Emigrated from Germany as a teenager. Set up grocery business at Second Avenue and 24th Street and resided at 416 Second Avenue in Manhattan. Married Mary Elizabeth Wetyen (1824-1880). Father of William D., Jr.; John Henry; and Mary Elizabeth. Left Manhattan home in January 1880; missing for over a month; his body was found in Overpeck Creek, Englewood, NJ in February. Official verdict: accidental drowning. (Note: drowning is highly unlikely. The likelihood is that Mr. Fricke was murdered.)
Emigrated from Germany as a teenager. Set up grocery business at Second Avenue and 24th Street and resided at 416 Second Avenue in Manhattan. Married Mary Elizabeth Wetyen (1824-1880). Father of William D., Jr.; John Henry; and Mary Elizabeth. Left Manhattan home in January 1880; missing for over a month; his body was found in Overpeck Creek, Englewood, NJ in February. Official verdict: accidental drowning. (Note: drowning is highly unlikely. The likelihood is that Mr. Fricke was murdered.)
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