Re: Morris Dick - Washington Co NY/Scotland
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Morris Dick - Washington Co NY/Scotland
8/29/99
Donna,
My husband has Morris Dick's in his family.His great grandfather was the first I know of, born Apr 3, 1836 in Virginia and died Nov 3, 1900 in Willow Ranch, CA.He was married to America Moore who was born in Illinois.They had children, Morris (lived in Hughson, CA in 1967), Grover, Thomas Moore (lived in New Pine Creek,OR), John, Rhesa (Ressie) (lived in Granite City, IL), Emma and Anna.
We have letters from a Mary E. Dick, written to Morris Dick on Feb 21, 1890, with salutation, "Dear brother".She was living in Grub Gulch, CA (which we have discovered is near Yosemite Park to the south.She was writing to inform him of Joe's death.I assume this was her husband.She said she was left with four children to support and no money.She mentioned her little girl that was born on Morris' ranch, feb 21, 1876, had died when she was 16 months old.The others were between 6 and 12.She asked where a Lewis was so she could write him.
We also have a letter from a Ballard Dick, dated July 18, 1899, with salutation, "My Dear Brother", but we have no envelope and the name Morris is not mentioned.Ballard was very sick, living in Clark County, Winchester, Kentucky, and needed money.
There are two letters from a friend, D.M.Barnett regarding deeds and prospects, dated in Sept, 1900.
I don't know if this may be helpful to you or not, but the son, Morris, also named one of his sons, Morris, making three right there, so maybe there is a connection.
My email addresses are [email protected] and [email protected] if you think there is a connection, we could exchange more info.