"HISTORY OF OWEN COUNTY 1884" CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE WAYNE TOWNSHIP IN OWEN CO., IN. PAGE 893 WILLIAM HOLLICK, is a native of Kentucky, born in Jefferson county on February 22, 1822. His parents, Martin and Sophia (Bramble) Hollick, natives of Maryland, went to Kentucky in 1818, and located on a farm where they remained for a number of years. In 1832, while visiting in Maryland, the mother died. His father died in 1835. William was reared in Kentucky. When fourteen years of age, he was apprenticed for three years to a Hiram McGee of Louisville, a contractor and builder. In 1839, he went to New Orleans and worked for some time at his trade, after which he returned to Louisvile. Two years later he came to Owen county, and located where Cataract now is. He worked on the Big Mills on Eel River, remaining there for about eight years and in the fall of 1849, came to Gosport, where he followed his trade until 1879. He then became a furniture dealer and undertaker and at present has the only business of this kind in Gosport, where he is very successful. In 1843, he was married to Delila Owen, daughter of Thomas Owen, one of the earliest pioneers of Owen County. They had twelve children, four of which are now living. Mr Hollick is an active member of the Republican party. DATA ENTRY: Debbie Jennings