Butte County CA Archives Biographies.....Dick, Alexander 1833 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 30, 2006, 1:09 am Author: Fariss & Smith (1882) ALEXANDER DICK.—Robert Dick, the father of our subject, was a Scotchman and captain of a vessel. He was drowned three months before the birth of his son (Alexander), which occurred at Irven, Ayershire, Scotland, July 22, 1833. In 1849, Alexander came to America via New Orleans, to Illinois, and remained there until the first of April, 1852, when he crossed the plains to California, being just seven months on the road. He stayed a short time at or near Mr. Onyett's, and then lived on the Clark ranch, but was run off by the Indians and moved over to Pence's for safety. In 1855, he located on the place he now owns. On his land, under a large tree, was once a camping-place of Fremont's. He discovered this fact by finding a tin can in the fork of the tres, which contained a paper that proved its correctness. His place consists of 240 acres; he owns 160 acres near the buttes, and also has a mountain home, where he spends many summers. He was married March 20, 1859, to Miss Jane Sliger, now deceased. She bore him five sons and one daughter. He was married again in March, 1877, to Miss Harriet E. Haycock, of Canada, by whom he has had one child, a son. Mr. Dick is an earnest worker for the public schools, having been a trustee for seventeen years. He was foremost in organizing the first school at Biggs and in getting the fine school-building erected. Having had limited facilities himself for getting an education, he is unusually interested in having the best of advantages given to his own and neighbors' children. In religion he is a protestant, though making no profession, and a republican in politics. He is a member of the United Workmen and Odd Fellow lodges at Biggs. His residence, which is shown on another page, was erected by his own hands. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, IN TWO VOLUMES. I. HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA FROM 1513 TO 1850. BY FRANK T. GILBERT. The Great Fur Companies and their Trapping Expeditions to California. Settlement of the Sacramento Valley. The Discovery of Gold in California. BY HARRY L. WELLS. II. HISTORY OF BUTTE COUNTY, From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. BY HARRY L. WELLS AND W. L. CHAMBERS. BOTH VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED WITH VIEWS AND PORTRAITS. HARRY L. WELLS, 517 CLAY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO 1882. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1882, by HARRY L. WELLS, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. FRANCIS, VALENTINE & Co., Engravers & Printers 517 Clay St., San Francisco File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/butte/bios/dick547nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb