Hardesty’s Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, 1884
“DAVID DICK—son of David and Nancy (Dickson) Dick, was born December 16, 1824, in Ohio. In Wayne county, March 16, 185.3, he was united in marriage with Emily Spurlock, who was born here October 10, 1833, a daughter of Cassander and Bethiah (Booton) Spurlock. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Dick are six living and one deceased: Leander Spurlock was born March 13, 1854, and lives near home; Cassander, born December 6, 1855, died March ii, 1857; the rest at home: Oliver C., born July 21, 1858; William Morris, April 9, 1861; Virgil, October 29, 1866: David Emery, April 20, 1869; Alfred, September 30, 1873. Mr. and Mrs. Dick and their three oldest children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Dick is related to Rev. Burwell Spurlock, the zealous pioneer preacher elsewhere spoken of in this work. David Dick owns and carries on a fine little farm of 90 acres, 1oc~ted on Beech fork. He has two excellent springs on the land, and a fine orchard of apples and peaches. His postoffice address js Falls of Twelve Pole, Wayne county, West Virginia.”
This proves that David Dick of Wayne Co. was not the son of Joseph Dick and Eleanor Butcher – was this Dick family related to our Dicks??? (There are a few family names in common between the family of David & Emily Dick and our Dick family: the names Morris, Oliver, and Joseph Dick & his 2nd wife named a son Cassander Spurlock Dick.)
[searched through the online book, but didn’t find any other Dicks or Butchers (other than those mentioned in the James Cowen bio that we already had]
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from PTyler107@aol.com
to stephanielbradshaw@gmail.com
date Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 11:15 AM
subject Butchers
“Hi Stephanie,
I had never clarified who all the children of Joseph Dick and Eleanor Butcher were before, I knew from various documents and stories I came across there were more than was living with Rachel Dick Butcher. I don't know if I had noticed them in these other households or not. Whose homes were they in? Were they bound out because they were orphans? I found a court record of sorts for the death of Samuel Butcher in Cabell County, because two of his children were bound out for service. Horrible thing I think that they did back then, I am not sure you realize it, or had heard it before, but females were not automatically given custody of their own children when the husband/father died.
. . . What I gave you about the Butcher family, my main line, has been hard researched by me, inside the WV Archives and History Library, through lots of rolls of microfilmed court records, books, etc. The special collections library of Marshall University has also been a great source for me. I have looked at every census and tax list, but I have concentrated mostly on the Butchers. My special favorite was the Dusenberry diary, years 1855 and 1856, an almost day by day account of life back in that time frame. My Matthew Hamilton Butcher was mentioned, as well as James Butcher (son of Rachel) and so was Sarah Butchers wedding to Jim Cowen. . . .
I hadn't seen the Hardesty's for that section of Wayne County I guess. Which really surprises me that I had overlooked it! LOL ... more on that Hardesty's later. . . .
Patty”
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from PTyler107@aol.com
to Stephanie Bradshaw
date Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 12:31 PM
subject RE: Butcher ancestors
“Stephanie,
from that Hardesty's I can see that David Dick is not a son of John Joseph Dick. Not sure my phone email is working right; I will try and send you that page when I can.
Patty Tyler”
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date Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 1:41 PM
subject RE: Butcher ancestors
“stephanie, you should understand what Hardestys was, it was a series of 'vanity press, books that was originally printed abt 1883 or so. Each person who had a piece added paid the publisher to include them, $5 bucks each from what I heard, which was a lot of money in those days.
From Hardesty's :
David Dick son of David Dick and Nancy (Dickson) Dick' was born December 16, 1824, in Ohio. In Wayne county, March 16, 1853, he was united in marriage with Emily Spurlock, who was born here October 10, 1833, a daughter of Cassander and Bethiah (Booton) Spurlock. The children of Mr. And Mrs. Dick are six living and one deceased: Leander Spurlock was born March 13, 1854, and lives near home; Cassander, born December 6, 1855 died March 11,1857; the rest at home; Oliver C., born July 21, 1858; William Morris, April 9, 1861; Virgil, October 29, 1866; David Emery, April 29, 1869; Alfred, September 30, 1873. Mr. And Mrs. Dick and their 3 oldest children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Dick is related to Rev. Burwell Spurlock, the zealous pioneer preacher elsewhere spoken of in this work. David Dick owns and carries on a fine little farm of 90 acres, located on Beech Fork. He has two excellent springs on the land, and a fine orchard of apples and peaches. His postoffice address is Falls of Twelve Pole, Wayne county, West Virginia.”
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from Stephanie Bradshaw
to PTyler107@aol.com
date Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 7:44 PM
subject Re: Butchers
Patty,
I actually found the same thing in my searching online late last night -- that Hardesty's biography of David Dick in Wayne County shows that he wasn't part of the family. I wonder if his father was possibly a sibling or cousin of Joseph Dick's? (Interestingly, one of Joseph Dick's children from his 2nd marriage to Catherine was Cassander Spurlock Dick, and Cassander Spurlock was the father of Emily Spurlock, David Spurlock's wife). . . .
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