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D. O. Quick
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David O. Quick (August 27, 1829 – December 1910) was an American educator and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Indiana and a trained lawyer, he crossed the Oregon Trail where he was a school teacher and later farmer. He served one term as a Republican in the Oregon House of Representatives.
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Early years
David Quick was born on August 27, 1829, in the state of Indiana.[1][2] He later moved to Illinois where was a teacher and he read law under the direction of James Davis, and was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1850.[1][2] He married Sarah Updyke and had son child, Emerson, before she died in 1857.[1] In 1858, he married Amelia E. Young, and they had seven children together; Elmer, Emerson O., William D., Anna May, Warren, Frederick, and Ada Gertrude.[1]
In 1859, Quick and his family crossed the Great Plains on the Oregon Trail to reach Oregon.[2][3] Along the way, the family suffered hardships and had to sell most of their possession before Quick worked as a miner and earned enough to continue the journey.[3] After arriving, he was admitted to the Oregon bar in 1864.[1] The family settled in Washington County where Quick owned a hotel in Hillsboro along with a saw mill, as well as taught school.[1]
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Political career
Quick was elected to the Oregon Legislative Assembly in 1864.[4] He served as a Republican in the House of Representatives for District 36 in Washington County.[4] He served one, two-year term in the legislature, present for both the 1864 regular session and the 1865 special session.[5]
Later years
Quick lived in Washington County until 1888,[3] and then moved to the community of Suver in Polk County.[3][6] There he owned a nursery and a farm, living in that county for 12 years before later living in Linn and Benton counties.[2][3] David O. Quick died in December 1910 in Grants Pass in Southern Oregon at the age of 81.[3]
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