William A Blick was born around 1839 to Elijah Blick and Margaret Arrington in Brunswick, Virginia. He married Martha E Short on December 19th 1860. She was born around 1840 in Brunswick, Virginia to William Short and Martha Harris. He was a confederate soldier who lost his life in the Battle of Gettysburg on July 3rd, 1863 at age 24. Martha Short then remarried John Myrick on the 18th of December 1866. He was born on the 14th of August 1832 in Greensville County, Virginia. Martha died before 1877 because John had married Rebecca Frances Short (who was born around 1846) on April 11th, 1877. Her parents were John Cincinatus Short and Ann C Perkins.
William and Martha had at least one child:
1. William H Blick (1861-18 July 1882).
Martha Short Blick and John Myrick had at least two child:
1. Annie Myrick (25 Aug 1867-22 Jan 1936) who married Robert Boyd Harrison and had at least 11 children (Cordelia Blanche Harrison, Marcellus Boyd Harrison, Helen Lea Harrison, Martha Myrick Harrison, Howard Octave Harrison, William Vernon Harrison, Robert Melville Harrison, Annie Louise Harrison, James Landon Harrison, Evelyn Estelle Harrison, John Turbeville Harrison).
2. Emma Myrick (1869-)
John Myrick and Rebecca Frances Short had at least three children:
1. Walter Short Myrick (5 Aug 1878- 30 Oct 1952) who married Elizabeth T. MaClean and had at least four children (Louis Gertrude Myrick, Frances Elizabeth Myrick, Living Myrick, and Living Myrick).
2. Maria Myrick (1882- Sep 1914) who married George William Harris and had at least three children (Living Harris, Robert Harris and Living Harris).
3. John Cincinnatus Myrick (16 Jul 1886-?) who married Marrietta Wilkins Hawthorne and had at least three children (Marrietta Haskins Myrick, Living Myrick and Living Myrick).
