Dick, Mungo - Rev.

THE DICK FAMILY.

Rev. Mungo Dick, of the Associate Reformed Church, came from Dundee, Scotland, about 1800, and settled on Sewickley Creek. He was for many years stationed pastor at Brush Creek, Mount Pleasant, and Sewickley Churches. About 1829 he quit preaching at Mount Pleasant, in 1832 he retired from Bethel (Brush Creek), and in 1836 from Sewickley. In 1815 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Jeremiah Murry, of this county. He was born in 1772, and died in 1840. His wife died in 1876. Their children were:

1. Matilda, died young.
2. Rev. Jeremiah, an eminent Associate Reformed clergyman of Oregon.
3. Mungo, a farmer living on the old homestead.
4. Rev. John N., the pastor of the old Brush Creek Church (now Bethel).
5. Mary Ann, married to Rev. James Greer and deceased.
6. Elizabeth, unmarried.
7. James A., banker in West Newton, born in 1824, and married to Mary A., daughter of James Watt, of Latrobe.
8. David M., removed to Iowa and Missouri, in which latter State he died.

Rev. Mungo Dick, the emigrant and ancestor of the family of this county, was a man of a strong will and great intellectual powers, and for over a third of a century expounded the gospel with great success. He left the impress of his strong mind on three flourishing congregations over which he zealously ministered with ability and piety.