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BIOGRAPHIES
MANASSEH GLICK.
Almost a century has passed since the Glick family
was established in Fairfield county. At that time the
work of progress and improvement had scarcely been begun
here. The forests stood in their primeval strength,
the trees growing so dense in many places that the sunlight
could scarcely penetrate through the leaves and the
branches. The streams were unbridged and there were
few wagon roads. The settlers made their way through
the forests by means of the old Indian trails or blazed
paths. Into this wilderness came to Glick family,
establishing a home on the frontier and bravely enduring al
the hardships and trials incident to pioneer life. The
grandfather, Philip Glick, came to Bloom township in
1807 and entered government land, securing a section or more
in Fairfield and Pennsylvania, where he was taken ill, dying
at Harrisburg when about seventy years of age. He was
a native of France and on emigrating from Alsace to the new
world first took up his abode in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
His widow in the following year, 1808, came with Jonathan
Glick, the father of our subject, and the other of her
children to Fairfield county, where her husband had entered
land and spent her remaining days here. In the family
were seven sons and five daughters, Jonathan being
the eleventh in order of birth. All the brothers lived
to a good age. They were John, Philip, George,
Jacob, Peter, Henry, and Jonathan. Of this
number George was the grandfather of Governor
Glick, of Kansas.
JONATHAN GLICK was born in Lehigh county,
Pennsylvania, and was but a boy when he accompanied his
mother to his Fairfield county home, the family settling in
Bloom township in the midst of the wilderness near what is
known as the Glick church, a house of worship
belonging to the Lutheran denomination. Jonathan
Glick became a member of that church with which he was
identified the remainder of his days, taking an active and
helpful part in its work. He was anxious to enter the
army to serve in the war of 1812, but owing to his youth he
was not allowed to go. However, he went to
Pennsylvania and worked his way into the army as a
substitute for his brother Philip. After the
war he remained in Pennsylvania until his marriage and then
again came to Bloom township, in 1818, purchasing the farm
upon which our subject now resides. He brought his
land under a high state of cultivation, transforming it into
a valuable farm. For his service in the war of 1812 he
received a land warrant by which he acquired one hundred and
sixty acres of land. He was a modest, unassuming man
but was respected for his stability of character, his
enterprise and his reliability. He died in October,
1866, at the age of seventy-three years. He had always
been an advocate of the democracy and was a firm believer in
its principles. In early manhood he married
Catherine Kerschner, who was a daughter of Jeremiah
Kerschner, a resident of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania,
who removed to the west and took up his abode in Bloom
township, Fairfield county, where he spent the greater part
of his life. His wife, who bore the maiden name of
Catherine, died in Bloom township at the age of
eighty-six years. It was her daughter, a namesake, who
became the wife of Jonathan Glick and the mother of
our subject. She died in 1882 in her eighty-sixth
year. By her marriage she had eleven children:
Aaron, Jonathan, Elias, Ruben and Nathan, all
deceased; Manasseh; Sarah, the widow of Jacob Solt;
Caroline, Lucy S. and Julia Ann, twins, and Catherine,
all of whom are now deceased; and Levina, the wife of
Emanuel Snyder.
Manasseh Glick, whose name introduces this record,
,pursued his education in the common schools, in the high
school of Lithopolis and in the Capital University in
Columbus, Ohio. He afterward engaged in teaching,
beginning that profession in 1852. He followed it for
eight consecutive years in the common schools of Fairfield,
county and also spent one term as a teacher in Bartholomew
county, Indiana. In 1862 he was married and settled
upon the farm upon which he now resides and to the
development and cultivation of which he has since devoted
his energies. His business career has been one of
untiring activity and his resolute purpose and unflagging
enterprise have enabled him to win creditable and gratifying
success.
On the 4th of December, 1862, Mr. Glick was
united in marriage to Eliza J. Hartman, a daughter of
George and Barbara (Fellers) Hartman, the former a
native of Berks county, Pennsylvania, and the latter of
Fairfield county, Ohio. Her father came to this county
in his boyhood and was numbered among the pioneer settlers
of the community who assisted largely in the work of public
progress and substantial upbuilding. His political
support is given the Democracy, but he never sought or
desired office. He passed away in 1895, in the
eighty-third year of his age, and was wife died in 1878, at
the age of sixty-five. They were the parents of the
following named: Valentine; Susana; Eliza J.; Mary;
William; Mary, the widow of Samuel Runkle;
Catherine, the wife of David Klinger, of Kansas;
and Monroe, as a resident of the same state. The home
of Mr. and Mrs. Glick has been blessed with several
children, namely: Mary Catherine; Jonathan M.; Lucy
Ellis, the wife of George Shultz, of Kansas;
George T.; Charles W.; and Loa Celestia.
Mr. Glick was been honored with a number of local
offices. In 1863 he was elected justice of the peace
and filled that position for twenty-one consecutive years
and then after an interval was again the incumbent of the
office from 1881 until 1884. What higher testimonial,
of his capability and fidelity could be given? He
served for one term as township clerk, for several terms as
township trustee and in 1897 was elected a member of the
infirmary board, in which capacity he is still serving.
His public career is one which has gained for him the
highest respect by reason of his loyalty to the trust
reposed in him. He has always voted with the
Democratic party and is a firm believer in its principles.
He now holds his first commission as notary public for a
term of nine years. He has settled many estates,
having had more than thirty-six estates in probate court,
and that he has been chosen for this duty is certainly an
indication of the confidence reposed in him by his
fellowmen. In 1863 he was commissioned captain of the
state militia, his company being composed of residents of
Bloom township. Both he and his wife are members of
the Glick church. It is under the direction of
the Ohio Lutheran Synod of the fifth English district.
Mr. Glick aided in building this church and his
assistance and co-operation have ever been given to all
measures for the general good along social, material,
intellectual and moral lines. His entire life has been
passed in Fairfield county, and that many who have known him
from boyhood are numbered among his warmest friends is an
evidence indication that his career has ever been upright
and honorable.
Source 1: Biographical Record of Fairfield & Perry Counties,
Ohio - 1901 - Page 88 |
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