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M John Alexander Quick

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Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 48-49:
The Quick family prominent for several generations in Canada, has had able representatives in the township of Colchester South, County of Essex, in the late Cornelius R. Quick, and now in his capable daughter, Mrs. Annie A. (Quick) Brush, widow of the late Arthur B. Brush.
     The first of the family here was Alexander Quick, grandfather of Cornelius R., who was undoubtedly one of the large family of Quicks who were natives of Cornwall, England, though settled in the State of Kentucky, near Cincinnati, Ohio. Being unwilling to take up arms against England, he was obliged to leave his home, and with his entire family he moved to Canada, and settled on Lot 8, of the Gore, in the township of Colchester, at a time when there were but one or two families anywhere in the region. In those days the Indians were trouble-some and the family were obliged to protect their log cabin by a stockade of logs, set endwise in the ground. Tradition says that three of the daughters and one son of Alexander Quick were carried away captive by the Indians, and only two of the daughters were regained even by the payment of a ransom, though the son, Joseph, was released. Mr. Quick was well advanced in life when he went to Canada, and only survived a few years after the change. His sons were: Joseph, father of Cornelius R; Cornelius, who moved to Mersea; Elijah, who settled in Colchester South, and lived there until 1879, when he removed to the State of Michigan, and there remained; John, who located in Trenton, Michigan; Alexander, who resided in the township of Colchester South; and David, who removed to Illinois in 1865.
     Joseph Quick was born in Kentucky, about one mile from Cininnati, Ohio. He was the eldest of the family, and, with his sisters, was captured by the Indians. While two of his sisters were brought back, he was kept thirteen years before released through the agency of Col. Elliot, of Amherstburg. He followed his parents to Canada, and after his father's death he carried on the clearing of the farm and homestead, a tract of 200 acres in Lot 8, given his father by the government as a reward for his loyalty...

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 617-619:
Thomas E. Quick, one of the leading farmers and successful stock raisers of Mersea township, County of Essex, located on the north part of Concession 1, Lot 1, was born May 23, 1840, on this farm, and is a member of one of the old and honorable families of this section of Canada.
     The Quick family is of German extraction, and its early members came from Germany, settling in Pennsylvania, where Alexander G. Quick, the grandfather of our subject, was born and where he grew to manhood. During the Revolution in what is now the United States, this Alexander Quick showed his devotion to England by refusing to take up arms against her, preferring to sacrifice many material benefits for the sake of principle. When he came to Canada he located in Colchester township, County of Essex, Lot 8 of the Gore, at which time but a couple of families were established there. Indians were very troublesome, and it is even declared that three daughters of Mr. Quick were carried away by the savages, held for ransom and only two were ever recovered. Alexander Quick was already advanced in life when he came to Canada, and he lived but a few years afterwards. His sons, however, survived, five in number, as follows: John, a resident of Colchester; Cornelius, of Mersea; Elijah, who returned to the States; John, who spent his life at Ironton, Michigan; and Alexander, who lived and died in Colchester township.
     Cornelius Quick, second son of Alexander G., was born Sept. 12, 1785, in Pennsylvania, and accompanied his parents to Colchester township, County of Essex. In young manhood he came to Mersea township, and bought a tract of 100 acres of land east of Leamington, on which the remainder of his life was spent, and there he died at the age of eighty-five years, and was buried on Malott farm. About 1802 he married Elizabeth Knapp, born March 10, 1795, who died at the age of eighty-eight, and was buried in Lake View Cemetery. Their children were: Joseph, born Jan. 30, 1803, died in Ohio; Cornelius (2), born Dec. 12, 1806; Elizabeth, born Dec. 12, 1808, married Theodore Malott, Esq.; Catherine, born Jan. 31, 1810, married (first) Henry Tufflemire, and (second) Isaac Riley; Benjamin, born Jan. 6, 1812, died in Mersea township; John, born Jan. 21, 1814; Thomas, born Feb. 11, 1816; Rachel, born May 4, 1818, married Thomas Wiper; Mary Alice, born Nov. 12, 1820, married George Middleton; Martha, born June 9, 1822, married William Mills; Alexander, born Sept. 21, 1825, died in Mersea township; Mary Jane, born June 4, 1828, married John Wales; and Isaac, born Oct. 5, 1830, died in Mersea township. The parents of this family were both leading members of the Methodist Church.
     Cornelius Quick (2), son of Cornelius, was born Dec. 12, 1806, and grew to manhood at the homestead, obtaining the best schooling the district school afforded at the time. At maturity he began farming for himself, first on a ridge farm from which he removed to the one now operated by his son, Thomas E., a tract of seventy-five acres on Concession 1, where he spent his life. During the Rebellion of 1837-38, he served as a volunteer soldier in the British service, being promoted to the rank of sergeant. On account of his practical good sense and honorable upright life, Mr. Quick was well known in politics and in educational matters, where his judgment was consulted and his ideas carried out. He was a member of the Loyal Orange Association of Leamington. For a long period he was a member of the Methodist Church. He suffered for twenty years from a cancer, which terminated his life on July 2, 1884, after a long period of intense pain, which he bore with Christian fortitude.
     Cornelius Quick (2) married in Gosfield township, Catherine Malott, daughter of Theodore Malott, and she died in February, 1888, aged seventy-five years, and was buried by the side of her husband in Ruthven Cemetery. She had been a faithful and loving wife, and the devoted mother of these children: Cornelius, who lives in Gosfield township; Zenis, who perished on Lake Erie with his son; Joseph, a resident of Windsor; Thomas E., of this sketch; Julia, wife of George Fox, of Gosfield township; Elizabeth, wife of James Fox, of Gosfield township; and Eliza, deceased wife of Samuel Randall.
     Thomas E. Quick was reared on the family homestead, and remained with his father until the latter's death. He had been educated in the common schools of the locality and had grown up with a complete knowledge of all the details of farming. He took charge of the farm after his father's retirement, and has been cultivating it ever since, meeting with success in his efforts. Mr. Quick owns very fertile land, adapted to the growing of excellent crops of all kinds, and very suitable for the culture of tobacco. He has devoted considerable attention, also, to the breeding of first-class stock. His substantial buildings and other improvements mark the home of a thrifty and capable agiculturist.
     In 1860, in Mersea township, Mr. Quick married Elizabeth Ives, daughter of Francis and Angeline (Clukey) Ives, and eight children were born to them, namely: Mariah became the wife of Alexander Gow, of Leamington, and has three children, Lester, Layton and Elizabeth. Oscar died in young manhood, in Illinois. Jeanette is the wife of Peter Bussey, of North Ridge, and has four children, Loyal, Frederick, Bertha and Jennie M. Orville, of Marine City, Michigan, married Lydia Arnold, and has two children, Nellie and Lucy. Stafford, a farmer in Leamington, married Annie Bailey, and they have three children, Eber, Flossie and Olive H. Ambrose, of Mersea township, married Alice Beatty, and they have three children, Walter, Ross and Glenn. Almira, wife of Ephraim Stockwell, of Leamington, has one son, Everett. Everett is at home.
     Although Mr. Quick does not consider himself a politician, he is a stanch supporter of the Liberal party. He has served as school trustee, and is always willing to turn his influence in the interest of local improvements and educational progression. Fraternally he is a Mason and an active member of the Loyal Orange Association, No. 290, of Leamington. He attends the Methodist Church, and bases his religious creed upon the teachings of the Golden Rule.