N.B. WICKS, captain of Hose No. 3, has been connected with the fire department of Council Bluffs since 1876.

He was born in Shelby County, Iowa, February 28, 1858, a son of Mansel and Electa M. (Bradley) Wicks, natives of New York and Connecticut, and of English extraction.

Mr. Wicks was reared in Council Bluffs since 1865 and when but sixteen years of age was engaged at steam engineering, which he has followed more or less since that time. I

n 1876 he joined the volunteer department of firemen of this city, and in 1888 was made Captain of Hoses No. 3.

Politically he is a Democrat, and is a member of the I.O.O.F., No. 49, and also of Red Men, Pottawattamie Tribe, No. 21.

Contributed by: Darlene Vergamini