Ernest Nick, of Kearsarge, Erie County, Pa., one of Summit township's enterprising and prosperous farmers, was born April 16, 1838, in the city of Esslingen, Wurtemburg, Germany, son of C.W. Nick, a German military officer, who married Sophia Stadmund in 1818. They reared a family of six children, as follows: William, of Erie; Frederick (deceased) was mayor of the city of Esslinger, Germany, for 20 yrs; Sophie, wife of J.J. Schmitten, of Sabulla, Ia.; Ernest, Caroline, wife of Charles Fuchs, of Erie, and Charles (deceased). Ernest Nick married Mary, daughter of John M. Veit, of Summit township, September 22, 1859, who married Marguretta Knodle, of the town of Horrpeim, Wurtemburg, Germany, the latter living to the advanced age of 83. Mr. and Mrs. Nick reared a large family of children: Charles W., of Erie; John H., of Summit township; Clara, Emma, wife of Samuel Beckman, of Erie; Ernest Gustave, of Erie; Minnie and Bertha. Ernest Nick, located in the city of Erie in 1852, making his home there for thirty years, and moving to Summit township in 1886, where he has since resided on a farm of seventy acres. Mr. Nick has been very successful, in a business way and has been tax collector of Summit township for two years.

DOROTHY KENNELLEY, AT, Irishlovey