Sedgwick County KSGenWeb

Portrait And Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kan.

Chapman Brothers 1888

Pages 186 - 187 

EDWARD A. RECORD, of Payne Township, was born in Winchester, Scott Co., Ill., Jan. 12, 1857, and was reared to farming pursuits in his native State.  His parents, John and Lucy Weaver (McManus) Record, were natives of Virginia, and the father, while fond of farming pursuits, was also a leading minister of the Baptist Church for a period of twenty-five years, well known and highly  respected throughout Central Illinois.  He and his estimable wife are both deceased.  Their family included eight children, namely: James S., Penney W., Martha, Callie; Edward A., our subject; Mary, Lucy E. and Susan. 

     Mr. Record came to Montgomery County, this State, in 1886, and to this county in the spring of 1887.  He was united in marriage with Mrs. Susan  (Roberts) Lickes, April 11, 1888, the ceremony taking place at the Holy Catholic Church, St. Aloysius, at Wichita, Father J. B. Disselkamp officiating.  Mr. Record and Mrs. Lickes had known each other for several years.

      Mrs. Record is the daughter of James and Sarah Catherine Roberts, who were natives of Kentucky, and who died when Mrs. R. was but a little child.  She was reared by a family named Bachelders and came with them to Kansas in 1872, they settling in Butler County.  She was one of a family of four children born to her parents, three daughters and one son, all of whom are living.  She became the wife of John Lickes, June 17, 1877, the wedding taking place in the city of Wichita. 

     Mr. Lickes was born on the other side of the Atlantic, in 1843, and was reared beneath the roof of his father, Michael Lickes, in the old country, where both his parents died.  In early manhood he determined to emigrate to the New World, and soon after landing upon American soil proceeded to Chicago, where he engaged at his trade of stonecutter for a time, and then, believing the farther West would afford a better field for his efforts, he came to this State.  He was variously occupied until 1878, then secured a tract of land on section 11, in Payne Township, this county, where he made a comfortable home for his family, and where his decease took place March 28, 1887.  He was a good man in every sense of the term, a faithful adherent of the Catholic Church, and a strict attendant of the duties therein.  He carried his religion into the everyday transactions of his business life, and his death was mourned by a large circle of friends.

      To Mr. and Mrs. Lickes there were born four children, three of whom died in infancy, one being a babe unnamed.  The other two were George and Edward.  Sarah Catherine is the only one living.  After the death of her husband the widow carried on the farm with excellent good judgment, and it being a tract of very fertile land, it is the source of a handsome income.  The farm is 160 acres in extent, and finely adapted to the raising of grain and stock, while the residence and its surroundings indicate comfort and prosperity.  Of these a handsome lithographic view will be found on another page, in which it will be seen that this property bears fair comparison with the homes of the other enterprising people of Payne Township.

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