Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-12-13
DAVID 0. QUICK DEAD
CANCER OF STOMACH CLAIMS
PIONEER RESIDENT AS VICTIM.
Came to Oregon in 1862 and Had Re-
sided in Polk, Washington, Ben
ton and Linn Counties.

David o. Quic&. resident of Ore
gon since 1862, died at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. A. T. Lewis, in
Grants Pass, Oregon. December 10.
1910, aged 81 years. Death was caus-
ed by cancer of the stomach.
Mr.. Quick was born August "a. 1929,
in Franklin County, Indiana. His an
cestors had settled in the colonies
prior to the Revolutionary War. In
1856 he began the study of law in
Hlllsboro, Illinois, and in 1868 he was
admitted to the bar. He practiced his
profession in Litchfield, Illinois. until
1862 and then crossed the plains to
Oregon.
With his family, consisting of a wife
and one child, Mr.. Quick started on
the long overland journey in April.
Arriving at Fort Lemhi, Idaho, in Aug
ust, he was misled by the Mormons
into trading them his wagon, these
people having made him believe that
he could not proceed farther by team.
Trading his wagon and harness for SO
pounds of flour, Mr.. Quick packed his
supplies on the two horses and set out
on foot with his family. They followed
the North fork of Wisdom River to its
source, crossing the Rocky Mountains
three times, and then struck the Miller
route and followed it to the Bitter
Root Proceeding down the river,
they at last reached Elk City, Idaho,
having packed 800 miles,
Mr.. Quick and his family remained
in Elk City two month while he was
engaged in mining. They then packed
to Linn County, Oregon, and from
there moved to Washington County in
November, 1862, and settled on a 200
acre timber tract North of Hillsboro.
From 1862 to. 1886, Mr.. Quick oper-
ated a sawmill In the latter year, he
sold his holdings and moved to Polk
County. Purchasing 1870 acres of land
near Suver, he engaged in farming
and fruit raising. He raised all kinds
of nursery stock, and was considered
one of the best authorities on horti-
culture in the state. In 1897, he par
chased 200 acres of land five miles
southwest of Philomath, Benton Coun-
ty, and lived there until 1902, when he
moved to Halsey, Linn County.
Mr. Quick had been a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church since
childhood, and always took an active
part in church work. In politics he was
Democrat until the firing upon Fort
Sumpter. He then espoused the cause
of the Union with all his heart and
joined the Republican ranks, He was
elected to the Oregon Legislature
from Washington County and served
in the session of 1S64-65. He voted for
the Thirteenth Amendment to the
Constitution of the United States and
took part in the election of George III.
Williams TO the United States Senate.
In 1864, he was admitted to practice
in the Supreme Court of Oregon.
Mr.. Quick's first wife was Miss Sar-
ah M. Updyke a native of Indiana.
The wedding took place in 1852. Two
children were born to this union, one
of whom is Emerson e. Quick, the
present Treasurer of Columbia County,
oregon. The other child and the
mother died in 1857. In 1859, Mr..
Quick married Miss Permelia e.
Young, of Montgomery County, Illi-
nois. The children of this union are:
Mrs. T. A. Fowles, of Mountaindale.
Washington County; Emmett o. Quick
and william d. Quick, of Forest
Grove; Mrs. A. T. Lewis, of Grants
Pass; ]. Warren QHick, of Ballston.
Polk County; Frederick Y. Quick, of
Corvallis, and Mrs. d. p. Trenholm,
of Philomath. The mother OF these
children died eleven years ago.
In 1902, Mr.. Quick married Martha
]. Anderson, of Halsey, Linn County,
who survives him, as do ten grand
children, one of whom is Miss Bertha
Fowles, who left the United States
last October to become missionary of
the Methodist Episcopal Church at
Umtali, Rhodesia. South Africa.
Mr.. Quick was a public-spirited cit
izen and was ever ready to assist in
any movement having for its object
the development Of Oregon. He was a
man of good legal ability. but prefer
red the farm life to the law and de-
voted most of his time to fruit rails
ing. In his death, Oregon loses anoth-
er of the grand old pioneers who res
cued the West from the wilderness
and gave to the Union its most va,ua-
BILE territory. His was useful and a
well-spent life.
Burial took place yesterday at
Hillsboro, on North Tualitin Plains. In
conformity with wish expressed a
short time before his death, his five
sons and a son-in-law acted as pail
bearers. The funeral was largely at
tended by oid-time neighbors and
friends Of the family