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CHARLES F. CHICK - OF DARIEN, NY (#2)
Charles F. Chick, son of George and Jane (Percy) Chick, who came from England in 1852, was born in Buffalo at the Cold Springs, December 21, 1856. May 3, 1881, he married Carrie Welker, and in 1884 settled on the farm of 247 acres where he now resides, near the southeast corner of the town. Mr. Chick is an extensive dealer in half-breed Percheron horses and roadsters, mostly brought from Iowa. He also deals in cows from Canada, and in fertilizers, besides conducting his large farm and dairy of 35 cows.

FROM: Gazetteer and Biographical Record, of Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, NY 1890


LEROY TOWN, GENESEE COUNTY, NEW YORK GENWEB PROJECT
BIOGRAPHY CHARLES F. CHICK - OF DARIEN, NY

CHARLES F. CHICK - OF DARIEN, NY (#1) Chick, Charles F., P.O. Attica, NY-One of the most extensive and successful farmers and breeders of fine horses and cattle in Darien, Genesee County. NY, is Charles F. Chick, who has a farm of 186 acres. Mr. Chick is the son of George and Jane (Percy) Chick, who emigrated from England to Batavia, NY, in 1852, from which place, after six months, they removed to Buffalo. Mr. Chick and his twin brother, William, were born December 21, 1855, on the Charles F. West farm at Cold Spring, Buffalo, which farm of 300 acres his father conducted for nineteen years. His schooling was limited, but being a naturally intelligent youth with a keen perception, he made up for his lack of schooling by those best of teachers, observation and experience. In 1871 he removed with his parents to Bennington, NY, where he married Carrie, daughter of Henry Walker; their children were Henry and Arthur. Mrs. Chick died on January 29, 1894, and Mr. Chick married for his second wife, on December 30, 1895, Ella M., daughter of John and Elizabeth C. (Sterling) Foltz. Source: Our County and its people, A descriptive work on Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, NY 1890
CHARLES F. CHICK - OF DARIEN, NY (#2) Charles F. Chick, son of George and Jane (Percy) Chick, who came from England in 1852, was born in Buffalo at the Cold Springs, December 21, 1856. May 3, 1881, he married Carrie Welker, and in 1884 settled on the farm of 247 acres where he now resides, near the southeast corner of the town. Mr. Chick is an extensive dealer in half-breed Percheron horses and roadsters, mostly brought from Iowa. He also deals in cows from Canada, and in fertilizers, besides conducting his large farm and dairy of 35 cows. FROM: Gazetteer and Biographical Record, of Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, NY 1890

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