A.A. Barrick

A.A. Barrick, one of the representative business men of Battle Creek, Ida County, Iowa, has been identified with the interest of this place since 1881.

Mr. Barrick is a native of Chicago, Illinois, born June 5,1852, son of William and Elizabeth Barrick, natives of England.  When A.A. was a year old his father moved to Clinton County, Iowa, and on a farm in that county he grew to manhood. He served as an apprenticeship to the blacksmith's trade, and was engaged in business on the Maquoketa road one year. Then he farmed one year.  The following three years he was engaged in blacksmithing in Morris County, Kansas. In 1881 he came from Kansas to Battle Creek, and has since been engaged in the Blacksmith business here, and in connection with this business, in 1889 he opened up a stock of farming implements. He handles Caultmen Threshers and Goodhue and Globe Windmills, and, in fact, everything kept in first-class implement house. His annual sales amount to between $7,000 and $8,000.

Mr. Barrick is identified with the Republican Party, and has been a member of the City Council for six years. Socially, he is an Odd Fellow; religiously, a Methodist. His a Steward and Trustee in the Methodist Episcopal Church.

In 1878 Mr. Barrick married Miss Hannah Gilmore, a native of Jackson County, Iowa. They have two children, Roy and Archie. The latter is deceased.