Bricker, Amos bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 422, Astoria Township
Amos Bricker, farmer and stock-raiser, sec. 36; P. O., Astoria; was born in Pennnsylvania in 1817. His father, John Bricker, a farmer by occupation, married Miss Delia Warner. Amos was the second of 7 children born to them. He grew up and followed farming, although for a number of years he was employed in a distillery. In 1839 Miss Sarah Wantze became his wife, and has borne him 7 children. In 1855 he came to Astoria, thence to Woodland tp. In 1868 Mr. B. married Mrs. Elizabeth Wyand. There was born of this marriage one child, Katie. While residing in Pleasant tp. Mr. B. held many of the local offices. He is well known as an honorable farmer and business man.