Cyrus Quick
Cyrus Quick is a representative of one of the pioneer families of Ohio, his grandfather, David Quick, settling in Washington Township, Holmes County, on Mohigan Creek, five miles east of Loudonville, in 1812. David Quick was born in New Jersey, and when a mere boy was bound out and went to live in Bedford County, Penn. He was married when twenty-one years old to Anna Jennings, who was a little past seventeen years of age. They were both of humble parentage, and both had been bound out when children, so the similarity of their experiences drew them together, and although they were young they decided to unite their energies and together make a home. In 1812 they left Pennsylvania with a family of ten children and started for the then new country of Ohio. They bought three quarter-sections of land of Isaac Bonnet and Riddle, and began its cultivation. The father died in 1825, leaving the mother to care for the family alone, which she did nobly, rearing them all to be useful men and women. Their ten children were Cornelius, Benjamin, Maria, Nancy, David, Elizabeth, Thomas, Sarah, Harriet and Isaac. Isaac Quick, the youngest of the family, was three years old when they came to Holmes County, and was twelve when his father died. He inherited 160 acres of the homestead, which is still in his name. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Emerick) Lyberger, whose family consisted of twelve children, of whom Mrs. Quick was the fifth. To Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Quick were born nine children: Eunice, Jacob, David, John W., Rebecca, Maria, Abigail, Cornelius, and Cyrus; of these, Jacob, John W., and Cyrus are the only ones living. Mr. Quick died in 1860, and Mrs. Quick now makes her home with her son Cyrus. Cyrus Quick was reared on the homestead where he was born, and was given the advantages of the common schools. He has pursued the vocation of a farmer and stock dealer, and has been successful in his business transactions. In 1871 he married Barbara Workman, a daughter of Morgan Workman, and they have three children: Morgan, Katie and John Wesley. Mr. Quick is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he holds a local preacher's license. He casts his suffrage with the Prohibition Party.
From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Wayne and Holmes, Ohio, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1889