JAMES R. WICK was
one of the early business men of Greenville, where he located as a clerk
in the store of J. & A. P. Waugh in 1826-27. He was born in Trumbull
County, Ohio, in 1807, and was a son of Rev. William Wick, a Presbyterian
minister. After clerking a few years he began merchandising and continued
in the mercantile business till about 1850, when he started a private
bank. He was engaged in the brokerage line until 1856, and then removed to
Wisconsin. He finally returned to Greenville, and died November 1, 1865.
Mr. Wick was the second postmaster of Greenville, filling the office from
July, 1830, till October, 1831. He was also a justice of the peace several
terms, and associate judge one term. He was married in 1830 to Catherine,
daughter of Jacob Loutzenhiser, a pioneer of Greenville, and reared a
family of six children. She died October 11, 1887, surviving her husband
nearly twenty-two years.
History of Mercer County,
1888, page 835
