Joseph Barricklow

{{short description|American lawyer, politician, and osteopath}}

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Joseph P. Barricklow (February 7, 1867 – March 23, 1924) was an American lawyer, politician, and osteopath.

Barricklow was born in Rising Sun, Indiana. In 1871, he moved with his parents to a farm in Arcola, Illinois. Barricklow went to the public schools and started to teach school in 1885. He studied law and was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1893. Barricklow joined the Illinois National Guard in 1885 and was commissioned a captain. Barricklow served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1895 to 1899 and was a Democrat. Barricklow studied osteopathic medicine in St. Charles, Missouri and then moved to Daytona Beach, Florida where he practiced osteopathic medicine. He died in Daytona Beach, Florida after having surgery for appendicitis.'Official Directory of the Fortieth General Assembly of Illinois 1897,' J.L. Pickering, Springfield, Illinois: 1897, Biographical Sketch of Joseph P. Barricklow, pg. 54-55'J.P. Barricklow Dies In Florida,' The Decatur Review (Illinois), March 24, 1924, pg. 4