Marchick, Sam, 1877-1952
Biography
Samuel and his wife Lillie Rice Marchick were born in Ostrovo, Poland. Relatives brought Samuel Marchick to Denver, Colorado in 1904. In 1908, he sent for his wife and three sons. Three daughters were born in Denver. The family moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming and opened a clothing store and pawn shop. Samuel Marchick bought the Tivili building and opened the Tivoli building. In 1915, he helped organize and build the first synagogue in Cheyenne. He was active in Jewish organizations in Cheyenne and Denver, indluding the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, the Beth Israel Home for the Aged, and the B'nai B'rith and the Zionist organization in Cheyenne.
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Marchick Store, c.1915
Store owner Sam Marchick on the left, with his son, Ben, in the center, and an unidentified man and woman at right, in Marchick's Cheyenne, Wyoming store.
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