Family History: Northumberland County: Frick Copyright © 1993, 2000 by John Paul Deeben. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. jandwdeeben@msn.com USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file 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. Brewmeisters and Boatbuilders: The Frick Family of Early Northumberland Everyone who has engaged in family history research certainly knows that genealogy is a dynamic process. Every turn of the courthouse Will Book or the church register may reveal a new bit of information which suddenly challenges family lore and perhaps alters established perceptions of our ancestral roots. This author has pleasantly experienced this process in all its dimensions in a recent effort to research, on behalf of the Slifer House Museum in Lewisburg, the family history of Catherine Motter Frick (1814-1886), the daughter of one of the early founding families of Northumberland and wife of Colonel Eli Slifer (1818-1888), an influential Lewisburg businessman and politician of the nineteenth century. Through a reexamination of county records, local genealogical resources at the Northumberland County Historical Society and Bucknell University, and information provided by Slifer descendants, it has been possible to compile and present here a new, albeit preliminary and still growing, profile of one of the prominent pioneer families of early Northumberland County. The Frick family originated in Switzerland from a line of noble blood. The earliest known progenitor of the family was Heinrich von Frick, who was born in 1621 in Knonau, a community located west of Lake Zurich. Little is known of his life, except that, as a nobleman, he held an official position in one of the Swiss Cantons, and that he suffered during the religious persecutions of his day. During the time of the Thirty Years War, in 1640, a Protestant persecution gripped Switzerland. The following year several residents of the Department of Knonau were arrested. Among those detained was Heinrich von Frick, who was a convert of Menno Simons and the Anabaptists, or Mennonites. According to Anna Frick Frantz, a twentieth-century descendant, Heinrich was imprisoned three times in the Zurich Town Hall because his "following of the tenets of Menno Simons . . . made him a pacifist[,] necessitating refusal to bear arms-for which abrogation of his duties as an officer [of the Canton of Zurich] . . . he was thrown into prison-dying before his threatened burning at the stake as an example."[1] Heinrich's estate near Zurich, the "Frickthal," was confiscated by authorities and rented for 420 florins and 20 malters of rye.[2] Information concerning the immediate family of Heinrich von Frick is somewhat vague. He had one son, named Heinrich, who was born in 1650, a daughter Barbara, and possibly two other sons named Jacob and Johannes. Heinrich Frick, the younger, in turn had three children of his own: (1) a daughter, Barbara, born May 8, 1683; (2) a son, Jacob, born November 12, 1684; and (3) a son, Conrad, born March 20, 1688.[3] The location of the family following Heinrich von Frick's imprisonment also remains uncertain. Family records suggest that the Fricks remained in Switzerland, while other published sources indicate the grandson Conrad Frick, at least, was born in Heidelberg, a major city in the Northern Kraichau region of the German Palatinate.[4] Since the Palatinate during the Seventeenth Century served as a haven for Mennonites, Amish, and other Anabaptist groups seeking to escape religious harassment, it seems more likely that the Fricks did indeed leave Switzerland following the persecutions. Conrad Frick, son of Heinrich Frick the younger, was the first of the Frick family to emigrate to the New World. He and his wife Gertrude arrived in Philadelphia with a group of Palatine refugees on September 11, 1732 aboard the ship "Pennsylvania." The "Pennsylvania," under Captain J. Stedman, had arrived in America from Rotterdam via Plymouth, England. The following year, on September 18, 1733, relatives of Conrad-Daniel and Valentine Endt, and his brother, Jacob Frick-also landed in America. After their arrival, Conrad and Gertrude Frick settled in Germantown. There, in 18760, Conrad built a brewery, the first one in that area. In so doing, Conrad began a family vocation that would be carried on for several generations.[5] The following year, on October 17, 1761, Conrad Frick passed away. He left behind a very large progeny of six sons and two daughters: (1) JOHN FRICK (September 12, 1734 - 1760). John settled in Lancaster, where he met and married Elizabeth Strayhorn. Together they had one son, John Frick, Jr. (grandfather of Catherine Motter Frick), mentioned at greater length below. In Lancaster John Sr. also built another brewery, located on Queen Street. He died, however, before the brewery was finished, and his widow petitioned the Lancaster County Orphan's Court for permission to complete construction so that the brewery "may be put to use or otherwise managed and carried on so as greatly to increase the estate of the said decedent especially that part thereof which by law is the property of the decedent'' only child now an infant. . ."[6] The Court empowered Elizabeth Frick to employ workmen and laborers to procure the materials necessary to complete the brewery, and ordered that she be reimbursed for all expenses.[7] (2) JOHN PHILIP FRICK (June 7, 1736 - April 25, 1819), mentioned below. (3) DANIEL FRICK (May 8, 1738 - ?). Daniel settled in Bucks County. (4) MARIA BARBARA FRICK (December 20, 1740 - ?). Maria married Jacob Vollenveider at St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, in 1762. (5) ELIZABETH FRICK (June 22, 1742 - ?). Elizabeth married Daniel Gearhardt. (6) JOHN PETER FRICK (November 9, 1743 - ?). Peter settled in Baltimore in 1774. He married Anna Barbara Brerdenthardt (born December 25, 1752 at Wurthrum, Germany), a daughter of John C. Brerdenthardt and Anna Dorothea Fenter. Among his nine children [see footnote 8] was William Frick (November 2, 1790 - July 24, 1855), a prominent judge of the District Court in Baltimore. Admitted to the Bar in 1813, William became an influential politician, helping to form the Jackson Party in Maryland with U. S. Chief Justice Roger B. Taney. He sat in the state senate for two terms, and afterwards was appointed by President Andrew Jackson as Collector of the Port of Baltimore. In June 1848 William was appointed Judge of Baltimore County Court and then elected as first judge of the Superior Court of Appeals of Baltimore, which position he held until his death.[8] (7) JOHN DAVID FRICK (August 31, 1745 - ?). (8) JOHN FREDERICK FRICK (September 7, 1747 - ?). Frederick also settled in Lancaster and served as a major in a Lancaster militia company during the Revolutionary War. His wife's name was Sophia.[9] John Philip Frick, the second son of Conrad, was the first of the Frick family to migrate westward to Northumberland County. As a young man he first settled in Lancaster where he met and married Margaret Ellmaker ( ? - October 24, 1839). In 1771 Philip applied for a land grant on the frontier. The following year on May 2, 1772, Thomas and John Penn, "Esquires True and Absolute Proprietors and Governors in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania," granted Philip a patent for "a certain tract of land called 'Philipsburg' Situate in the forks of the Susquehanna about four miles form Fort Augusta formerly in Berks now Northumberland County."[10] The grant comprised 220 acres and 106 perches of land, and cost Philip eleven pounds sterling. On June 1, 1772 Philip Frick and a companion, William Hoffman, arrived at Northumberland Town after traveling up the Susquehanna River by canoe. Following in the tradition of his father in Germantown, Philip came with the intention of building a brewery. Hoffman, who was a carpenter, accompanied him to help with the construction. Philip first erected a log dwelling house on Market Street, across from the site of the Burr House. The brewery he subsequently established was located on Lot no. 39 on King Street, across form the town square, which he purchased form John Lowdon on June 5, 1776.[11] Although the exact year in which he completed his brew house is uncertain, Philip Frick was undoubtedly the first to engage in the brewing and distilling industry in Northumberland. An early deed from 1775, drawn between Philip and the estate of Rodger Conner, clearly identifies Frick as a Northumberland brewer.[12] More than a decade elapsed before other businesses of a similar nature arose. In the 1790s, John P. de Gruchy established a large distillery in Northumberland above the river bridge on North Way. The facilities included a brick and frame building, a cooper shop, several large frame sheds which housed the hogs and cattle that fed on the refuse and damaged stock, and a boat yard. Sometime later William McCay built a stone distillery on Queen Street, which featured a windmill water pump. Other breweries established in Northumberland in the early part of the nineteenth century included that of John Taggart, located at the Queen Street crossing of the canal, William T. Boyd's brewery at the corner of Queen and North Way, a facility build by Levi Hibbert on West Way between Water and Front streets, and that of Edward Lyon, located at the corner of Market and Front.[13] Across the Susquehanna, in neighboring Sunbury, several stills were in operation by 1781. According to assessment records for Augusta Township, David McKinney ran three on Front Street, in the blocks between Penn and Walnut. By 1796 James Towar built a large stone distillery in East Sunbury on Shamokin Creek. About 1836 it was converted into a brewery by Philip and Gottlieb Brymier. Another distillery was established on Market Street by Edward Gobin in 1808. Between 1835 and 1838 Gideon Markle erected a large frame distillery on Chestnut Street between Fifth and Spring Run. It changed hands once and was then abandoned. IN 1865 the Cold Spring brewery was established by Joseph Bacher. J. & A. Moeschlin became proprietors in 1873. By the 1890s the facility sported a brewing and bottling department, and boasted an annual manufacturing capacity of over 5,000 barrels.[14] Although Philip Frick may thus have been the first brewer in Northumberland, it is interesting to note that, by the late 1780s, he had lost his business from the default of a debt. In 1785, Philip negotiated a substantial loan from his brother, Frederick Frick of Lancaster. The bond agreement, filed March 5, 1785, stated in clear terms: "This bill bindeth me, Philip Frick of the town of Northumberland in the County of Northumberland and the State of Pennsylvania, Brewer, unto Frederick Frick of the town of Lancaster . . . In the just sum of one hundred and five pounds five shillings in gold and silver coin." Philip agreed to pay the quoted sum "at or upon the first day of May next ensuing the date here of, with large interest, . . ."[15] Philip further agreed to pay a penalty sum of 210 pounds 10 shillings in the event he failed to meet the agreement.[16] For whatever reasons or circumstances, it appears that Philip failed to repay the loan. Court records indicate, however, that a more substantial penalty was imposed. On August 28, 1789, a transfer of deed took place, which gave Frederick Frick possession of Lot no. 39 and the brewery. The deed agreement clearly spelled out the punitive nature of the transfer: "Frederick [Frick] for his debt and damages aforesaid . . . seized and took in execution a certain lot of ground situate on King Street in the Town of Northumberland no. 39 together with a brew house thereon erected . . . ."[17] A year later, on May 31, 1790, Frederick Frick resold the brewery to two Northumberland merchants, Bernard Hubley and Samuel Gardner.[18] Hubley, it is interesting to note, subsequently moved the brewery to Market Street and expanded its facilities. In addition to the brew house, he added a still, a malt house, a mill, a forty- bushel malt kiln, and several twenty-barrel brew coppers.[19] Even though his brewing interests subsequently turned sour, Philip Frick found more success as a landowner and developer. As early as 1775 he appeared as a petitioner for the division of Turbot Township, an action that subsequently created Mahoning Township.[20] In addition to his original land grant and the town lots upon which his house and brewery stood, Philip bought and sold numerous properties throughout Northumberland. On October 20, 1774, he purchased two five-acre out lots, nos. 4 and 5, from George Miller. In 1775 Philip bought an unidentified lot from the heirs of Rodger Conner for thirteen pounds. The next year, along with the lot he purchased for the brewery from John Lowdon, Philip acquired Lot no. 11 on Water Street. He sold this ground in 1777 to Aaron Levy. On August 31, 1776, Philip also acquired Lot no. 25 on King Street from John Buchanan. Subsequent purchases included Lot no. 40 adjacent to the brewery in 1778, which Philip resold to Bernard Hubley in 1794; Lot no. 221 on Front Street in 1785l; Lot no. 38 on King Street, upon which Philip established his permanent residence; Lot no. 36 on Orange Street, which Philip sold to William Hayes in 1803; Lot no. 54 on North Way and Water Street, lying in the square between King and Orange streets; and Lot no. 169 on Orange Street. In 1798 Philip sold a moiety or half part of his "Philipsburg" tract in Point Township to his nephew John Frick, Jr. for 100 pounds.[21] In between his land dealings and brewing interests, Philip Frick also found time to serve with his new neighbors in the local militia during the Revolutionary War. According to available service records, Philip was a private in Captain Samuel Gardner's company of the Second Battalion, Northumberland County Militia.[22] The finding concerning the descendants of Philip Frick have proven to be one of the more surprising aspects of the Frick genealogy. Family records had indicated that Philip and Margaret Frick died in Northumberland without issue. Estate records on file at the Northumberland County Court House, however, have clearly discounted this assertion. Philip and Margaret, in fact, had a daughter Catherine, who was born April 14, 1767 and died September 9, 1805. In 1790 Catherine Frick married Robert Montgomery (1762 - December 1, 1814), who was one of the very prominent early settlers of Milton and a son of John Montgomery (1734-1792), the founder of the 900-acre homestead in Turbot Township known as "Paradise."[23] Robert and Catherine Frick Montgomery had a very large family of their own, one of whom intermarried with another Frick descendant: (1) JOHN MONTGOMERY (July 26, 1792 - March 17, 1866). Known also as "Red John," John Montgomery became a prominent figure in political and judicial circles in Northumberland County. On July 19, 1839 he was commissioned an Associate Judge. He was re-commissioned on March 20, 1840, and served until the associate judgeship became an elected position in 1850. On May 24, 1851 John became Vice President of the first Agricultural Society in the County.[24] John Montgomery married twice, his first wife being Rebecca Day (1793 - September 2, 1836) of York County. There were married March 3, 1825. Following Rebecca's death John married Grace Hammond (1787 - May 15, 1863), daughter of David and Jane (Hanna) Hammond. One son, Robert Montgomery (June 1, 1830 - June 18, 1892), survived from the first marriage. Robert balanced lengthy careers in farming and politics. He participated in several state conventions, sat in the State Assembly from 1870-1872, and served locally as a Lewis Township school director and as sheriff of Northumberland County from 1890 until his death. On February 23, 1854, Robert Montgomery married Elizabeth Vincent (September 17, 1833 - July 17, 1902), daughter of Isaac Vincent of Watsontown. They had three children: 1) John Montgomery (March 24, 1855 - ?); 2) Harry B. Montgomery (January 12, 1863 - 1947), who married Lettie L. Pardoe (1868-1949) in 1888 and had Margaret, Robert (August 7, 1891 - September, 1891), Elizabeth (1893-1959), Rebecca, Grace, and Donald; and 3) Grace Montgomery, who married Robert McKee.[25] (2) MARGARET MONTGOMERY. Margaret married James Patterson Hunter, a grandson of William Patterson. Together they had eleven children, among whom were Hugh Donley Hunter and Henry Frick Hunter. Hugh married Catherine Jane Yoder and had a daughter, Margaret Hunter, who married George Foresman Clapp. (3) CATHERINE MONTGOMERY (1797 - August 16, 1850). On March 7, 1818, Catherine married her first cousin, "General" Henry Frick, who was the grandson of Philip's brother, John Frick. Their offspring are mentioned in the John Frick, Jr. line. (4) CHRISTINA MONTGOMERY. Christina married John Bailey and had six children. Among them were Henry Frick Bailey, who married Mary Stoughton, and Robert Montgomery Bailey of Williamsport, who married Elizabeth Dougal, daughter of Dr. James S. and Sarah (Pollock) Dougal. Elizabeth's mother was a sister to Pennsylvania Governor James Pollock.[26] (5) DAVID W. MONTGOMERY (1800 - November 11, 1829). David married Eliza Levan. Their children were Mary B. Montgomery (1856 - September 17, 1858), Mary W. Montgomery (1857 - September 27, 1858), David Montgomery, who married Catherine Fulmer, and Catherine Montgomery, who became the wife of William McKee. (6) SARAH MONTGOMERY (September 20, 1803 - ?). Sarah married Judge Samuel Oakes (December 30, 1796 - December 21, 1867) on March 14, 1822. They had a large family of nine children: 1) Catherine F. Oakes (February 14, 1823 - ?); 2) James Oakes (April 4, 1826 - 1910), who married Maria Beeler. James served as a captain in the Mexican War and on the western frontier, eventually attaining the rank of brigadier general; 3) Sarah J. Oakes (February 7, 1829 - May 5, 1898), who married John V. Goodlander of Milton; 4) Margaret Oakes (August 30, 1832 - ?), who became the wife of Associate Judge Peter Hughes of Danville; 5) Catherine Frick Oakes (November 21, 1834 - November 8, 1908), who married John Shearer (August 23, 1811 - April 12, 1892), son of Robert and Margaret (Hutchinson) Shearer. Their children were Robert, Samuel, Margaret H., James O., who married Algie D. Lamberson on September 7, 1910, and Wallace, who died in 1890; 6) Lucretia Oakes (September 6, 1836 - September 21, 1842); 7) Christiana Montgomery Oakes (January 5, 1839 - March 25, 1873), who married Dr. Charles Hammond Dougal (September 20, 1838 - ?) on January 4, 1866. Dr. Dougal served in the Civil War as a medical cadet under General Stoneman. He was captured at Gettysburg and held in Libby prison for five weeks, after which he was exchanged and assigned to the Eckington Hospital in Washington, D. C. until his discharge in 1864. Charles and Christiana Dougal's children were Charles, who died young, and Dr. James Starrett Dougal (February 1, 1871 - ?), who married Mary Emma Johnson in 1900; 8) Caroline Oakes (February 6, 1841 - ?), who married James D. McGinnes; and 9) Elizabeth Oakes (September 24, 1843 - ?), who married B. Lyons.[27] When Philip Frick died on April 25, 1819, most of his estate went to the Montgomery grandchildren. While his wife Margaret received all of the real and personal property, Frick bequeathed the large "Philipsburg" tract of land in Point Township to John and David W. Montgomery. Margaret Montgomery received Lot no. 38 on King Street with the house in which Philip resided, Catherine Montgomery Lot no. 25 on King Street, Christiana Montgomery Lot no. 221 on Front Street, and Sarah Montgomery Lot no. 169 on Orange Street. In addition, granddaughter Margaret received a set of silver sugar tongs marked "P. F.," a half dozen silver tea spoons, and a silver cream jug engraved "M. F." Catherine Montgomery received three silver tablespoons and a silver cream jug marked "C. F."[28] The other member of the Frick family to migrate to Northumberland was John Frick, Jr., mentioned above as the only son of John and Elizabeth (Strayhorn) Frick, and nephew of Philip Frick. John Frick, Jr. was born in Lancaster on December 25, 1759. He spent his early years in Lancaster County, where he compiled an admirable service record in the county militia during the American Revolution. Between 1777-80 John Frick served as a private in the First Class of Captain Adam Wilhelm's Eighth Company, Fifth Battalion, Lancaster County Militia. In 1781 he served in the Second Class of Captain John Ewing's Second Company, Eighth Battalion. The following year he was in the Second Class of Captain John Hubley's First Company, Eighth Battalion. In between his final two terms of service, on December 13, 1781, John married Elizabeth Young (November 26, 1766 - May 19, 1848), daughter of Dr. John Jacob and Catherine (Brenner) Young of Lancaster.[29] On September 13, 1787, John Frick purchased a 406 and one quarter acre tract of land in Point Township, Northumberland County. The following year he moved his young family to Northumberland with the intention, like his uncle, of building a brew house. Evidence of this second brewery, however, has not been found, and the loss of Philip Frick's brewery the following year probably forced a change of vocation. Some sources indicate that John Frick may have plied the trades of carpentry and chair-making. What is more certain, however, is that he became a very prominent figure in local politics.[30] As early as 1792, John Frick served as auditor for Point Township. In 1799, he was elected a county commissioner and served for three consecutive terms until 1802. During his tenure, the county public offices were constructed. Popularly known at the time as the "State House," the office building was situated at Market and Second streets. It was a two-story brick structure, and contained three offices on the main floor, each of which housed a fire-proof vault. The offices of Prothonotary, Register and Recorder, and the Commissioners' quarters were located in these rooms. The second floor contained a large jury room and two smaller apartments. The "State House" was completed in 1800.[31] Commissioner Frick also presided over the construction of a new county jail. On March 10, 1801, the commissioners met with the trustees for the building of the courthouse and laid plans for the new prison. They contracted local Sunbury suppliers for lumber, bricks, 2,000 bushels of lime, 500 perches of stone, and teams of masons, smiths, carpenters and plasterers. The building committee also contracted John Frick to supervise the construction and manage the materials.[32] Payment for Frick's service as superintendent was outlined in the report of an arbitration board assembled by the commissioners: We, the subscribers, . . . for the purpose of adjusting the accounts of the said John Frick with the county of Northumberland aforesaid with respect to the superintendent aforesaid, do report: that we have examined the accounts of the said John Frick and do find them regular and just in our opinion, and do hereby conceive that the said John Frick should have for his services aforesaid at the rate of six per cent on the monies by him paid to the different workmen engaged at the building of the said gaol.[33] The county jail thus erected on Second Street between Arch and Center Alley in Sunbury was a large two-story stone structure. Two large rooms and a central passage comprised the first floor, while the upper story contained an additional four apartments. Iron rings were located at various places throughout the floor of the jail. They were used to restrain the more refractory inmates. An exercise yard was situated at the rear of the building and was bounded by a high stone wall. A frame stable stood at the corner of Second and Arch streets.[34] Following his terms as a county commissioner, John Frick served as Clerk to the Commission Board from November 23, 1802 to January 21, 1809. In this position he figured prominently in the management of the fiscal affairs of the county. During his term the county court also appointed Frick in November 1805 to a panel commissioned to choose a site for a new bridge from Chillisquaque to Milton. In their report submitted in January 1806, the panel recommended a bridge of stone and lime construction. After his stint as Clerk, John Frick finished his public career as Register and Recorder. He received his commission to this post on January 18, 1809, and served until his death on March 11, 1811.[35] Like his Uncle Philip, John Frick also came to acquire considerable property in the Northumberland area. In addition to the original 406-acre Point Township tract purchased in 1787 and a portion of the "Philipsburg" tract he bought from Philip Frick in 1798, John Frick owned Lot nos. 170 and 79 on Queen Street. In 1786 he also acquired a 200-acre tract, Lot no. 1909, in the Second District of Donation Lands located in Westmoreland County. Frick received this land from Robert Jeff, a "private in the late army of the United States," who had been granted the tract for his military service. Frick resold the land to Peter Steel on July 12, 1789.[36] During their life together, John and Elizabeth (Young) Frick raised a very substantial family of thirteen children: (1) JACOB FRICK (September 12, 1782 - November, 1859). Jacob was born in Lancaster. He became a doctor and settled in Philadelphia, where he married Mary Ann Mullen. Together they had four children: Charles, John H., Edwin P., and George A. Frick. (2) JOHN FRICK, III (father of Catherine Motter Frick), mentioned below. (3) GEORGE AUGUSTUS FRICK (December 26, 1786 - June 9, 1872). One of the earliest graduating scholars of the Northumberland Academy [established in 1803 on West Way and Second streets], George became a prominent attorney, businessman and politician in Danville, Columbia [later Montour] County. He served as the first prothonotary of Columbia County from 1813-21, and sat in the State House of Representatives in 1847-48. One of the first lawyers and oldest members of the bar in Danville, George carried on his practice until 1851. In business matters he was appointed to the board of commissioners for the newly authorized Danville & Pottsville Railroad Company in 1826, became one of the first directors of the Danville National Bank in 1865, and played an instrumental role in establishing the Danville Iron Works. With a number of other investors, he purchased iron-rich land and offered companies great inducements to locate in Danville and manufacture the ore.[37] In personal matters, George Augustus Frick married Ellen Hurley, and had the following children: 1) Arthur W. (1817 - December 6, 1850), 2) Dr. Clarence Henry (1828 - January 21, 1861), 3) Augustus G., 4) Martha Hurley, and 5) Alexander J. (1838 - March 1915). Arthur W. Frick, the eldest son, graduated form Princeton in 1838. He studied law at Danville and was admitted to the Montour County Bar. The second son, Clarence Henry Frick, became a doctor and practiced in Danville until the outbreak of the Mexican War in 1846. He enlisted in the Columbia Guards, won the rank of first lieutenant, and fought in many of the principal engagements of the war, including the battles of Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Chapultepec, and the defense of San Angeles. Clarence became captain of the Columbia Guards on April 10, 1847, following the death of Captain Wilson. He returned home in broken health from the effects of the Mexican climate on July 28, 1849, and resumed his medical practice until 1857. On October 15, 1850, Clarence Henry married Elizabeth M. Colt, daughter of Mayor William Colt of Danville. Their children included: 1) William Colt Frick, who married Mary Clark and became general sales agent for the Howe & Polk Manufacturing Company, 2) George Augustus Frick, and 3) Clarence Henry Frick, Jr., who married Lizzie Holloway and became a teller at the Danville National Bank. Clarence Frick, Jr. had children Ruth H., Clarence H., Sallie, and Cornelia.[38] Alexander J. Frick, the youngest son of George Augustus Frick, studied law with William G. Hurley and was admitted to the Danville bar in 1855. When the Civil War erupted in 1861, Alexander entered the Union army on September 18th as captain of Company D, 84th Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment. He served as captain until October 1862, participating in the battles of Winchester, Port Republic, and Second Bull Run. The following year he became lieutenant colonel of the 41st Pennsylvania during the Gettysburg Campaign. After the war, Alexander resumed his law practice in Danville and also served as deputy collector of revenue for the 12th District of Pennsylvania.[39] (4) REBECCA FRICK (June 4, 1789 - December 23, 1833). Rebecca was the first of the children born in Northumberland. She married Joseph Britt Norbury. They moved to Philadelphia where she died. Their children included Charles, Elizabeth, Susan, Joseph Britt, and Rebecca Norbury. (5) WILLIAM FRICK (August 30, 1791 - January, 1863). William married Marian Nauman of Northumberland. They moved back to Lancaster where they had two sons, Charles and George. Marian passed away on September 19, 1835. William then married Margaret Keller, and they had one child, William Keller Frick, who became a Lutheran pastor.[40] (6) HENRY FRICK (March 18, 1795 - March 1, 1844). Known throughout his life as "General" even though he never served as an officer in the military, Henry became a leading newspaperman and politician in Milton, and also served in both the State Assembly and the U. S. Congress. Henry entered the newspaper trade as a young apprentice to printer John Binns, who founded the Republican Argus at Northumberland in 1802. Henry's indenture began on January 27, 1806, and continued for ten years. In the stipulations of Henry's indenture papers, John Binns agreed to "teach or cause to be instructed the said apprentice in the art, trade, or mystery of a printer, and shall, during the said term, . . . find and provide for the said apprentice sufficient meat, drink, apparel, washing, and lodging during the said term . . . ."[41] In return, Henry was forbidden to Play at cards, dice, or any other unlawful game whereby his said master may have damage; with his own goods or the goods of others without license form his said master he shall neither buy nor sell; he shall not absent himself day or night from his said master's service without leave; he shall regularly attend every Sunday at some place of divine worship; he shall not haunt ale houses or taverns, but in all things behave himself as a faithful and diligent apprentice ought to do during the said term.[42] During Henry's apprenticeship, he and John Binns went to Philadelphia, where they established The Democratic Press on March 27, 1807. While there, Henry also joined a militia company during the War of 1812 and participated in military maneuvers about Marcus Hook. After Henry's indenture expired on March 18, 1816, he returned to Northumberland County and settled in Milton, where he founded The Miltonian on September 16. From 1816 to 1827 Henry Frick ran The Miltonian by himself. After April 21, 1827 he took on various partners, including Montgomery Sweney, Robert Bennet, John W. Corry, and John H. Brown. Henry retired form The Miltonian for good on June 3, 1840, passing his interest in the paper onto his sons.[43] During his career in publishing, Henry Frick became involved in other business and philanthropic interests as well. On August 1, 1831 he became one of the first directors of the newly incorporated Bank of Northumberland, which eventually became the First National Bank of Sunbury. He was also listed among the first incorporators of the Sunbury & Erie Railroad Company, which was chartered on April 3, 1837. In 1830 Henry became involved in promoting higher education in Milton as well. He became a leading member of the Milton Lancastrian Association, an academic group that promoted the English educational system of Joseph Lancaster. [This system featured the employment of students in the higher classes as teacher assistants.] The Association opened a Lancastrian School on Center Street in Milton in 1830. Financial troubles, however, soon forced the Association to liquidate the school property at a sheriff's sale. Henry Frick bought the property and passed to the school directors, who divided the school into three apartments, the two end ones being used for school purposes while the center room was appropriated for the city armory.[44] In public life, "General" Henry Frick held several offices of high distinction. Soon after Henry returned to Northumberland County from his apprenticeship, he was elected as the first high constable of Milton in March 1817, one month after the borough was incorporated. For a brief time he also served as Milton's Justice of the Peace following his retirement from The Miltonian. In 1828 Henry was elected to the Pennsylvania General Assembly and served for three terms until 1830. In 1840 he won election to the United States Congress, representing the 13th Congressional District in the House of Representatives. Henry Frick served with great distinction and died in office in Washington, D. C. on March 1, 1844. James Buchanan in the Senate and J. R. Ingersall in the House delivered eulogies.[45] Of Henry Frick's success as a statesman and public leader, Buchanan observed: It is the history of a man (fortunately so common in this county), who, from a humble beginning, has, by industry, ability, and perseverance, gradually surmounted every intervening obstacle, and at last attained the high distinction of a seat in Congress, under circumstances which clearly evince that he enjoyed uncommon personal popularity among those who knew him best.[46] On March 7, 1818 Henry Frick married his first cousin, Catherine Montgomery, daughter of Robert and Catherine (Frick) Montgomery. They had six children: John, Robert Montgomery (who married Mary A. Ruthrauff on June 8, 1849), Jacob, Henry Jr., Catherine, and Margaret L. (who became the wife of J. Dougal Gibson in 1860.)[47] John Frick, Henry Frick's eldest son, first took over his father's interest in The Miltonian after Henry retired. He ran the newspaper with Edward B. Hunter form January 1, 1842 to May 5, 1843. From July 14, 1843 until the end of 1852 John operated the paper with his brother, Robert. Robert Montgomery Frick, in turn, carried on The Miltonian with his brother Henry from January 7 to August 26, 1853. During his period with the newspaper, Robert Montgomery also served as a state senator from 1848-51. Afterwards, he served in several other professional capacities in the Milton area. He was listed among the projectors of the Susquehanna Railroad Company, which was incorporated April 14, 1851 and authorized to construct a rail line linking Milton with the York & Cumberland or the Pennsylvania Railroad on either side of the Susquehanna or the Juniata rivers. The line intended to run through Halifax and Millersburg to Sunbury with an option of continuing on to Williamsport. Robert also served as a cashier of the Milton National Bank after it was established in 1858. He remained associated with the bank until at least 1891.[48] Robert Montgomery Frick also participated in the local crisis politics and patriotic fervor that surrounded the outbreak of the Civil War. On February 5, 1861, during the height of the secession crisis, he took part in a pro-Union meeting at Academic Hall in Milton. Frick served as one of the secretaries for the meeting, which intended to define Northumberland County's position on the national crisis. The resolutions adopted at the meeting, reflecting a moderate view of the impending conflict, included a reaffirmation of the Federal Union and a pledge to preserve the Union through compromise. They urged the removal of local statutes that might interfere with the Fugitive Slave Law, and voiced support of "Popular Sovereignty" or the peoples' right to determine the extension of slavery in the territories.[49] Following the outbreak of war, Robert participated in another Union meeting on April 19th at Academy Hall. In response to the violent turn of events, this meeting took a harsher stance. The Resolutions Committee, on which Robert Frick served, called for a decisive response to President Abraham Lincoln's call for volunteers, endorsed the General Assembly's pledge to support the Federal government with all available resources, complimented Major Anderson and the Fort Sumter garrison, and pledged to support the families of any citizen who volunteered for service.[50] Henry Frick, Jr., the youngest son of Henry Frick, served a stint on The Miltonian from January 7, 1853 to January 1, 1854. He was also elected as one of the first directors of the First National Bank in Milton. When the Milton Water Company was organized on April 14, 1883, Henry Frick served as its first secretary. He also became involved in the activities of the Milton Young Men's Christian Association, which was organized locally on March 3, 1872. After the organization became associated with the district and state movements on March 1, 1887, a representative of the State committee came to Milton in April 1889 to organize the local board of managers. This action resulted in the appointment of Henry Frick, Jr. as recording secretary.[51] (7) FREDERICK FRICK (July 9, 1797 - ? ). Frederick was apprenticed to a tanner and settled in Danville. He later moved to Mercer County, Illinois, where he held the positions of Justice of the Peace, County Auditor, and Commissioner of Courts. Frederick married Nancy Wilson and raised a large family: George A., Elizabeth M., Harriet, Rebecca, Lucy, William W., and Charles P. Frick. (8) CHARLES FRICK (November 1, 1977 - 1820). Little is known about Charles except that he died in Philadelphia. (9) PHILIP FRICK (November 1, 1799 - October 26, 1806). A twin of Charles, Philip also died in Philadelphia at an early age. (10) ELIZABETH FRICK (September 9, 1801 - February 26, 1808). (11) JAMES FRICK (April 19, 1904 - ? ). James married Jane Taylor and moved to Luzerne County. Among their children were Ellen, James, Benjamin, Lucinda (1832 - September 1, 1834), and Elizabeth Frick, who, according to estate records, was listed as an heir to her grandmother, Elizabeth (Young) Frick. Elizabeth supposedly inherited "all wearing apparel, umbrellas and all household and kitchen furniture" as well as $150.[52] (12) CATHERINE FRICK (October 14, 1806 - February 1, 1823). (13) BENJAMIN PURCELL FRICK (March 28, 1809 - ? ). Benjamin was apprenticed to John Barton of Bloomsburg to learn the mercantile trade. He continued as a store clerk until age eighteen in 1827, serving various employers in Bloomsburg, Orangeville and Muncy. Two years later he owned his own store. In 1836 Benjamin accepted a contract to build a section of canal and a dam on the Lehigh River. Three years later he won contracts to build bridges and roading on the Catawissa Railroad as well as a section of the North Branch Pennsylvania Canal. He also rebuilt the bridge spanning the Susquehanna River at Catawissa. In 1847 Benjamin bought the Catawissa Iron Works, selling it within a few years at a great profit. By 1855, Benjamin moved to Illinois with his wife Elizabeth (Stewart), whom he married on June 12, 1837, and his six children: Charles A., George, Henry, Anna, Rebecca, and Clarence Stewart Frick. In Illinois Benjamin returned to the mercantile trade. He established a dry-goods store at Keithburg and also engaged in pork packing and grain dealing.[53] At the time of John Frick, Jr.'s death in 1811, it is interesting to note, he possessed a sizable estate for a man of his day. To his wife Elizabeth he left the bulk of his property, which included the house on Queen Street, two feather beds and bed clothing, a complete set of kitchen furniture including a dining table, breakfast table and tea table, a case of drawers, one half dozen arm chairs and common chairs, two chests, a tin plate stove, spinning wheels for wool, cotton, and flax, one cow, and one bond note worth one hundred pounds. The eldest son, John Frick III, received the large family Bible, while son George Augustus received a desk, bookcase, and one bed and bedstead. It is interesting to note, finally, that John Frick appointed Joseph Priestley, Jr. of Northumberland as guardian for his minor-aged children.[54] John Frick III, son of John and Elizabeth (Young) Frick, was born in Lancaster on December 6, 1784. He was four years old when his father moved the family to Northumberland. When John reached the appropriate age, he was sent back to Lancaster and apprenticed to John Hurnes to learn the wheelright and chair-making trades. Local tradition and family lore also assert that Frick became involved in the boat-building trade at Northumberland. Situated at the forks of the Susquehanna River's north and west branches, Northumberland very early became one of the most important ports and boat yards along the Pennsylvania Canal. It held the main water basin, which extended south and west of Water Street from the outlet lock, just off the West Branch bridge, to Duke Street, where canal boats assembled and embarked upon trips up both branches. The weigh lock for the canal was located parallel to the outlet lock. With such facilities within easy access, as many as three boat yards and two dry docks were established at Northumberland. One of the yards sported a launching track into the river, upon which boats were drawn by a horse-powered windless. There was also a wharf located on the North Branch near a coal-smelting furnace.[55] In neighboring Sunbury, boat-building first became a noticeable industry during the construction of the Shamokin dam, when different varieties of water craft were in demand for the transportation of stone and other building materials. Charles Gussler became the first builder of canal boats after the canal opened. His yard was located at the riverbank south of Spruce Street. Sometime later Samuel Clements and Samuel Snyder opened a boat yard on Front Street between Penn and Church streets. Clements later moved it next to Gussler's yard. Many of Sunbury's prominent merchants owned their own canal boats and made frequent trips down river in search of trade and merchandise. Some of the better known boats were the Sunbury Union, owned by John Buyers, Jacob Kramer's Enterprise, and the Sunbury Partnership, owned jointly by the firm of H. Yoxtheimer & Company.[56] Although John Frick was the first of his family to become involved in boat-building, it is not yet clear whether he owned his own boat yards. Other than local tradition and family lore, no clear evidence of such ownership has surfaced. That he was involved in the industry in some manner, however, is certain, for it was through his connection that John's sons entered the trade and his daughter, Catherine Motter Frick, met her future husband Colonel Eli Slifer. In whatever capacity he worked, John Frick III became a prosperous man, served a term in 1835 as school director for Northumberland, and died in that borough on February 21, 1847.[57] On March 28, 1812 John married Ann Elizabeth Gottschall (May 23, 1794 - September 2, 1859.) Ann was born in Penn Township, Northumberland County, a daughter of Johann Michael Gottschall (June 13, 1758 - 1817) of East Hempfield, Lancaster County, and Catherine Motter. Following the apparent family penchant for numerous offspring, John and Ann Elizabeth Frick also had a very large family of sixteen children: (1) CHARLES HENRY FRICK (March 17, 1813 - April 8, 1891). Charles married Mary H. Wapples and moved to Alton, Illinois. He had two daughters, Emma and Ida Frick. (2) CATHERINE MOTTER FRICK (June 9, 1814 - September 7, 1886), mentioned below. (3) REBECCA NORBURY FRICK (January 16, 1816 - August 25, 1887). Rebecca married Archibald Gray Voris (September 14, 1811 - April 17, 1894), the son of James and Anna (Gray) Voris, on August 9, 1841. Voris, born in Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland County, was a prominent builder and contractor in Danville, Montour County, after 1840. He and Rebecca had five children: 1) Elizabeth A., 2) Mary F., 3) Clarence G., who married Mary Bruner, 4) Louisa, and 5) John G. Voris, who married Elizabeth Hixson.[58] (4) WILLIAM FRICK (November 3, 1817 - 1895). William married Mary E. Wilson on March 16, 1841. During his career William became a successful Lewisburg businessman. With his brother- in-law, Eli Slifer, William organized in 1845 the boat building firm of Frick & Slifer. Their boatyard was first located on the east side of the Susquehanna River. In 1850 the firm moved to the Lewisburg shore and constructed a basin for a boatyard. A sawmill was added to the company in 1852, which burned down in 1853 but was immediately rebuilt. In 1852, as well, the firm's name was changed to Frick, Slifer & Co. Eli Slifer left the business in 1858, and the name changed again to William Frick & Co. Two years later William also retired. During his tenure with the firm, the boatyards enjoyed considerable success and healthy profits. Between 1845-60, more than 750 boats were constructed. William even tried his hand as designing canal equipment and machinery. In 1951, William's great-nephew, John Abbet Walls, wrote to his cousin J. Gilbert Frick: "The Fricks were greatly interested in canal boating. . . . William Frick invented a device that enabled canal boats to be towed around a curved canal. He showed me this when I was a youngster visiting in Chester."[59] The firm continued on successfully, under various other names, for many years after William Frick left. In 1885 it bought 500 acres of woodland and a sawmill located along the Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad, eleven miles north of Punxsutawny, Jefferson County. By 1886 it employed over 100 men and still engaged extensively in building boats, barges, and also manufacturing railroad lumber.[60] (5) GEORGE AUGUSTUS FRICK (August 19, 1819 - August 28, 1820). (6) GEORGE AUGUSTUS FRICK (May 16, 1821 - August 2, 1887). George married Rosetta H. Grier on February 2, 1854, and worked in Lewisburg as an attorney. (7) ANN ELIZABETH FRICK (February 28, 1823 - August 9, 1852). Ann married Christian Reich on June 25, 1843. (8) JACOB G. FRICK (January 23, 1825 - ? ). Jacob married (1) Catherine J. Schuyler on March 28, 1850, and (2) Priscilla W. Ginnis. He went to Canton, Ohio to learn printing with Michael Gottschall. Jacob served in both the Mexican War and the Civil War. Holding the rank of colonel of the 129th Pennsylvania Regiment in the latter conflict, he received a Medal of Honor for his conduct at the Battle of Fredericksburg. After he resigned form the army, he went to Pottsville and engaged in the screen business. Jacob had one known son, J. Gilbert Frick ( ? - September 1, 1952), who in turn had two daughters, Priscilla Frick de Lanagh and Cornelia B. Frick.[61] (9) HENRY FRICK (January 16, 1827 - ? ). Henry also became a prominent Lewisburg businessman. Learning the boat-building trade at a young age, he entered the Frick, Slifer & Co. boatyards in July 1852 and remained until 1865. Between 1853-59 he also engaged in a foundry business with partner John Lilley. After 1860, Henry also engaged in dealing lumber.[62] On November 6, 1855 Henry married Sarah Jane Blair (December 2, 1829 - ? ). They had the following family, which they raised in Lewisburg: 1) Ida May, who died single; 2) Jennie Blair, who married George Barron Miller and had two sons, Harry Barron Miller and George Frick Miller; 3) Walter, who married Margaret Bennett and had Sylvanus, Henry, and Walter Frick, Jr.; 4) Annie E. Frick, born May 12, 1865. She married Dr. William Leiser, Jr. (March 11, 1854 - ? ) on June 8, 1887. They had one son, Dr. William Leiser III, who married Martha Leiser Chance; 5) Harry, who died young; and 6) Sarah Jane Frick, who married Benjamin S. Gundy and had a daughter, Margaret.[63] (10) MARIAN NAUMAN FRICK (February 5, 1829 - ? ). (11) THOMAS WILSON FRICK (February 5, 1829 - ? ). The twin of Marian, Thomas Wilson died in infancy. (12) THOMAS WILSON FRICK (April 3, 1831 - ? ). This second Thomas Wilson also died in infancy. (13) JOHN EDWIN FRICK (May 27, 1832 - January 7, 1867). Edwin was born in Northumberland and died in Chester, Pennsylvania. On December 2, 1858 he married Caroline C. Reitmeyer of Lewisburg. Edwin also went into the boat-building business, although the extent of his involvement is not fully known.[64] (14) CLARENCE GILBERT FRICK (October 10, 1834 - ? ). Clarence married Annie C. Search of Lewisburg on February 24, 1857. He subsequently became a merchant in Wilmington, Pennsylvania.[65] (15) LYDIA FRICK (October 10, 1834 - ? ). The twin of Clarence, Lydia died in infancy. (16) SUSANNA LOUISA FRICK (July 14, 1837 - March 28, 1894). Susanna married Reuben F. Brown in October 1864.[66] The family of Catherine Motter Frick, the second child and first daughter of John and Anna Elizabeth (Gottschall) Frick, concludes this particular outline on the progeny of the Frick family. She married Colonel Eli Slifer (May 23, 1818 - May 26, 1888) on February 4, 1840. Slifer, who came to Lewisburg from Chester County, was then an aspiring tradesman working in the Northumberland boatyards. In 1845, as mentioned above, Slifer and his brother-in-law, William Frick, established a boat-building firm in Lewisburg. Slifer remained a partner until 1860. In that year, he founded the firm of Slifer, Walls, Shriner & Company with partners Johnson Walls, Joseph Shriner, Samuel Geddes and Thomas Murray. The business manufactured Buckeye reapers, mowers, and other farm implements and equipment. After 1868, Slifer became the sole owner of the company. In other business ventures, he served as president of the Lewisburg & Tyrone Railroad Company, the Lewisburg Bridge Company, the Union National Bank, and the Lewisburg Water Works. He was also a director of the Lewisburg National Bank. In these capacities, Slifer became a very prominent community leader in Lewisburg.[67] Slifer's political career began in 1848 when he joined the Whig Party in response to the rising slavery issue. The following year he won election to the State Assembly as the representative of Juniata and Union counties. In 1851 he entered the State Senate and sat for five consecutive terms. In 1855 Slifer was elected State Treasurer, but lot the position when the Democratic Party gained control of the General Assembly the following year. Slifer then joined the Republicans and was recalled as Treasurer in 1859 when that party returned to power. He served in that position until January 1861, when he resigned to accept the position of Secretary of the Commonwealth under the newly elected governor, Andrew Curtin. In this position, Slifer served as second-in-command to Governor Curtin during the Civil War years. He remained at the post until ill health forced his retirement in 1867.[68] During their life together, Eli and Catherine (Frick) Slifer raised a large family of eight children: (1) JOHN FRICK SLIFER (November 12, 1841 - September 21, 1842). (2) SAMUEL HARLEY SLIFER (September 3, 1842 - ? ). Samuel married Margaret Ranson on December 12, 1865, and had four children: Eli, May, Mabel (1870-1873), and Andrew, who went west in the 1880s and sold farm machinery in Indianapolis. (3) CATHERINE SPYKER SLIFER (September 16, 1844 - February 26, 1909). Catherine married Andrew Hemphill Dill (January 18, 1836 - January 10, 1901) on October 4, 1864. They had eleven children. (4) CLARA JANE SLIFER (July 10, 1846 - January 23, 1911). Clara Jane was the first of the Slifer children to be born in Lewisburg, in the Second Street home Eli bought before building Slifer House. She married Robert M. Green (1843-1911) on June 4, 1872. (5) WILLIAM HENRY SLIFER (January 1, 1848 - September 22, 1879). William married Charity Voris Conard (April 15, 1851 - September 16, 1926) on September 1, 1870. (6) JOHN ELI SLIFER (December 23, 1849 - May 10, 1851). (7) ELI SLIFER, JR. (June 18, 1852 - 1920). Eli married Catherine Hess on February 23, 1871. Their children were Clarence, Mabel, and two others who died in infancy. (8) ANNA FRICK SLIFER (September 16, 1855 - 1907). Anna Frick Slifer, a graduate of the Female Institute at the University of Lewisburg (now Bucknell), married William Cameron Walls (1852-1941) on November 19, 1878. Both are buried in Lewisburg.[69] The preceding narrative is, of course, a preliminary sketch of the Frick family, open to corrections and additions. Such is the nature of genealogy. The focus here has been to provide, in a general sense, a better understanding of the Fricks and the ways in which they contributed to the settling and commercial development of Northumberland. Through their contributions the Fricks indeed established themselves as one of the prominent pioneer families of the Central Susquehanna Valley. ENDNOTES [1] Anna Frick Frantz to John Abbet Walls, July 19, 1947, in The Slifer-Walls Collection, Box 15, courtesy of the Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Hereafter, the Slifer-Walls Collection is cited as S-WC. [2] Frick Family Records, S-WC; J. H. Beers, Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1903), p. 704. [3] Frick Family Records, S-WC. [4] Ibid.; Book of Biographies: Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of the Seventeenth Congressional District, Pennsylvania (Chicago: Biographical Publishing Co., 1899), p. 598. [5] I. Daniel Rupp, A Collection of 30,000 Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania, 1727-1776 (Philadelphia: Leary, Stuart Co., 1927(, pp. 73-4; J. H. Beers, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), p. 907. [6] Petition of Elizabeth Frick, Lancaster County Orphan's Court, S-WC. [7] Ibid. [8] Frick Family Records, S-WC. The children of John Peter Frick were as follows: 1) Maria Magdalena, b. September 14, 1771; 2) John Christopher, b. March 7, 1773; 3) Margaretha, b. February 5, 1774; 4) Elizabeth Dorothea, b. October 9, 1776; 5) Catherine, b. January 1, 1779; 6) Johannes, b. February 18, 1781; 7) Harriet, b. February 17, 1786; 8) William, and 9) George, b. December 3, 1793. William Frick married Mary Sloan of Baltimore and had six children: 1) William Frederick (who married Elizabeth Swan); 2) Charles, b. August 5, 1823 and married Achsaw Sargeant; 3) Elizabeth Donnel; 4) Mary, who married Robert Gannet, President of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad; 5) Elizabeth, married Dr. William Tower, and 6) George Frick, who became President of North Baltimore Railroad and the Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph and Express Co. [9] Frick Family Records, S-WC. [10] Proprietaries of Pennsylvania to Philip Frick, May 2, 1772, Deed Book H, pp. 394-5, Register and Recorder's Office, Northumberland County Court House, Sunbury, Pennsylvania. Hereafter, all records cited from the Northumberland County Court House will be designated NCC. [11] John Lowdon to Philip Frick, June 5, 1776, Deed Book D, pp. 289, 451, NCC; Herbert C. Bell, History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: Brown, Runk & Co., 1891), pp. 516-17. Hereafter cited as Bell, Northumberland County. [12] Elizabeth Conner et. al, to Philip Frick, June 13, 1775, Deed Book H, P. 398, NCC. [13] Bell, Northumberland County, pp. 533-34. [14] Ibid., pp. 484, 490. [15] Philip Frick to Frederick Frick, March 5, 1785, Deed Book C, p. 36, NCC. [16] Ibid. [17] Philip Frick to Frederick Frick, August 28, 1789, Deed Book D, p. 452, NCC. [18] Frederick and Sophia Frick to Bernard Hubley and Samuel Gardner, May 31, 1790, Deed Book G, p. 190, NCC. [19] Bell, Northumberland County, p. 534. [20] Chester D. Clarke, "Formation of Townships in Northumberland County," Northumberland County Historical Society Proceedings 7 (May 1, 1935): 218. Hereafter, the above publication is referred to as NCHS Proceedings. [21] George Miller to Philip Frick, October 20, 1774, Deed Book R, pp. 247, 251; Elizabeth Conner et al to Philip Frick, June 13, 1775, Deed Book H, p. 398; John Lowdon to Philip Frick, June 5, 1776, Deed Book D, p. 289; John Buchanan to Philip Frick, August 31, 1776, Deed Book K, p. 102; Philip Frick to Aaron Levy, February 8, 1777, Deed Book D, p. 195; George Miller to Philip Frick, February 7, 1779; Christopher Deem to Philip Frick, December 6, 1785, Deed Book K, p. 104; Philip Frick to Bernard Hubley, January 27, 1794, Deed Book G, p. 156; Philip Frick to John Frick, May 28, 1798, Deed Book K, p. 196; and Philip Frick to William Hayes, July 1, 1803, Deed Book R, p. 256, all in NCC. [22] Thomas Lynch Montgomery, ed., Pennsylvania Archives, Series 6, Vol. 3 (Harrisburg: Harrisburg Publishing Co., State Printer, 1907), p. 910. [23] Last Will and Testament of Philip Frick, April 28, 1819, Will Book II, p. 126, NCC; J. Montgomery Lightfoot, "The Montgomery Family of Paradise," NCHS Proceedings 7 (May 1, 1935): 141; J. L. Floyd, Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. L Floyd & Co., 1911), p. 644; Joseph and Sarah Roadermel Meiser, A Genealogist's Guide to Burials in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Vol. 6 (Grantville: Wert Bookbinding, Inc., 1991), p. 39; Bell, Northumberland County, p. 1142. Hereafter, the Floyd source is cited as Floyd, Annals. [24] Lightfoot, "Montgomery Family," p. 142. [25] Ibid., pp. 142-44; Bell, Northumberland County, p. 1143; Floyd, Annals, p. 644. [26] Bell, Northumberland County, p. 968; Floyd, Annals, p. 702. [27] Ibid., pp. 439, 266-67; Ibid., pp. 45-46, 702. [28] Will of Philip Frick, April 25, 1819, Will Book II, p. 126, NCC. [29] Frick Family Records, S-WC. The information on John Frick's military service is found in the Frick File of the Charlotte Darrah Walter Genealogy Library, Northumberland County Historical Society, Sunbury, Pennsylvania. [30] Thomas Gaskins to John Frick, September 13, 1787, Deed Book D, p. 252; Bell, Northumberland County, p. 534. [31] Ibid., pp. 159-60. [32] Ibid., p. 167; Caroline V. Youngman, "Sunbury, the Village Life," Proceedings 2 (May 1, 1930): 88. [33] Arbitration Report, November 4, 1802, as quoted in Bell, Northumberland County, p. 167. [34] Ibid., p. 168. [35] Ibid., pp. 180, 189; Chester D. Clarke, "Some Early Stone Bridges," NCHS Proceedings 7 (May 1, 1935): 86. [36] John Frick to Peter Steel, July 12, 1789, Deed Book F, p. 350, NCC. [37] Bell, Northumberland County, pp. 192, 312, 536; Biographical Sketches, 17th District, p. 598; Frederick W. Diehl, History of Montour County, 1769-1969 (Danville: Keystone Publishing Co., 1969), pp. 343, 353; J. H. Beers, Historical and Biographical Annals of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1915), pp. 87, 314. Hereafter cited as Beers, Columbia and Montour Counties. [38] Biographical Sketches, 17th District, p. 598; Beers, Columbia and Montour Counties, pp. 297, 317, 321; D. H. B. Browser, Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania: A Collection of Historical and Biographical Sketches (Harrisburg: Lane S. Hart, 1881), p. 176, hereafter cited as Browser, Danville; Mary Belle Lontz, Central Pennsylvania Deaths and Marriages, 1771-1882 (Published by the Author, 1987), p. 76, hereafter cited as Lontz, Central Pennsylvania. [39] Beers, Columbia and Montour Counties, p. 317; Browser, Danville, pp. 176-77. [40] Frick Family Records, S-WC. [41] Indenture Papers of Henry Frick, as quoted in Bell, Northumberland County, p. 286. [42] Ibid. [43] Bell, Northumberland County, pp. 268, 285-86. [44] Ibid., pp. 494, 588-89; Youngman, "Sunbury, The Village Life," p. 94. [45] Bell, Northumberland County, pp. 286, 553. [46] James Buchanan's Eulogy for Henry Frick, as quoted in Ibid., p. 286. [47] Lontz, Central Pennsylvania, pp. 34, 135. [48] Bell, Northumberland County, pp. 192, 319, 285-87. [49] Ibid., p. 399. [50] Ibid., pp. 400-1. [51] Ibid., pp. 287, 557, 587. [52] Last Will and Testament of Elizabeth Young Frick, May 30, 1848, Will Book IV, p. 107, NCC. [53] Frick News, Vol. 1, No. 2 (May, 1892): 1, in S-WC. [54] Last Will and Testament of John Frick, April 13, 1811, Will Book II, p. 141, NCC. [55] Charles Fisher Snyder, " The Pennsylvania Canal," NCHS Proceedings 26 (March 1, 1974): 53; Edwin Charles, "Canals and Canal Lore," NCHS Proceedings 2 (May 1, 1930): 115-17, 131. [56] Bell, Northumberland County, pp. 483, 489. [57] Beers, Biographical Record, p. 908; Will Lesher, "The History of Northumberland," NCHS Proceedings 7 (May 1, 1935): 125. [58] Beers, Columbia and Montour Counties, p. 725; Bell, Northumberland County, p. 1002. [59] John Abbet Walls to J. Gilbert Frick, May 21, 1951, S-WC. [60] Beers, Biographical Record, pp. 774, 908; I. H. Mauser, History of Lewisburg (Lewisburg: n. p., 1886), pp. 129-30. [61] Frick Family Records, S-WC; Beers, Biographical Record, p. 908. [62] Ibid.; Ibid., pp. 819, 866, 908; Mauser, History of Lewisburg, pp. 129-30. [63] Frick Family Records, S-WC; Beers, Biographical Record, p. 908. [64] Ibid.; Lontz, Central Pennsylvania, p. 92. [65] Ibid.; Beers, Biographical Record, p. 908. [66] Frick Family Records, S-WC. [67] Doris Hartley Reed, Delta Place, 1769-1976 (Published by the Author, 1976), pp. 9-11. [68] Ibid., pp. 10-11. [69] Slifer Family Records, S-WC.