Portrait and Biographical Album of Fulton County,
Illinois: containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of
prominent and representative citizens of the county: together with
portraits and biographies of all the presidents of the United States,
and governors of the state; Biographical Pub. Co., Chicago, IL; 1890;
page 446; Transcribed by Margaret Rose Whitehurst
George Lalicker, who resides on section 3, Pleasant Township, is
the oldest of the pioneers of this place that is living at the present
time. His birth occurred in Clermont County, Ohio, April 7, 1821,
he being the son of John and Elizabeth Lalicker. His father was a
native of Germany, and figured in the Revolutionary Ware, dying when
our subject was only two years of age. His mother breathed her
last about four years later, and thus at a tender age he was left
without his natural protectors.
Mr. Lalicker spent part of the time with his sister, Mrs. Thomas
France, but while quite young, commenced to shift for himself, and in
this way acquired excellent business habits, and great industry.
In 1831, he came with his sister to Fulton County, and here he received
a moderately good education. The schools in a new country are
always poor, and in those days education matters did not receive the
same attention that they do at this date. Though what the world
terms a self-educated man, he has acquitted a goodly amount of
information, and like so many that come under that class, has succeeded
a better than the average collegiate graduate.
Our subject married Miss Rebecca Parvin, a native of Ohio, and a
daughter of Hosea and Elizabeth (France) Parvin, natives of New York
and Ohio respectively. Mrs. Lalicker’s birth occurred April 7,
1824, in Claremont County, but in 1832 she removed with her parents to
Fulton County, settling in the northern part of Pleasant
Township. Her parents were among the first to locate here, and a
few days after their arrival the mother died, and in 1884 the father
passed away from the scene of earthly joys and sorrows. Her
father was twice married, and had a large family of children, of which
those now living are as follows: Rebecca, Mrs. Lalicker; William,
Henry, Hosea, Jasper, George; Elizabeth, wife of Andrew Mayland; and
James.
Mr. and Mrs. Lalicker are the parents of nine children,
viz: Hily A., wife of Hamilton Bedwell, of Marshall County, Kan;
John and Mary deceased; William; Sarah J., wife of Andrew Harvick, of
Pleasant Township; Susan, wife of William Shago, of Marshall County,
Kan.; Amanda, wife of Josiah Crick, of Marshall County, Kan.; Eva, wife
of Joseph Morgan, of Pleasant Township; and Mary (deceased.)
Our subject and his wife naturally endured many hardships as
pioneers of the county, and settled first on section 28. Four of
Mrs. Lalicker’s brothers served in the Civil War, taking part in the
Confederate army. Mr. Lalicker removed to his present farm on the
Ides of March, 1861, and has continued to reside here since. His
estate comprises two hundred and twenty-five acres of valuable farming
land, two hundred of which are well cultivated. He is in sympathy
with the Democratic party, and much interested in local politics, and
everything that advances the community in which he makes his
home. He is a member of the Christian Church, and is in fact, a
man whose sketch will do honor to our volume, and prove interesting to
the many friends who hold him in the highest possible esteem.
