John W. Frick

John W. Frick

Infobox Person
name=John W Frick


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birth_date=February 23, 1822
birth_place=Adamsburg, Pennsylvania
death_date=August 31, 1889
death_place=Wooster, Ohio
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nationality=United States
spouse=Elizabeth Overholt
children=Henry Clay Frick
parents=Daniel Frick
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John W. Frick was the father of Henry Clay Frick. [cite journal |title=Founded His Fortune in the Panic of 1873 |journal=New York Times |year=1919 |issue=December 3 |pages=3 ] Born in Adamsburg, Pennsylvania, he married Elizabeth Overholt, daughter of Abraham Overholt, the namesake of Old Overholt, in 1847. Henry Clay was born in the Springhouse of the Overholt family homestead. John later moved to Wooster, Ohio in 1880, where he died 8 years later.

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