U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mick, Willie Burton (b. 1869) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Pages 518-519 WILLIE BURTON MICK was born June 29, 1869. Was married February 10, 1896, to Myrtle Lena Moore, who was born March, 1877, the daughter of James Moore of Crawford. W. B. Mick is a son of William E. Mick, who is a son of Walter and Hannah (Bailey) Mick. Walter Mick was a son of Charles Mick. His mother was the daughter of John Pickens, who was a son of James Pickens, who came to this country at an early date and located near Duffy, known as the James Pickens' farm. The subject of this sketch is the son of Wm. E. Mick, who has been in the lumber business for 29 years, also a farmer and cattle raiser. At the end of the war he was without anything in the way of worldly goods and commenced business by making rails and raising tobacco and thus paying for his land. Willie B. Mick went into business with his father at the age of 21 years. He is equipped with good machinery and personally looks after his business. As he ships the lumber he clears up the land, planting grass and grain. He also has an apple orchard of 600 trees and a peach orchard of 1,000 trees. The children of Wm. E. Mick are: Willie B., Lora Ella, Isea Florence, Laurie Edward. Mr. Mick is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a Republican. The Mick family was originally from Germany. Three brothers came to America. John. Charles and the other's name unknown. John went to Pennsylvania. Charles to Turkey Run, Upshur County, and the other to some part of the West. On the mother's side of the Mick family the Bailey's are descendants of Minter Bailey. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------