Glick and Prosser family papers

The Glick and Prosser families were connected through the marriage of Sallie M. Glick and John Prosser. Many members of these families attended Purdue University, including Clara Glick, Sallie Glick, John Tinney McCutcheon, and George Barr McCutcheon. The Glick’s are also related to John Purdue through this marriage, as John Prosser was the nephew of John Purdue.

The Glick family of Lafayette, Indiana includes 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.

The Prosser family includes John and Sarah Prosser and their son, John. John Prosser married Sarah Purdue, sister of John Purdue. The Purdue family lived in Pennsylvania and later Ohio. Less is known of the Prosser side of the family, though they likely also lived in Ohio. Sarah and John's son, John Prosser Jr., married Sallie Glick and they had three children. Sallie and John lived in Devil's Lake, North Dakota.