Nebraska. He was in charge of this department for four years and then came to Manilla, Iowa, as bill clerk for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad and assistant agent of the United States Express Company. About three years later he removed to Collins as local manager of the Neola Elevator Company, and having become thoroughly acquainted with this line of business was made traveling auditor of the company, which position he held for five and one-half years. In August, 1909, he resigned to accept the position of cashier of the Exchange State Bank and has discharged his duties in such a way as to meet the hearty approval of officers and patrons of the institution.
In 1884 Mr. Wick was united in marriage to Miss Helen Williams, of Lafayette, Indiana, and three children were born to this union, two of whom are now living: Beulah, the wife of O. H. Gearhart, of Collins township ; and Wallace, who is now a student of Highland Park College at Des Moines. The mother of these children dying in October, 1898, Mr. Wick was married in June, 1910, to Mrs. Hattie Campbell, the widow of Charles E. Campbell and formerly Miss Hattie Carver.
Mr. Wick ever since arriving at voting age has cast his ballot for the republican party. He is a member of Fervent Lodge, No. 513, A. F. & A. M.; Green Lodge, No. 315, I. O. O. F., of Jefferson, Iowa; Jefferson Encampment, No. 103; and Crescent Camp, No. 2358, M. W. A. He and his estimable wife are also connected with the Order of the Eastern Star and the Royal Neighbors. He is an active worker in the Methodist church, of which he is a trustee, while Mrs. Wick holds membership in the Christian church. He is a busy man but he always has time to extend a helping hand to one less fortunate than himself and is justly held in high regard wherever he is known, his success being the merited result of a wisely directed energy.
THOMAS S. ERICKSON.
Although the home of Thomas S. Erickson stands within the corporation limits of Roland, it is situated upon a farm of one hundred and sixty acres of which all but forty acres lies within the boundaries of the city. His holdings elsewhere make him one of the extensive landowners of this part of the county, and from his property he derives a substantial annual income, resulting largely from the care and labor which he bestows upon his place in keeping with the progressive spirit of the age. He is practical in all that he does and his plans are well formulated. System characterizes all of his undertakings, and his methods will at all times bear the closest investigation and scrutiny.
Mr. Erickson was born in the neighboring state of Illinois, his birth having there occurred in La Salle county on the 1st of November, 1862.