BIO:  Edward Dick, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Franklin Township, Pg 105

EDWARD DICK was born in 1829 in York County, and is the son of George and Mary 
(Nagle) Dick, of Adams County, Penn., who settled on the property now owned by 
the son in 1831.  The father was engaged in farming and the mercantile business, 
and during the time the jail was building at York he was commissioner for York 
County, after which he retired from active business in 1851.  He was a 
progressive farmer and merchant, and a director of the Dillsburgh Bank.  He owned 
about 180 acres of well improved land.  In all public affairs he took a lively 
interest until his death in 1876.  His wife survived him only two years.  They 
were members of the Lutheran  Church and had seven children:  Catherine, Edward, 
Christian, all living; Lydia Ann (deceased), Elizabeth (deceased), Mary Jane 
(deceased) and Sarah E.  Edward Dick has always been identified with the old 
homestead.  He, like his father, is one of the most progressive business men of 
the township.  He owns 230 acres of improved land, and about 100 acres of 
mountain land.  Besides farming he is engaged in the mercantile business, owns a 
grist and saw-mill, and since 1853 has been postmaster at Clear Spring.  He has 
been school director for nine years.  January 22, 1857, he married Elizabeth A. 
Myers, of Adams County, who, like himself, is a member of the Lutheran Church.  
They have four children:  John H., George W., Charles E., James A. (deceased) and 
Lottie M., some of whom are already assisting their father on the farm, in 
business and in the mill.