September 18, 1896 Cambria Freeman newspaper Ebensburg, Pa.
Mr. John Flick, one of the oldest residents of Carrolltown, died at his home in that place on Thursday, evening of last week, aged about 83 years.
He was born in Alsace, France, on July 22, 1813, and came to America at the age of eighteen and located in Cambria county, which since then had been his permanent home. In earlier days he learned the trade of stone cutting, which he followed until he had reached middle age, at which time, having acquired possession of considerable land in the vicinity of his adopted home, he betook to farming, in which he had been eminently sucessful. In 1840 he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Sharbaugh. Of this union eleven children have been born two of whom have died-Mrs. Jennie Buck and Mrs. Sebastian Luther. The surviving members of the family are: Albert, of Moundsville, West Virginia; Dr. Lawrence, of Philadelphia; John R., Edward H., and Isidore of Altoona; and Mrs. Chrysostom Luther, Mrs. John Hogue, both of Carrolltown; Mrs. Paul Sharp, of Altoona; and Miss Rosina, now Sister Mary Louis, of Pittsburg, a member of the Order of the Sisters of Charity. He is also survived by six brothers, all of whom reside in this county; 52 grandchildren and great grandchildren numbering twenty. His remains were interred in Benedict's cemetary at Carrolltown, on Monday morning.