BIO: H. A. DICK, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 493-494
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      H. A. DICK, one of the most skillful embalmers and undertakers of
  Cumberland county, and an extensive furniture dealer of Mechanicsburg, Pa.,
  was born July 2, 1849, in the city of York, York county, Pa., son of A. J.
  and Magdalena (Stambaugh) Dick, and grandson of Samuel Dick, a cooper by trade.
      
      Samuel Dick was born in Maryland, and came of an old Scotch-Irish
  family. By occupation he was a cooper.
      
      A. J. Dick was born in York county, Pa. He learned the cooper's trade,
  and followed it in connection with farming. He married Magdalena Stambaugh,
  and they became the parents of fourteen children, namely: H. A.; William,
  deceased; Frank, of Cumberland county; Samuel, deceased; Mary; Edward, of
  Kansas; Charles, of Perry county, Pa.; Annie, unmarried, of Kansas; Michael,
  of Kansas; Catherine, of Kansas City; and four who died young. About 1875 Mr.
  A. J. Dick and his wife moved to Kansas where both died. In politics he was a
  Democrat, while in religious belief he was a Lutheran.
      
      Until he was fourteen years of age Mr. H. A. Dick remained with his
  parents in York county, and he then worked for farmers for several years,
  after which he came to Cumberland county and located on a farm near
  Mechanicsburg. A few months later, however, he returned to York county, where
  he learned the trade of a wagonmaker. Once more he settled in Cumberland
  county, this time at Wertzville, and he followed his trade for twenty-five
  years. During this time he learned embalming and undertaking, and in 1901 he
  moved to Mechanicsburg, where he established himself as an undertaker and
  furniture dealer at No. 44 West Main street.
      
      On April 18, 1872, Mr. Dick married Miss Agnes Walters, a native of
  Cumberland county, and a daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Walters, the former
  of whom also a native of Cumberland county, was a blacksmith by trade. Mrs.
  Dick is a member of a family of six, the others being: Simon, of
      
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  Cumberland county; Mary, the wife of Jeremiah Bretz; John, a farmer of
  Cumberland county; Joseph, and Agnes. Three children were born to Mr. and
  Mrs. Dick: Andrew W. and Walter, twins, born Oct. 16, 1873; and Murray
  Luther, born Oct. 18, 1879, who is a clerk in the First National Bank of
  Mechanicsburg. Andrew W. and Walter both died Feb. 24, 1898, and were buried
  together. Walter was a teacher in the schools of Cumberland county, and
  Andrew, a graduate embalmer. Both were intelligent and promising young men,
  leading devoted Christian lives. This mournful event was one which affected
  the entire community, and called forth many tokens of warm sympathy and
  affection for the sorrowing parents and brother.
      
      In politics Mr. Dick is a stanch Democrat, and for six years was a wise
  and judicious school director. Mr. Dick is very active in the work of the
  Lutheran Church in which he has held prominent positions, and he is very
  active in the Sabbath school.