Henry Wick (1843 - 1900)

WICK, BROWN

Posted By: Barry Mateer (email)
Date: 1/6/2024 at 11:37:34

The Afton Tribune
May 17, 1900

On Wednesday, May 9, at his home in Sand Creek township, Henry Wick responded to the call of the Great Commander.

He was born May 30, 1843 at Shawneetown, Gallatin county, Illinois. When he was very young his parents moved to Schuyler county, Mo., and from there he accompanied them to Burlington, Iowa, when it was a small town, and later at the age of twelve he came with them to Union county and settled on section 2, Sand Creek township.

At the age of eighteen he volunteered in the defense of his country, enlisting in Co. H, 29th Iowa Vol. Infantry. After serving faithfully for three years, he was honorably discharged at Davenport, Iowa. He had been confined in the rebel prison at Tyler, Texas and Shreveport, La., for ten months.

He began his life on his own account on a farm in section 12, and has since made his home there. He was united in marriage with Miss Martha J. Brown of Highland township, July 30, 1865 and she has been a faithful helpmate through all these years. The funeral was held at the home last Friday and was under the auspices of the Henry Keating Post, G.A.R. and many of the W.R.C. were there also.

The Rev. S.T. Davis preached the sermon and he was laid to rest in the Abel cemetery. There were 129 teams and it is said to have been the largest funeral ever held in this part of the country.

The acquaintance of this editor was of short duration, in fact, only a few short weeks but it was pleasant and his few visits in our sanctum were very welcome and enjoyable, as we like to meet old setters and especially the old veterans of the rebellion and we trust Henry Wick is peacefully tenting on the camp ground of the great hereafter.

May 17, 1900 Afton Tribune
Last Wednesday

June 14, 1894, Afton Enterprise
John Wick of Sand Creek township, reports that he has been an acute sufferer this spring from an old gunshot wound received in the hand during the war. The crippled member has been badly swollen and about a week ago a piece of bone was taken out near the base of the second finger.

March 15, 1900
Henry Wick, of Sand Creek township, made the Tribune office a call last Saturday. Mr. Wick is the oldest settler in that section. Mr. Wick fell on the ice some weeks ago and fractured two ribs, but is slowly recovering.

The Creston Semi Weekly Advertiser
May 15, 1900

Henry Wick, extensively known all over this section of country, died Wednesday afternoon at 1 o’clock at his home in Sand Creek township. Funeral services were held Friday at 1 o’clock at the family residence. The Afton Star-Enterprise prints the following obituary of Mr. Wick.

Henry Wick, one of the pioneers of the county, closed his eyes in death at 1 o’clock yesterday afternoon at his home in Sand Creek township. He was born in Gallatin county, Illinois, May 30, 1843 and when was very young was taken by his parents to Schuyler county, Missouri, and from there they went to Burlington, Iowa, when it was but a small town. At the age of twelve years he accompanied his parents to Union county, Iowa, they settling on section 5, Sand Creek township.

At the age of eighteen years he volunteered in defense of his country enlisting in Company H, Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry, and after serving three years was honorably discharged at Davenport, Iowa.

When the Wick family first came to Union county Indians were numerous, and our subject’s early companions were the Indian children, with whom he used to run races and go fishing and hunting. He began life on his own account on section 12 of Sand Creek township, where he has since made his home.

Henry Wick was a diamond in the rough. Beneath a plain exterior beat a heart as warm as ever pulsated in a human breast. He was generous to a fault and his heart was always larger than his purse. But the old soldier who did such gallant service for his county in Company H of the 29th Iowa Infantry is at peaceful rest. He was every inch a soldier.

The deceased was taken prisoner at Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas, April 30, 1864. Three times during our civil war the gallant soldier made good his escape from rebel prisons. For eleven months he was in the never-to-be-forgotten prison at Andersonville. He was but eighteen years of age when he enlisted yet no more faithful or better soldier ever went to battle.

The funeral services will be held at the family residence Friday afternoon, May 11th, at 1 o’clock.

Though, his wife's name was not mentioned in the obituary, this is Martha Brown Wick's Findagrave memorial.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20008388/martha-j-wick

Findagrave Memorial
 

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