CYRUS QUICK
is a representative of one of the pioneer families of Ohio, his
grandfather, David Quick, settling in Washington Township,
Holmes County, on Mohigan Creek, five miles east of Loudonville, in
1812. David Quick was born in New Jersey, and
when a mere boy was bound out and went to live in Bedford County,
Penn. He was married when twenty-one years old to Anna
Jennings, who was a little past seventeen years of age.
They were both of humble parentage, and both had been bound out when
children, so the similarity of their experiences drew them together,
and although they were young they decided to unite their energies
and together make a home. In 1812 they left Pennsylvania with
a family of ten children and started for the then new country of
Ohio. They bought three quarters-sections of land of Isaac
Bonnet and Riddle, and began its cultivation. The father
died in 1825, leaving the mother to care for the family alone, which
she did nobly, rearing them all to be useful men and women.
Their ten children were Cornelius, Benjamin, Maria,
Nancy, David, Elizabeth, Thomas,
Sarah, Harriet and Isaac.
Isaac Quick, the youngest of the family was
three years old when they came to Holmes County, and was twelve when
his father died. He inherited 160 acres of the homestead,
which is still in his name. He married Elizabeth,
daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Emerick) Lyberger, whose
family consisted of twelve children, of whom Mrs. Quick
was the fifth. To Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Quick were born
nine children: Eunice, Jacob, David,
John W., Rebecca, Maria, Abigail,
Cornelius and Cyrus; of these, Jacob, John W. and
Cyrus are the only ones living. Mr. Quick died
in 1860, and Mrs. Quick now makes her home with her son
Cyrus.
Cyrus Quick was reared on the homestead
where he was born, and was given the advantages of the common
schools. He has pursued the vocation of a farmer and stock
dealer, and has been successful in his business transactions.
In 1871 he married Barbara Workman, a daughter of Morgan
Workman, and they have three children: Morgan, Katie and
John Wesley. Mr. Quick is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, in which he holds a local preacher's license.
He costs his suffrage with the Prohibition party.
~ Page 703 – Commemorative Biographical Record of the counties of Wayne
and
Holmes,
Ohio, Illustrated –
Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1889 |
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