DELILAH BOYD FRICK

  
DELILAH BOYD FRICK: Daughter of Catherine (Engle) and James Boyd II 

First child of James and Catherine 

Delilah Boyd 

b. Dec. 28, 1831 Greenville twp. Somerset Co. Pa 
d. Mar. 18, 1913 Farm near Cosperville, In 
m. ____ __1852, Elkhart twp, Noble Co. In 

John Frick 
b.________1819 Erlsbach, Switzerland Son of Catherine______and Christian Frick 
d. Feb. 21, 1872, Farm East of Cosperville,In both buried in Cosperville Cemetery 

Children:
Susanah ---Magdalene--William--Barbara Ella-- Christian ---Joseph -- Edward --Amanda -- Catherine -- unnamed -- uname 

1836 Delilah was a small child when her parents moved from Pennsylvania to Tuscarawas Co., Ohio. 
1842 They moved to Elkhart twp., Noble Co., In 

1840 After the death of their parents John Frick and his brother Christian Frick, came to America., They settled in Tuscarawas Co., Ohio where he married Magdalene Klossner. They had four children: 

John Frick, Jr b. Jan 5, 1845 

Sarah, b. Jan 29, 1847. Married Samuel Dukes 

Mary E, B b. July 20, 1849. Married Joe Zimmerman. she died Oct. 20, 1922 

Louisa, B. June 21, 1851. 
Married Lafe Mawhorter. 
All are buried at Cosperville, In 

1850-52 John and Christian Frick came to Noble Co, Indiana 

1852, April 11, Magdalene (Klossner) died. 


John Frick settled one and one half miles east of Springfield, later named cosperville, Indiana. He and his brother cleared ground in the wilderness and built homes a short distance apart. Christian married Emily Dukes and they had 11 children. a number of his grandchildren lived in Northern Indiana. Ford Frick, Baseball Commissioner of New York was his grandson. 

When Delilah Boyd married John Frick, he was a widower with four small children ranging in age one thru seven. They had a large family together. she was a busy mother and housewife.