Sedgwick County KSGenWeb

Portrait And Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kan.

Chapman Brothers 1888

Pages 604 - 605 

CHARLES A. WEIRICK. No country has afforded greater opportunities to the poor man than our own; it is indeed the poor man's country. Here an industrious, frugal man has a chance to accumulate wealth. Many fail to do so, but the best of our population lay by some of their earnings, and soon find themselves in the possession of a handsome property. Among them is the gentleman whose name heads this article. He lives in Wichita Township, and came to this locality in the spring of 1878, and occupied himself at days' work for the following five years. He then purchased the northwest quarter of section 6, paying therefor $50 per acre, and has platted one-half of this area, which will in due time constitute the finest residence portion of the city. It lies between the two Arkansas Rivers, with the Motor Line running through.

             Our subject has distinguished himself as a farmer and stock-grower of judgment and experience, in which he was trained from his boyhood up. His early home was in York County, Pa,, where he was born March 22, 1852. His parents, Peter A. and Mary A. (Smith) Weirick, were also natives of the Keystone State, and are residents of Wichita. The three children of the parental family were named Charles A., William J, and Gregory S. The two brothers of our subject are living in Sedgwick County.

            Upon leaving his native State, Mr. Weirick took up his residence in Maryland, where he remained until crossing the Mississippi, He was married in Wichita, on the 20th of May, 1884, to Miss Emma H. Benton, who was born in Cass County, Mich., Jan. 25, 1860. Mrs. Weirick is the daughter of George and Susan (Simpson) Benton, who were natives of New York and Ohio, and are now living in Wichita. Mr. Benton was a farmer by occupation, and came to Kansas in 1874, The eight children of the family were: Levi, Eli C., Lydia, Mary, Richard, Orin, Emma H, and Ida M. All of these are living and residents of Sedgwick County, except two, Richard and Levi. Mr. and Mrs. Weirick are the parents of a son and daughter: Joseph Roy, born March 26, 1885, and Bertha C., Oct. 8, 1887,

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