"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA.  HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR.  CHICAGO:  F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS.  1884.
F. A. BATTEY.  F. W. TEPPLE

MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
MONROE TOWNSHIP

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JAMES A. BRICK, of Monrovia, was born in this county August 6, 1845, and is
the fifth of eleven children born to William and Sarah (Graves) Brick,
natives of Ohio.  When he was sixteen years of age, he left the home farm,
and enlisted in Company H, Thirty-third Indiana Regiment, in which he served
three years, and then became a veteran.  He was taken prisoner at Thompson's
Station, was confined thirty-two days in Libby Prison;  was then exchanged,
returned to active duty, and was with Gen. Sherman in his historic march to
the sea;  then sailed for Fortress Monroe, and was discharged at
Indianapolis July 18, 1865.  Mr. Brick was sunstruck at Peach Tree Creek.
After coming home, he engaged in farming, but was compelled to abandon labor
on account of impoverished health.  August 6, 1865, he married Jane Brewer,
which union was cemented by five children--Anna Eliza, Mary F., Minnie J.,
Elsie D. and Ella M.  Mr. Brick controls a good and well-improved farm, is a
successful agriculturist, and a worthy citizen.  He is a member of the G. A.
R., and of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mrs. Brick of the Friends'
Society.

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