Anthony Brick
ANTHONY BRICK, Buffalo, New York.
Hale and hearty at the age of 71 years, Anthony Brick is still actively engaged in the pursuit of his calling as a locomotive engineer-a calling whose exacting duties and nerve-testing situations usually incapacitate a man for active duty ere he has reached three score years.
The son of Nicholas Brick, a tanner, the subject of this sketch was born in Prussia, January 20, 1829, and emigrated to the United States with his father in 1837, settling in Buffalo. Mr. Brick received a common school education and then clerked in a grocery in Buffalo for a period of three years. Leaving that place he next engaged in the hotel business in Indianapolis, Indiana, going from there to Cincinnati, then to New Orleans and various other cities. In the spring of 1853 he took service with the Missouri Pacific Railroad, running as brakeman for a year between St. Louis and Jefferson City. In 1854 he was advanced to fireman, and in the fall of 1856 was promoted to engineer, running in the freight service between St. Louis and Jefferson City until 1860, when he resigned and returned east. He located at Buffalo, and for three years worked in various capacities, taking service with the Erie in the fall of 1863. He fired between Buffalo and Attica for one year and was then given a freight run between Buffalo and Hornellsville, which he ran successfully for the ensuing six years. In 1870 he was advanced to a passenger run and was assigned to the passenger train running between Buffalo and Clifton, Canada, over the steel arch bridge, where he has run for the past thirty years to the entire satisfaction of his superiors and the traveling public.
In July, 1854, Mr. Brick was married to Miss Theresa Groneman of Chatham, Missouri, who died in October, 1878, and was interred in the family lot at Pine Hill Cemetery, Buffalo. Ten children were born to them, two of whom are dead. The oldest of the family is Father William H. Brick, a finely educated man and a priest of the Roman Catholic Church, being located at Illegister, Maryland; Theresa died at the age of 22, and Edward in his infancy; Kate is the wife of Emiel Inderbitzen, a liquor dealer of Buffalo; Nicholas, aged 34, is proprietor of a boot and shoe store in Buffalo; Emiel, aged 32, a fireman on the Erie; Charles, aged 30, enlisted May, 1898, in Company G, 26th New York Volunteers, and is now in the service of his country in the Philippine Islands; Anthony, aged 28, is a stenographer for the Silverthorn Lumber Company; Joseph, aged 25, a shoe clerk in Buffalo; Mary, a graduate of St. Mary's Academy, is single and resides with her father's family in their pleasant home at 229 Pine Street.
In May, 1886, Mr. Brick was married to Miss Mary Corcoran, daughter of Bartholomew Corcoran, of Niagara Falls, New York. Five children have been born to them: Helen, attending St. Mary's Catholic School at Buffalo; Thomas, attending Sacred Heart Academy at Niagara Falls; Veronica, a student at St. Mary's; Lenora, aged 5, and Bernardina, aged 1, the pet and pride of the family. Mrs. Brick is a member of the L. B. C. A. of Buffalo, while Mr. Brick is affiliated with the C. M. B. A. and Division No. 15, B. of L. E. He is regarded highly in the community in which he resides and is one of Buffalo's most worthy citizens.
Excerpted from: "American Locomotive Engineers, Erie Railway Edition,"H.R. Romans Editor; Crawford-Adsit Company Publishers, Chicago, IL 1899.
The son of Nicholas Brick, a tanner, the subject of this sketch was born in Prussia, January 20, 1829, and emigrated to the United States with his father in 1837, settling in Buffalo. Mr. Brick received a common school education and then clerked in a grocery in Buffalo for a period of three years. Leaving that place he next engaged in the hotel business in Indianapolis, Indiana, going from there to Cincinnati, then to New Orleans and various other cities. In the spring of 1853 he took service with the Missouri Pacific Railroad, running as brakeman for a year between St. Louis and Jefferson City. In 1854 he was advanced to fireman, and in the fall of 1856 was promoted to engineer, running in the freight service between St. Louis and Jefferson City until 1860, when he resigned and returned east. He located at Buffalo, and for three years worked in various capacities, taking service with the Erie in the fall of 1863. He fired between Buffalo and Attica for one year and was then given a freight run between Buffalo and Hornellsville, which he ran successfully for the ensuing six years. In 1870 he was advanced to a passenger run and was assigned to the passenger train running between Buffalo and Clifton, Canada, over the steel arch bridge, where he has run for the past thirty years to the entire satisfaction of his superiors and the traveling public.
In July, 1854, Mr. Brick was married to Miss Theresa Groneman of Chatham, Missouri, who died in October, 1878, and was interred in the family lot at Pine Hill Cemetery, Buffalo. Ten children were born to them, two of whom are dead. The oldest of the family is Father William H. Brick, a finely educated man and a priest of the Roman Catholic Church, being located at Illegister, Maryland; Theresa died at the age of 22, and Edward in his infancy; Kate is the wife of Emiel Inderbitzen, a liquor dealer of Buffalo; Nicholas, aged 34, is proprietor of a boot and shoe store in Buffalo; Emiel, aged 32, a fireman on the Erie; Charles, aged 30, enlisted May, 1898, in Company G, 26th New York Volunteers, and is now in the service of his country in the Philippine Islands; Anthony, aged 28, is a stenographer for the Silverthorn Lumber Company; Joseph, aged 25, a shoe clerk in Buffalo; Mary, a graduate of St. Mary's Academy, is single and resides with her father's family in their pleasant home at 229 Pine Street.
In May, 1886, Mr. Brick was married to Miss Mary Corcoran, daughter of Bartholomew Corcoran, of Niagara Falls, New York. Five children have been born to them: Helen, attending St. Mary's Catholic School at Buffalo; Thomas, attending Sacred Heart Academy at Niagara Falls; Veronica, a student at St. Mary's; Lenora, aged 5, and Bernardina, aged 1, the pet and pride of the family. Mrs. Brick is a member of the L. B. C. A. of Buffalo, while Mr. Brick is affiliated with the C. M. B. A. and Division No. 15, B. of L. E. He is regarded highly in the community in which he resides and is one of Buffalo's most worthy citizens.
Excerpted from: "American Locomotive Engineers, Erie Railway Edition,"H.R. Romans Editor; Crawford-Adsit Company Publishers, Chicago, IL 1899.