Glick family
Biographical Information
The Glick family of Lafayette, Indiana include the descendants of Benjamin Glick (1798-1885) who moved with his family from Ohio to Lafayette, Indiana in 1845, settling on a farm in Romney. Benjamin Glick and his wife had several children, including Elias B., Clarissa (or Clara), Rufus, Monroe, and others, though there are discrepancies in their names.
Dr. Elias B. Glick married Henrietta Oyler (or Oiler) and served as a surgeon and later became mayor of Lafayette, serving two terms. He and Henrietta had three children, Benjamin, Clara (or Callie), and Sallie (or Sarah). Both Clara and Sallie attended Purdue University.
Clarissa (or Clara) Glick married John Barr McCutcheon and they had four children, George Barr, John Tinney, Ben, and Jessie. John Barr served as a captain in the civil war and later as a sheriff of Tippecanoe County and treasurer in Lafayette. John Tinney and George Barr both attended Purdue. John Tinney became a famous cartoon artist and won a Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning. George Barr became a famed novelist.