John Wilson Frick (1822-1898)
Farmer, of West Overton, Pennsylvania & later Wooster, Ohio
He was born in Adamsburg, Pennsylvania, and was a grandson of Nicholas Frick who emigrated from Switzerland to Pennsylvania in 1767. In 1847, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Abraham Overholt, whisky distiller, of West Overton, where he farmed until 1880 before moving to Wooster, Ohio. He was the father of six children including the famous industrialist and art collector, Henry Clay Frick.
