History of Lee County, Illinois - Bushnell Historical Society

202 HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY
On the 27th of January, 1896, Mr. Jones was united in marriage
to Mss Emma Eloover, a daughter of James and JVIirmie Hoover.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones have six children, Viola, Alta, Dorothy, James
W., Esther and Margaret. The parents are members of the Con-
gregational church and Mr. Jones gives his political allegiance to
the republican party. He belongs to Lodge No. 1004, I. 0. O. P.,
and is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. His life
has been such as to give him a high standing in the eyes of the
coimnunity and his record is a credit to a name that has long been
an honored one in his locality.
FRED G. DIMICK.
Thirteen years have come and gone since Fred G. Dimick en-
tered the office of the county clerk in the capacity of deputy and,
like his superior, William C. Thompson, he seems to know every
phase of the work in principle and detail. He was born in Dixon
in 1864 and is a son of Alfred S. and Emma M. (Levering) Dimick,
who arrived in Lee county in 1855, casting in their lot with
its early settlers. The father embarked in business in Dixon as
a boot and shoe merchant and conducted his store Avith growing
success imtil 1883, when, having acquired a substantial compe-
tence through his well directed efforts, he ]'etired to private life.
He has now reached the advanced age of eighty-nine years and
is numbered among the most I'espectcd as well as the most ven-
erable citizens of Dixon.
Fred G. Dimick was one of a family of six children, five of
whom are yet living. Excellent educational opiwrtunities were
accorded him, his public-school course being supplemented by study
in Dixon College, from which he was graduated with the class
of 1883. For two years thereafter he was in the employ of the
Hlinois Central Railroad Company and later spent six years at
Pullman, Illinois, in the service of the Pullman Palace Car Company.
He then went to Chicago in 1893 and occupied a position
in the customs house during the period of the World's Colum-
bian Exposition. Later he was located at Le Mars. Town, for
two yeai'S, and since 1897 he has resided continuously in Dixon,
where he holds the position of deputy coimty clerk. He is now a
candidate for the position of county clerk and should he be elected
to the office will prove a most capable official. He is already thor-