William Wick was born in Fayette county Kentucky. He was about two years younger than his brother John and also went with the family to Ross County Ohio. He married Margaret Redman , as sister of Eli Redman in Ohio. He came to Illinois and settled in Genesee Grove in June 1836. Children: Nancy, Emeline, Charlotte, Louisa, an infant that died, Eli and William. Eli lives in Missouri and William in Iowa. Nancy married Wm P Hiddleson and now lives in Kansas; Emeline married William Crum and died in about a year; Louisa married John Moxley and now lives in Missouri; Charlotte married Harvey Summers, and also lives in Missouri. mr. Wick died in 1858, and is buried in Genesee Grove. He was drafted during the war of 1812, and served in the same regiment as his brother John. He was an honest, unsuspecting man, and often became the victim of designing persons; he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The pioneer ministers of that, and all denominations as well and indeed everybody found a cordial welcome at his house. No member of his family now resides in this county. Mrs. Wick is still living, at a ripe old age , with her daughter Mrs. Moxley.
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