The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-05-17
Reached by Aunt Mary Lucas
last Wednesday and Cele-
brated in Fitting Style.
Hundreds of Relatives and Friends
Meet on the Unusual Occasion.
An Interesting Sketch Of
Her Remarkable Life
by Quinton Dick.

thousand of the relatives and friends
gathered at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Wolf, near Marshall, and
observed the occasion in a fitting
manner. Tables were spread in the
lawn in the afternoon after the
weather had cleared and bounteous
repast served to the immense throng.
Hon. M. T. Vanpelt, Judge Cyrus
Newly, Rev. Curless and Rev. G. w.
H. Smith made short addresses. The
following interesting paper, giving a
history of the family, was read by
Quinton Dick:
1t seems to have fallen tony lot to
write a short sketch of the life of
Aunt Mary Lucas. Not because I
could write it better than any other
person, but because happened to
have more data at my command from
which to draw. I have called her
Aunt Mary in this sketch, which I can
truthfully do, as she is my fathers
sister.
Aunt Mary A. Lucas to-day has
completed full century of time; has
seen the opening and closing year of
the nineteenth century, having been
born on the 9th day of May, 1900, and
has reached the 9th day of May, 1900,
having lived 36,525 days and is still
enjoying remarkably good health.
But few have been favored with SO
strong constitution, good health and
cheerful disposition as Aunt Mary.
In looking back over her long and
eventful life and considering the close
connection it bears to the history of
this county and State it seems neces-
sary in writing sketch of her life up
to the present time to go back to the
earliest known history of her family.
Her father, Thomas Dick, was born at
or near Ballimony, County Antrim,
Ireland, on the sth day of October,
1903, and was the son of Quinton Dick
of Scotch Irish decent. In 1776, at
the age of IA years, he went to Stew
artstown, Ireland, to live with his
older brother, with whom he stayed
until l7S1, during this time he went
to school to Adam Colderwood
On arriving at his twenty-frst year,
thinking to better his condition finan-
cially and TO seek home for himself,
he concluded to try his fortunes in
the new world, and accordingly he
left Ireland on Tuesday, the 23rd day
of Sept, 1888, sailing from Belfast on
the good ship ''Three Brothers." COM
manded by Captain Giilis, and landed
at Philadelphia on the 29th day of
Nov, 1888, having been on the ocean
two months and two days. Not find
ing employment in Philadelphia he
jOurnied westward until he reached
the LigOnier Valley in the vicinity of
Old Fort Duquese. There he taught
school for some time. Being well
pleased with the valley and the peo
pie, he concluded to settle down here
for his life's work. Accordingly he
was married on the Sth day of Sep
tember, 1889, to Miss Jane Mccoy, OF
Westmoreland county, Pa, and soor
after he established himself in home
of his own, with prospect for himsel1
and wife of permanence, as well al
peace and happiness. But on the Stf
of March, 1871, having just returned
from business visit to Pittsburg he
was seated at the dinner table ant
with them young man of the neigh
borhood who came in on business
when the house was, without warning
suddenly surrounded by Indians. NJ
danger had been Anticipated, as the
frontier was nearly fifty miles away
although the inhabitants were aware
of the hostility of the savages ant
the deadly attacks recently made by
them in the districts less protected
than theirs. The first intimatior
they had of their presence was the
discharge of their rifles through the
open door, by which the young mai
who sat with them at the table wa,
killed, they then entered and thrust
ing Mr.. Dick into a corner of the
house, and with uplifted tomahawl
threatened to kill him, but for some
reason they desisted land bound his
arms and led him out of the house
where he found that his wife had moi
been harmed, but like himself only {
prisoner. The Indians were a party
belonging to the Seneca tribe. They
hurried away rapidly with their pris
toner's, taking direct route to the
northwest, until they reached the
Ohio River, which they crossed il
their canoes, which they had sunl
when they had crossed before. TheI
they pushed on nearly across the Ter
ritory of Ohio to their towns on tn,
Sandusky, where they arrived will
their prisoners worn out from travel
Mrs. Dick was at times unable tt
travel, but the Indians were as kline
and treated her as well as could b,
expected. But the exposure to col.
and wet weather were too much fo
her delicate constitution, so that b,
the time they reached Seneca town
near where the town of Tiffin nov
stands, she was seriously sick, bu
with the kind care of Mr.. Dick an,
the Indians she recovered her health
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