Bio of Zickrick, Edward W. (b.1851) Wabasha Co., MN
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Zickrick, Edward W. (page 650), now living retired on a farm in Highland
Township, on which he was actively engaged in farming for 10 years, was
born in Lomira, Dodge County, Wis., March 21, 1851, son of Michael and
Gustina Zickrick. The parents were natives of Germany, who came to the
United States on a sailing vessel in 1848, settling first in Milwaukee,
and later at Lomira, Dodge County, where they bought a farm, the site of
which is now occupied by that city. In 1864 they moved to Elba Township,
Winona County, Minn., taking a farm of 200 acres on the township line next
to St. Charles, which they operated for five years. They then moved to St.
Charles, where Michael Zickrick engaged in the brick-making industry, and
was thus occupied thereafter until his death in 1888. His wife died in
1909 at the home of a daughter in Owatonna. Michael and Gustina Zickrick
had 12 children, one of whom died in infancy. Those who grew to maturity
were Michael, Edward W., Mary, Minnie, Gust, Jule, Lydia, Sarah, Jacob,
Richard and Emma. Mary, who married Gust Zick of St. Charles, is now
deceased. Gust, who lives near Milaca, Minn., has a son, Lisle, who served
in the World War. Jule, who was a conductor on the Northwestern railway
running out of Winona, is now deceased. Lydia married Oscar McKinley, of
Los Angeles, Calif. Sarah, who married George Maxfield, is now a widow
residing at Covine, Calif. Jacob is engaged in mining, his residence being
in Seattle, where Richard also lives. Emma is now deceased. Edward W.
Zickrick was reared up to the age of 13 years on his parents' farm in
Wisconsin. In 1864 he accompanied his parents to Minnesota, resided on the
home farm in Elba Township, Winona County, where he received his
agricultural training, and in that county was engaged in general farming
until he came to Wabasha county in 1909. He then bought 160 acres in
sections 12 and 13, and engaged in general farming and stock raising,
which line of enterprise he followed until the fall of 1919, at which time
he retired from active work. His operations were crowned with a success
earned by hard work, and he is now in the possession of an ample
competence. His recollections go back to pioneer days, when he and his
father used oxen on the farm and there was little agricultural machinery
in use, and that of a primitive type. Mr. Zickrick was married in Quincy
Township, Olmsted County, Minn., to Hattie Biers, July 18, 1878. She was a
daughter of Frederick and Elizabeth (Stark) Biers. Her parents were
natives of Bavaria, Germany, who came to the United States in 1852,
settling in Ohio, where they were married. In 1866 they came to Minnesota
and located on a farm in Olmsted County, where Mrs. Elizabeth Biers died
in 1902 and Frederick Biers in 1912. They were the parents of the
following children: Caroline, wife of Louis Lietz of Olmsted County;
Elizabeth, who married Otto Stoltz of Argyle, Minn.; Harriet, Katie and
Emma, the last mentioned of whom is the wife of John Bolton of Elgin,
Minn.; William, of Winona, and Charles, of Little Valley, Minn. To Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Zickrick four children have been born: Silas, who is a farmer
in Highland Township; Royal, who married Florence Cook of Red Wing, Minn.,
and is also farming in Highland Township; Etta, wife of Elmer Pomeroy, of
Dunn County, Wis.; and Arnum, who married Caroline Sass, and lives on a
farm in West Albany Township. The religious affiliations of the family are
with the Methodist Episcopal church.