thirty-second degree,
Scottish rite, and also belongs to the Modern Woodmen. He was married at
Kellogg, Minn., June 16, 1909, to Margaret Young, daughter of George and
Catherine Young. Her father was born in Muskegon, Mich., and her mother in
Iowa. They came to Wabasha county at an early day and followed farming,
but are now retired and are living in Kellogg. Mr. and Mrs. Zickrick have
one son, Kermit, who was born July 4, 1910, and is now attending school in
Cook's Valley.