Amanda Wick, a sister of R. T. Hughes, was first married to John R. Smith, a son of T. W. Smith, one of the first Judges of the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois. She had one child, I.S. Smith, who is now living in Chicago. Mrs. Smith afterwards married Azariah Wick, August 6, 1838. She had 7 children by this marriage. Mr Wick enlisted in the 75th Regiment of IL Infantry in 1862, as a private and died in Military Hospital No. 14, at Nashville TN.
Bent & Wilson History of Whiteside County IL 1877
