Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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HIRAM CHICK, 
 
of Los Angeles, is a native of Ohio, born oil a farm in Scioto County, November 
29, 1829. His father, Charles Chick, was a stone-cutter by trade. Hiram left
home in 1854, came to California and located on a farm near Stockton, in the San 
Joaquin Valley, and engaged in the stock and grain business, in which he was 
successful, owning at one time a ranch of about 1,600 acres. He left Stockton 
about 1871 and came with his family to Los Angeles, where he engaged in teaming 
oil quite an extensive scale, doing at the same time a local hack business. He 
married in 1854, in Scioto County, Ohio, Laura, daughter of Jonathan and Mary 
(Andrews) Smith. Mrs. Chick is also a native of Scioto County, born June 7, 
1835. She has six children living: William, born November 22, 1856; Martinez, 
August 22, 1858; Leroy, December 2, 1860; Charles, June 28, 1862; Lillie Bell, 
July 16, 1864, now Mrs. William Patten, of Los Angeles; and Louis C., October 
25, 1869. Three children are deceased: Nenah died at Stockton, Dec. 3,1868, aged 
thirteen years; Mary died August 6, 1866, an infant; and Hiram Clayton died in 
Los Angeles, November 25,1888, at the age of twenty-one years. Three of these 
sons are now engaged in the livery business on Fifth street, Los Angeles, and by 
five years of diligent attention to the wants of the public in their line, have 
built up an enviable reputation for reliability, and enjoy a liberal patronage. 
The firm of Chick Brothers is composed of William, Leroy and Charles. William 
married Miss Mary Cakebread, of Martinez, California, May 18, 1888. Leroy 
married Miss Alice, daughter of Rev. S. Bristol, of Ventura, February 13, 1889.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, 1889   Page 718
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler