Dr. Joseph Arrington Blick was born around 1836 in Brunswick County, Virginia to Elijah Blick and Margaret Arrington. He married Mary Blount Gibbon around 1859. She was born around 1842 to Thomas and Rebeca Gibbon. She died in 1865. Joseph then married Lucy Eleanor Trotter on the 5th of June 1866. She was born on the 14th of March 1840 to Isham Trotter and Agnes Thweatt Manson. She died on the 25th of December 1882. Joseph then married Rosa Ida Parrish on the 18th of December 1884. She was the sister-in-law of his daughter Anna Florence Blick. Rosa was born around 1863 to Henry Sterling Parrish and Laura Jane Nannally. Joseph Arrington Blick died on the 3rd of November 1914 in Petersburg, Virginia. Rosa Ida Parrish died in 1935. Joseph Arrington Blick was a medical doctor. He was also a veteran of the Civil War for the South as a hospital steward. He lived in Brunswick, Greensville and Dinwiddie Counties in Virginia. Here is what his house looks like today.
Joseph Arrington Blick and Rosa Ida Parrish (his third wife)
Joseph Arrington Blick
Mary Blount Gibbon (Joseph Blick’s first wife)
Joseph and Mary had three children:
1. Margaret R Blick (1861-) who married William J Cheely and had one child (Annie Boyd Cheely)and then she married Walter W Hawthorne.
2. Mary Blount Blick (1863-).
3. Anna Florence Blick (4 Jul 1864- 14 Oct 1920) who married Junius Frances Parrish and had nine children (Mary Willie Parrish, Ann Jewel Parrish, Junius Amelia Parrish, Lucy Vivian Parrish, Joseph Blick Parrish, Eunice Mae Parrish, George Percy Parrish, Lee Onley Parrish, and Isham Atwell Parrish).
Joseph and Lucy had six children:
4. Evelyn Blick (16 Jun 1867- 23 Feb 1941).
5. Lucy Trotter ‘Lula’ Blick (12 Sept 1869- 6 Dec 1960) who married Henry A Davis and had nine children (Thomas Archer Davis, Joseph Arrington Davis, Christine Trotter Davis, Annie Perry Davis, James Robert Davis, Virginia Ellie Davis, Melville Hershel Davis, Kathryn Geneva Davis, Henry Alexander Davis).
6. Joseph Herschel Blick (11 Feb 1872- 23 Nov 1922) who married Lula Drewry and had three children (Eleanor Caroline Blick, Elsie Drewry Blick, Margaret Drewry Blick).
7. Isham Trotter Blick (21 Feb 1873- 22 Jun 1948) who married Mary Jennie Gibbon and had three children (Charles Arrington Blick, Isham Trotter Blick, Thomas Edward Blick).
8. James Thrower Blick (9 Oct 1875- 31 Oct 1959) who married Ola S Lewis and had two children (James Earnest Blick and Herbert Arrington Blick).
9. Thomas Edward Spicer Blick (17 Mar 1879-).
Joseph and Rosa had eight children:
10. Edward Claiborne Blick (1886-).
11. Leslie Beatrice Blick (1889-) who married Sundry Clay Owen.
12. William R Blick (Nov 1890-2 Sep 1891).
13. Rosa Maude Blick (30 Aug 1892-) who married Robert Lee Tucker.
14. Eula W Blick (20 Jul 1894-).
15. Atwell Blick (1896-) who married Mayme R Mize.
16. John Arrington Blick (1898-) who married Gladys Price.
17. Lewis C Blick (1898-) who married Doris Clayton.
