Person:John Dick (36)

According to a WorldConnect database, he was the son of Peter Dick and Christiana Shutt who came to Illinois from Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky in 1829. He served in the Black Hawk War. John married Amanda Plasters (~1817-1846) in 1839 and had children Sara Ellen 1840-1904 m. James Thompson; James Peter; and Elizabeth Adeline. He married Eunice Lounsberry (1829-1858) in 1851 and had children John P. 1852-1926; Emily Experience 1855-1933 m. John B. Davis; and James Howard 1858-1930. He married Elizabeth (Peak) Lounsberry, widow of his dead wife's brother, in 1864 and had children William Walter, Mary Alice, and Edward. {'McFarland-McFarlin' by June Cavitt, updated June 2007, <www.rootsweb.com>, 27 Feb 2009}

 "Edward Dick was born in Cass County, Ill., March 8, 1873, and is a son of John P. Dick, also a farmer by occupation. The maiden name of his mother, whose birthplace was in Menard County, Ill., was Elizabeth Peak. On the home farm John P. Dick had once a herd of elk, on one of which he was accustomed to ride about the land. One day he became angry at this animal, and in a burst of passion, killed it. Its horns he hung on the barn, and this incident gave to the entire place the name of "Elkhorn", by which it was afterwards known."  {History of Cass Co - 1915 Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Page 954 ; Cass Co., Illinois USGenWeb, <http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/cass/1915bios}
 In the 1850 census for Cass Co., Illinois, John Dick is 43, farmer from KY; with Sarah 10 IN.
 In the 1860 census for Richmond, Cass Co., Illinois, John Dick is 50 from Kentucky, farmer; children [by Eunice] John P. 7; Emily 5; and James W. 2; [sister-in-law] Elizabeth Lounsberry 24; Elizabeth McHenry 20; Emma (Sandberg?) 2 -- all born Illinois; also (Jordan Schern) 24 Germany and (?) 24 from Ohio. {p. 122} Daughter Sarah E. 19 is with her husband James Thompson 22 Ireland, in Princeton.
 In the 1870 census for Richmond, Cass Co., Illinois, John P. Dick is 63, farmer from Kentucky; with Elizabeth 36 from Illinois; [children by Eunice] John 18; Emily 15; James 12; [children by Elizabeth] William 5; Alice 3; and Hattie 3 months. [Step-daughter?] Unice Lonberry is 12. {p. 432}