Lloyd U. Dick and Pamela N. Smith

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Husband Lloyd U. Dick ^{1 2 3}

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           Born:  - West Newton, South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
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         Father: David M. Dick (1827-1872) 4 5 6 7
         Mother: Anna Margaret Lloyd (Abt 1836-Aft 1918) 1 7

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Wife Pamela N. Smith ^{3 8}

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1 F Oma L. Dick ⁸

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2 F Irene A. Dick ^{3 8}

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         Spouse: Robert Brown Fisher, D.D.S. (1892-      ) 9
           Marr: 28 Oct 1918 3

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3 F Eleanor Dick ⁸

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General Notes: Husband - Lloyd U. Dick

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He was taken west by his parents while still a child, first to Iowa and later to western Missouri, and was reared on a ranch. He took an active part in the heavy farm work during his boyhood, so his schooling was necessarily limited to a few months in the winter at the district schools, but he was of a knowledge-loving disposition, and through application he gained a good, practical education. Upon reaching his majority he went to Linn County, Kansas, where he was engaged in a merchandising line for a number of years. He next went to Leadville, Colorado, and remained one year. In 1891 he came to West Newton and accepted a position as assistant cashier in the bank of General Dick. At the death of General Dick, 1895, the banking business was acquired by Messrs. Van Dyke, Weimer and Taylor, and Mr. Dick was retained in his former capacity. This banking business passed into the control of the First National Bank in 1899, but he still fulfilled his duties as assistant cashier. In 1900 the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank was organized, and Mr. Dick was offered and accepted the position of cashier. He was a Republican in politics, a member of the school board, and was chosen as a delegate to the state convention held at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, April 26, 1905. He was a member and an elder of the United Presbyterian church.

He was born in West Newton, Pennsylvania, and was just six years old when his parents moved to Iowa, subsequently to Missouri and also to Kansas. The father engaged in agriculture and stock-raising, and the son received such limited education as the place and time afforded. The early death of his father, threw him while still a youth, on his own resources, and in his young manhood he was literally compelled to live in the saddle, raising stock and attending to the general supervision of the large farm. During this adventurous period of his life Mr. Dick showed a true frontier spirit, and he later had in his possession many mementoes of his intercourse with the Indians, having been at one time a cowboy. In the early seventies he saw Wild Bill Hickok and described him as tall and slim, with long black hair and very pointed features. He was quite familiar with the feats of Buffalo Bill in his early years, and spoke of his rifle work as little short of miraculous. Bill Hickok claimed to have taught Cody the art of shooting and in Mr. Dick's opinion the master was jealous of the pupil's superiority. Kit Carson was another of the famous frontiersmen of whom Mr. Dick had interesting reminiscences to relate. He was favored by Carson's son, Kit Carson, Jr., with the loan of the buckskin coat worn by the celebrated pioneer and attired himself in the garment when he stood in front of Kit Carson's monument to have his likeness taken.
One of the most interesting of Mr. Dick's western reminiscences by reason of the fact that nothing similar to it is ever likely to occur, is the extermination of the buffalo. This was in 1881, and hides bought for two dollars a piece were piled as high as hay-stacks for shipping to Philadelphia. This extraordinary sight was witnessed at what became Abilene, Texas, at the building of the Texas & Pacific Railroad.
In 1891 Mr. Dick returned to Pennsylvania, settling in his native West Newton, where he entered the private bank of his uncle, Major M. M. Dick, and was thereafter continuously connected with the banking business. In 1901 he organized the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank of West Newton, becoming its cashier. In 1908 he was elected treasurer of Westmoreland County, serving three years, and in 1912 he organized the First National Bank of Herminie, in which he then held the position of cashier.
The political record of Mr. Dick is one of exceptional local distinction as appears by his election to an office of such importance and responsibility as that of county treasurer. He was always a very active member of the Republican party and many times served as delegate to state conventions. For a number of years he has occupied a seat on the board of school directors of West Newton. His political career began in Kansas, where he was nominated for treasurer of the Seal Islands of Alaska, receiving the endorsement of every official in the state from the governor down, but owing to the fact that the appointment was made by the Secretary of the Interior Windom, the assistant who held the position was given the appointment. Mr. Dick was always actively identified with the religious life of his community. For thirty years or more he served as elder in every town in which he lived, and came to hold that office in the United Presbyterian church of Greensburg, also ministering as superintendent of the Sunday school.

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General Notes: Wife - Pamela N. Smith

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from Allegheny Co, PA

She was the granddaughter of one of the pioneer steel manufacturers of Pittsburgh, the man who made the shells that were fired from the Monitor, sinking the Merrimac.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 183.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 510.

3 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 195.

4 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 651.

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 561.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 184.

7 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 511.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 185.

9 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 194.