W. H. KERRICK
W. H. Kerrick was born in Franklin county, Indiana, on the 29th day of June, 1842. he is a son of Albert and Charlotte (Sparks) Kerrick, the former a native of Virginia and the latter a native of Ohio. they settled in Indiana, in 1830, where they remained until 1856, when they removed to Polk county, Iowa. Mr. Kerrick was a carpenter by trade, which he followed for many years. W. H. Kerrick came to Iowa when fourteen years of age and in February, 1862, enlisted in the Fifteenth U. S. Infantry and took part in the battles of Missionary Ridge, Stone River, Resaca, Peach Tree Creek, Georgia, seige of Atlanta, besides several skirmishes. He was wounded at Marietta, Georgia, July 4, 1864, and at Atlanta, Georgia, August 7, 1864. He was discharged February, 1865. After the war he was married in Madison county, Iowa, in November, 1865, to Mary Mann. They have five children--William O., Frederick, Myrtle, Charlotte, and Blanche. Mr. Kerrick is a Master Mason and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He came to Cass county in 1877, and to Atlantic in 1879, where he has followed his trade most of the time, that of carpentering.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 875.
