Biographical Sketch of Montgomery FRICK (1893); Chester County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by John Morris . *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Source: "Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chester County, Pennsyl- vania, comprising a historical sketch of the county," by Samuel T. Wiley and edited by Winfield Scott Garner, Gresham Publishing Company, Phila- delphia, PA, 1893, page 246-7. "MONTGOMERY FRICK, one of the young and successful business men of Spring City, and secretary of the well known Schuylkill Valley Stove Manufactur- ing Company, is a son of Charles and Mary Ann (Evans) Frick, and was born at Linfield, Limerick township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, March 31, 1860. The Frick family, which was settled in Pennsylvania at an early day during the last century, is of Swiss origin, and Hon. Benjamin Frick (grandfather), was a prominent man in his day. He owned several boats on the old canal, then was interested in the construction of a railroad, and his popularity was such that he was elected as a republican member of the State senate from Montgomery county when it was strongly democratic. He was active and influential in politics, and married Ellen Davis, by whom he had six children, of whom one was Charles Frick, father of Montgomery Frick. "Charles Frick, was born in 1828, at Linfield, where he still resides. He has been engaged from many years in general business, but making special- ties of lumber and coal. He is a republican in politics, served for sev- eral years as postmaster of Linfield, and takes an active part in the political affairs of his county. He is a member of the Baptist church, and married Mary Ann Evans, who is a daughter of Ezekiel Evans. To them were born four children: Benjamin, now dead; Lewis, who is engaged in business at Linfield; Montgomery and Mary. "Montgomery Frick was reared at Linfield, received his education in the public schools and Millersville State Normal school, and then was engaged in business with his father until 1889, when he helped to organize the Schuylkill Valley Stove Manufacturing Company, of Spring City, of which he has served as secretary ever since. "On October 28, 1885, Mr. Frick was united in marriage with Savilla Thomas, daughter of John Thomas, of Limerick, Montgomery county, and to them has been born (1892) one child, a son named Charles Thomas. "Montgomery Frick is a republican in politics, but does not take a very active part in political affairs and gives his time to the business enter- prise in which he is engaged. The Schuylkill Valley Stove Manufacturing Company was organized early in the year 1889, and purchased their present plant which had been erected and operated up to that time under the aus- pices of the Knights of Labor. This extensive plant, which covers an area of three and a half acres of ground, is situated in the southern part of the borough, on the Schuylkill river and Schuylkill Valley railroad. The main buildings are brick ,and comprise a four-story warehouse, an engine and boiler house, a cleaning room, a two-story cupola house and a molding room, all of which are thoroughly equipped with the latest and most approved machinery for stove manufacturing. The company employs eighty- five skilled workmen, has an annual output of one hundred thousand dollars' worth of stoves from their works, and have a large patronage in nearly every State of the Union. Mr. Frick has pursued a conservative but per- fectly safe financial policy, and has thus contributed largely to the remarkable success of the company."