Thomas Israel Krick

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3. Thomas Israel Krick, b. 13 May 1826 in Boonsboro, Washington Co., MD, d. 11 March 1889 in Oregon, MO
Father: 4. Andrew Krick, b. ca. 1804 in MD
Mother: 4. Amelia Castle, b. 10 March 1802 in Washington Co., MD, d. 7 May 1886 in Oregon, MO
Thomas and Elizabeth with son, John, arrived in Missouri in the fall of 1852. They came by steamer to St. Louis then up the Missouri River to St. Joseph and by ox team to Oregon. He was one of the early day teachers and, in the late 1850's, was the county superintendent of schools. In 1860 he was the census enumerator for all of Holt County and the southern of Atchinson County. He was county treasurer 1879 -1880. He was a shoemaker, merchant and farmer. The Kricks were in the merchandising business in Oregon, MO, from the time Thomas Israel started it in1858 until the present. They recently (1997) sold the store they had on the square in Oregon.

Spouse: 3. Elizabeth Steele Jackson <jackson.html>, b. 8 January 1835 in Connellsville, Fayette Co., PA, d. 9 May 1911 in Oregon, MO
Father: 5. John Finley Jackson <jackson.html>, b. 26 June 1806 in Fayette Co., PA, d. 13 May 1862 in Oregon, MO
Mother: 5. Nancy Ellen Canon <canon.html>, b. 17 April 1808 in PA, d. 4 November 1890 in Oregon, MO
She was of Irish descent. Elizabeth was 5 foot tall and weighed 105 lbs. She had light complexion, brown hair and gray eyes.
She helped found the Methodist Episcopal Church of Oregon in 1864. She was president of the local auxiliary of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society and teacher of the women's Bible class in the Methodist Episcopal Sunday School. She changed the name from Krick to Kreek because some people with the same name (Krick) were horse theives and got their name in the paper. She was a Republican.
Married 15 January 1851 in Uniontown, PA
Children:
John Andrew Krick, b. 5 January 1852 in Jamestown, Fayette Co., PA, m. Anna Belle Morgan, 17 February 1892 in Balmoral, WI, d. 5 October 1944 in Oregon, MO
Anna Krick, b. 4 February 1854 in Oregon, MO, d. 5 February 1854 in Oregon, MO
Amelia Castle Krick, b. 5 August 1855 in Oregon, MO, m. William F. Drake, 5 February 1874, d. 14 April 1907 in Oregon, MO
Elizabeth Alice Krick, b. 15 September 1857 in Oregon, MO, m. John M. Hasness, 4 October 1880, d. 28 October 1930 in Oregon, MO
Agnes Steele Krick, b. 9 October 1859 in Oregon, MO, m. Samuel Davidson, 12 October 1876, d. 12 March 1937 in Oregon, MO
2. Thomas Orrick Kreek, b. 1 September 1861 in Oregon, MO, m. Malcolm (Mallie) Carothers <carothers.html>, 25 December 1883 in Durham, MO, d. 13 September 1940 in Oregon, MO
Franklin Edward (Krick) Kreek, b. 16 August 1863 in Oregon, MO, m. Ida Pinkston, 29 October 1889, d. 1942
Harry Ellsworth Kreek, b. 5 September 1865 in Oregon, MO, m. Anna Spoerle, 29 October 1890, d. 6 April 1938 in Oregon, MO
Nellie Kreek (1), b. 17 September 1867 in Oregon, MO, m. David White Porter, 9 October 1888, d. 19 October 1889
Presley E. Kreek, b. 24 October 1870 in Oregon, MO, d. 28 July 1871

Thomas married Elizabeth Steele Jackson on 15 Jan 1851 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. (Elizabeth Steele Jackson was born on 8 Jan 1835 in Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, died on 9 May 1911 in Oregon, Holt County, Missouri and was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery in Oregon, Holt County, Missouri.)

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