24 February 2011

Research Notes: Dick & Butcher Families, Part 2

On the 1850 census we find 18-year old Lafayette Dick (along with 23-year old Andrew Dick, 20-year old Reuben Dick, and 6-year-old America Dick) living with the family of Rachael Butcher in Cabell County, Virginia. A search for other individuals with the surname Dick in Cabell County on the 1850 census turns up four other individuals, all in their teens or early 20s, and all also apparently living with families other than their own: 25-year old Notley Dick (male) living with the Robert & Mary McKendree family, 19-year old Polly Dick living with the Benjamin & Sarah Davis family, 13-year old Mary Dick living with the John Merritt family, and 13-year old Joseph Dick living with Rufus & Mary Lenerd family.

 
We know that Lafayette also had a brother named Morris Dick (Lafayette was living with the family of his brother, Morris Dick, on the 1870 census), but no Morris Dick appears in the 1850 Cabell County census. It is possible that Morris was living outside the county at the time. Another possibility, though, is that he was living with a family in Cabell County and that he was recorded under the surname of the family he was living with??? Searching for this possible scenario returned only one close match: a 13-year old Morris Lusher living with the Matthew & Margaret Lusher family. Interestingly, the family of Matthew and Margaret Lusher is listed with four children, ages 7, 5, 4, and 1 years, and 13-year old Morris is listed last, after all of the other younger children. Could this be Morris Dick??? [Morris is not listed with the Lusher family in the 1860 or 1870 census (although he would have been old to be living with his parents by that time), and no “Morris Lusher” can be found at all on the 1860 or 1870 censuses.]

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, 1850 United States Federal Census, District 10, Cabell County, Virginia, ancestry.com image 94, 2 Sep 1850, Dwelling No. 653, Family No. 675, Lines 17-27:

“Line 17, James Butcher, age 23, male, occupation: Laborer, born in Virginia.

Line 18, Rachael Butcher, age 53, female, born in Virginia, cannot read and write.

Line 19, Emily Butcher, age 27, female, born in Virginia.

Line 20, Sarah Butcher, age 24, female, born in Virginia.

Line 21, Ellen Butcher, age 16, female, born in Virginia.

Line 22, America Butcher, age 12, female, born in Virginia, attended school within the year.

Line 23, Andrew Dick, age 23, male, occupation: Laborer, born in Virginia.

Line 24, Reuben Dick, age 20, male, occupation: Laborer, born in Virginia.

Line 25, Lafayette Dick, age 18, male, occupation: Laborer, born in Virginia.

Line 26, America Dick, age 6, female, born in Virginia.

Line 27, John Thomas, age 26, male, occupation: Laborer, born in Virginia.”

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, 1850 United States Federal Census, District 10, Cabell County, Virginia, ancestry.com image 105, 10 Sep 1850, Dwelling No. 731, Family No. 757, Living in “Hotel,” Lines 15-24:

“Line 15, Robert McKendree, age 50, male, occupation: Inn Keeper, born in Va.

Line 16, Mary A. McKendree, age 43, female, born in Va.

Line 17, Everline McKendree, age 17, female, born in Va.

Line 18, George McKendree, age 15, male, born in Va, attended school within the year.

Line 19, Mary McKendree, age 7, female, born in Va, attended school within the year.

Line 20, Lucinda McKendree, age 5, female, born in Va, attended school within the year.

Line 21, Evira McKendree, age 2, female, born in Va.

Line 22, Notley Dick, age 25, male, occupation: Bar Keeper, born in Va.

Line 23, Elijah C. Smith, age 35, male, occupation: Shoemaker, born in Va.

Line 24, Mary A. Smith, age 10/12, female, born in Va.”

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, 1850 United States Federal Census, District 10, Cabell County, Virginia, ancestry.com image 66, 19 Aug 1850, Dwelling No. 455, Family No. 472, Lines 7-11:

“Line 7, Benjamin S. Davis, age 66, male, occupation: farmer, personal estate value: 50, born in Va.

Line 8, Sarah Davis, age 65, female, born in Tenn, married within the year.

Line 9, James Davis, age 24, male, occupation: farmer, personal estate value: 700, born in Va.

Line 10, Sarah Adams, age 19, female, born in Va.

Line 11, Polly Dick, age 19, female, born in Va.”

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, 1850 United States Federal Census, District 10, Cabell County, Virginia, ancestry.com image 137, 21 Sep 1850, Dwelling No. 950, Family No. 989, Lines 40-42:

“Line 40, John Merritt, age 61, male, occupation: farmer, personal estate value: 2500, born in Va.

Line 41, Jane Merritt, age 45, female, born in Va.

Line 42, Mary Dick, age 13, female, born in Va.”

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, 1850 United States Federal Census, District 10, Cabell County, Virginia, ancestry.com image 53, 13 Aug 1850, Dwelling No. 369, Family No. 381, Lines 22-26:

“Line 22, Rufus Lenard, age 45, male, occupation: farmer, born in Va.

Line 23, Mary E Lenard, age 47, female, born in Va, unable to read and write.

Line 24, Cynthia A Lenard, age 18, female, born in Va.

Line 25, Mary E. Wentz, age 72, female, born in Va, unable to read and write.

Line 26, Joseph Dick, age 13, male, born in Va, attended school within the year.”


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, 1850 United States Federal Census, District 10, Cabell County, Virginia, ancestry.com image 54, 13 Aug 1850, Dwelling No. 375, Family No. 387, Lines 24-30:

“Line 24, Matthew Lusher, age 36, male, occupation: farmer, personal estate value: 1600, born in Va.

Line 25, Margaret Lusher, age 29, female, born in Va.

Line 26, Sarah Lusher, age 7, female, born in Va, attended school within the year.

Line 27, James M Lusher, age 5, male, born in Va, attended school within the year.

Line 28, Mary L Lusher, age 4, female, born in Va.

Line 29, Taliaferro Lusher, age 1, male, born in Va.

Line 30, Morris Lusher, age 13, male, born in Va, attended school within the year.”

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“Shrewsbury/Fyfe/Durrett/Lambert Tree” submitted by ancestry.com user “herdmu” from West Virginia:

“John Joseph Dick Birth 1800 in Virginia, United States Death 9 Dec 1868 in Lincoln, West Virginia, United States

Married 16 Mar 1822 in Cabell Co, , West Virginia, USA

Eleanor Butcher Birth 1803

Children:

1. David Dick, Son born 16 Dec 1824 in Cabell, , Virginia, USA, died 12 Nov 1889 in , Wayne, West Virginia, USA

2. Natley Dick, Son, born 1825

3. Andrew Jackson Dick, Son, Birth 1827 in Cabell, , Virginia, USA Death 1880 in , Cabell, West Virginia, USA

4. Reuben Dick, Son, born 1830

5. Lafayette Dick, Son, born 1832

6. Mary Dick, Daughter, born 1837

7. Polly Dick, Daughter, born 1840

8. America Dick, Daughter, born 1844

9. Benjamin Dick, Son, born 1852, Died 1928 in , Cabell, West Virginia, USA”



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Cabell County, Virginia became Cabell County, West Virginia after West Virginia seceded from Virginia in 1863 during the Civil War.

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