W. S. Wick    

W. S. WICK, dealer in lumber, mouldings, sash, doors, windows, brick, and paint, established his present enterprise in May, 1887, and carries a stock valued at about eight thousand dollars. He keeps a specially fine line of Michigan and North Carolina pine lumber, and by close personal application to business merits a large patronage. He is a native of Butler county, this state, and a son of H. E. Wick, who was born in Butler county August 22, 1825, a son of John and Mary (Wigton) Wick, natives of Butler county, of Scotch extraction, strict Presbyterians, and the parents of eight children, five of whom are living: H. E.; Mrs. Mary J. Stroughton; Harvey; Lewis, a Methodist Episcopal minister, and Mrs. Emmeline Wheeler.

H. E. Wick received a common school education and began for himself at the age of nineteen, buying and shipping horses, drifting from this into the general mercantile business, which he followed in connection with the lumber trade for over forty-five years. For a time he was in the mercantile business at what is known as Wick’s Station on the Shenango and Allegheny Valley railroad, which was named after him and where he was the first postmaster. He offered his services in the defense of his country early in the war, but because of physical objections made by the enrolling officer, was refused. He, however, furnished the first substitute from Butler county. He is a Republican, and was one of the first delegates from Butler county to the state convention which was held at Pittsburgh to effect the organization of the Republican party in Pennsylvania. He married Elizabeth Smith, and to this union were born thirteen children, twelve of whom are living. In 1887 he and his wife located in Oil City, where they live a somewhat retired life, after a business career surpassed by few if any citizens of his native county.

History of Venango County, Pennsylvania : its past and present, including its aboriginal history, the French and British occupation of the country, its early settlement and subsequent growth, a description of its historic and interesting localities, its rich oil deposits and their development, sketches of its cities, boroughs, townships, and villages, neighborhood and family history, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc., etc.
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