Joseph M. Glick was born in 1840, enlisted in Co. C, 133rd Regiment, Penna Volunteers, Inf. Serving four months. In 1866, he settled at Girardville, Schuylkill County, Pa., where he passed the remained of a busy and useful life. He was an extensive shoe merchant and one of the organizers of the Citizens National Bank at Ashland, in 1875; also of the First National Bank of Girardville. He also was connected with the Girardville Saving Fund and Loan Association, the Girardville Gas Company and the Palace Theater Company. He served as Postmaster of Girardville for 14 years, and was a member of the borough council. He was a staunch Republican in politics. He died May 17, 1894. He married Mary M. Hower, a daughter of John Hower, in 1866. She died in 1857, Mr. Glick married second, in 1859, to Miss Margaret M. Duge, of Girardville. They had two sons.


They are buried at Girardville. Their children are: George W., a railway clerk; Mrs. Jennie Traylore; Reuben J., an attorney-at-law at Shamokin, Pa. and A. Flower, who is the manager of the Glick shoe-store at Girardville, Pa.