BIO: William H. BARRICK, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, pages 64-65.
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  WILLIAM H. BARRICK, senior member of the firm Barrick Bros., manufacturers 
of brick, Huntingdon, Pa., is the eldest son of Jacob and Isabella (Hicks) 
Barrick, natives of Smithfield township, Huntingdon county, where Mr. 
Barrick was born.  With the exception of three years spent in the defense of 
his country in the army, during the war of the Rebellion, Jacob Barrick 
passed his entire life in Huntingdon, and from early until late in life, was 
a manufacturer of brick.  He was, however, not merely a reliable artisan, 
and a steady and persevering business man, but was also devoted to the 
interests of the community in which he lived, taking an active part in 
promoting the welfare of the borough and county.  He served two terms as 
councilman.  His children were:  Mary Ida, widow of J.W. Hoop, of 
Huntingdon; Ann Etta (Mrs. Orlady Isenburg), died January 22, 1896; William 
Henry; James Madison; John Howard, born January 27, 1871; Ada Belle; Charles 
Edgar, born July 17, 1872; Warren Knight; Ethel Clare; and Lena Kate, all 
except Mrs. Hoop, residing in Huntingdon.  One child, Herbert, died in early 
childhood.  Jacob Barrick died January 27, 1892; Mrs. Barrick is still a 
resident of Huntingdon.
  William Henry Barrick is a life-long resident of Huntingdon.  He was 
educated in the public schools, and has been a manufacturer of brick during 
all of his business life.  He is a Republican.  William H. Barrick was 
married in Huntingdon, August 30, 1885, to Mary, daughter of Andrew and Mary 
Gamrood, Germans by birth, but residents of Huntingdon, where Mrs. Barrick 
was born.  Mr. and Mrs. Barrick have two children:  Jacob Chester, born May 
30, 1888; and an infant, at this writing unnamed. They attend the M. E. 
church.