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Born 1836, Huron county
From A centennial biographical history of Crawford County, Ohio .. (1902), History of Crawford County and Ohio : containing a history of the state of Ohio, from its earliest settlement to the present time ... a history of Crawford County ... biographical sketches, portraits (1881)
AARON CARRICK, farmer; P. O. Carothers; was born June 27, 1836, in Huron Co., Ohio, being the third child of Joseph and Frederica (Harklerhodis) Carrick, both of whom j were natives of Pennsylvania. He was born on July 16, 1808, and she on Sept. 8, 1809, in Bedford Co. They were married April 6, 1829, in Stark, and moved afterward to Columbiana Co. To them were born William, Laura A., Aaron and Sarah. William is in Seneca, Rockin away Township, and Sarah is now Mrs. Jesse English, of Carothers, Seneca Co. The Carrick family came to this township in 1840, locating on the farm now owned by Aaron, purchasing 1 05 acres; but a small portion was cleared at that time. Aaron's father was a carpenter by occupation, but after coming to this township applied himself to farming. He died Nov. 12, 1877, a worthy and respected citizen. Aaron's early boyhood was spent in attending school and at work on the farm. In August, 1862, when the war cloud was hanging over our Republic, and deluging our land with the crimson tide, and stalwart men were needed to combat the traitors' advance, Aaron was ready to respond to the Nation's call, and donned the blue, and for three years he was found at the front and did his duty until the termination of the war. During this time he was a participant in some of the most sanguinary conflicts of the war. His regiment was the 123d Ohio V. I., and served in the Army of the Potomac. He was once taken prisoner by Moseby. but escaped him and rejoined his command. Upon his return to peaceful pursuits, he came home and resumed farming, and in 1868, was married to Lucy Ann Ficke, who was born in Venice Township, Seneca Co., daughter of Peter Ficke. Of three children born them, but one survives, Jacob A. He has 105 acres of land.
As printed in History of Crawford County and Ohio : containing a history of the state of Ohio, from its earliest settlement to the present time ... a history of Crawford County ... biographical sketches, portraits (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
AARON CARRICK.
The prominent citizen of Chatfield township, Crawford county, Ohio, whose name is above is deserving of the honor which by common consent is accorded to veterans of the Civil war. He was born in Huron county, Ohio, June 2, 1836, the third child of Joseph and Frederica ( Harklerhodis) Carrick, natives of Pennsylvania. His father was born July 16. 1808. his mother September 8, 1809, in Bedford county, and they were married in Stark county, Ohio, April 6, 1829, and some time afterward removed to Columbiana county, this state. They had children named Laura A., William, Aaron and Sarah. William lives in Tiffin, Seneca county, Ohio. Sarah married R. Piatt, of Michigan.
The Carrick family located in Chatfield township. Crawford county, in 184), on the farm now owned by the subject of this sketch. Joseph Carrick had been a carpenter by occupation, but he then bought one hundred and five acres of land and devoted himself to farming, in which he was successful until his death, which occurred November 12, 1877. He left a 'record as a worthy and respected citizen of much enterprise and public spirit, an honest man, who loved his wife, his children and his neighbors.
Aaron Carrick passed his boyhood in attending school and in work on the I arm. In August, 1862, when civil war was rife in our land and brave and stalwart men were needed to crush the spirit of rebellion, he responded to the nation's call and for three years nobly did a soldier's duty in defense of the starry banner. His regiment was the One Hundred and Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was included in the Army of the Potomac. He participated in the battles of Winchester. Newmarket, Fisher's Hill, Staunton, Perryville, Lynchburg, Richmond and Snicker Gap. At Perryville he drove an ambulance in which wounded soldiers were conveyed to Harper's Ferry, and while in that service was captured by the Confederate general, Mosby, under the following interesting" circumstances: While returning from Harper's Ferry and driving through a small village young Carrick noticed a fine horse that was tied to a hitching-post at the side of the street, and in a laughing way he said to the man driving the ambulance next behind his: "There's Mosby's horse. I wonder where he is?" Not long after the ambulance train had passed through the village the owner of the horse appeared on the scene, and, joining the officers in command of the party, rode with them nearly ten miles, when, in a strip of woods, Mosby's men dashed down upon them and captured the train and its escort. Mr. Carrick soon escaped, however, and, dodging through the woods, gained a cornfield, where he hid for some time. That night he slept under a pile of rails and early in the morning he set out for the Union lines. Some negroes living in a cabin gave him some cornbread for breakfast, for which he was especially grateful, considering that they had no other food in the house. When he rejoined his command he found that a detachment of Union troops had during the night, after a brisk skirmish, recaptured the entire ambulance train. He served until honorably discharged from the service in 1865, and then returned to Ohio and engaged in farming. In 1868 Mr. Carrick married Lucy Ann Fike, a native of Venice township, Seneca county, and a daughter of Peter Fike, and she has borne him three children, only one of whom, their son, Jacob A. Carrick, survives.. Mr. Carrick is a man of commendable public spirit, who to the extent of his ability aids every movement having for its object the general good, and he is known as a friend of education, a liberal supporter of religious worship and an advocate of good roads.
As printed in A centennial biographical history of Crawford County, Ohio .. (1902). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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