Alexander Miligan Dick and Mary Catherine Benford

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Husband Alexander Miligan Dick ^{1 2}

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           Born: 6 Jan 1848 - Sewickley Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Father: John M. Dick (1809-      ) 1
         Mother: Maria McClintock (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 25 Dec 1873 1

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Wife Mary Catherine Benford ^{1 2}

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         Father: John Corpning Benford (      -      ) 1 2
         Mother: Maria Poole (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Ada M. Dick ¹

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           Born: 13 Nov 1875 1
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2 F Mary E. C. Dick ¹

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           Born: 14 Feb 1880 1
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General Notes: Husband - Alexander Miligan Dick

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He was reared in the rural atmosphere of Sewickley township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and after leaving the common schools was engaged for more than three years as manager of the store of A. Wagoner, of Bell's Mills. In 1872 he traveled in eastern Pennsylvania and later in the same year went to West Newton, entering the store of S. C. Weimer, in which he remained thirteen years as general clerk. In August, 1885, he was appointed postmaster at West Newton by President Cleveland. In connection with the post-office he had a book and stationery store. In 1882, together with Dr. J. H. Richey, of West Newton, he purchased the " Old Oliver Farm " and laid out what is now called Collinsburg (just below West Newton), which became a nice-sized village. He was an uncompromising democrat and took an aggressive part in political affairs. He served as school director of his borough and was secretary of the board of trustees of the United Presbyterian church, to which his wife and daughter also belonged. He was secretary of the West Newton gas company, also.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 293.

2 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 112.