| David O. Quick | |
| Office: | Member of the Oregon House of Representatives |
| Term: | 1864 - 1866 |
| Constituency: | Washington County |
| Birth Date: | August 27, 1829 |
| Birth Place: | Indiana |
| Death Date: | December 1910 (age 81) |
| Death Place: | Oregon |
| Party: | Republican |
| Spouse: | Sarah Updyke Amelia E. Young |
David O. Quick (August 27, 1829 - December 1910) was an American educator and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Indiana and a trained lawyer, he crossed the Oregon Trail where he was a school teacher and later farmer. He served one term as a Republican in the Oregon House of Representatives.
David Quick was born on August 27, 1829, in the state of Indiana.[1] [2] He later moved to Illinois where was a teacher and he read law under the direction of James Davis, and was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1850.[1] [2] He married Sarah Updyke and had son child, Emerson, before she died in 1857.[1] In 1858, he married Amelia E. Young, and they had seven children together; Elmer, Emerson O., William D., Anna May, Warren, Frederick, and Ada Gertrude.[1]
In 1859, Quick and his family crossed the Great Plains on the Oregon Trail to reach Oregon.[2] [3] Along the way, the family suffered hardships and had to sell most of their possession before Quick worked as a miner and earned enough to continue the journey.[3] After arriving, he was admitted to the Oregon bar in 1864.[1] The family settled in Washington County where Quick owned a hotel in Hillsboro along with a saw mill, as well as taught school.[1]
Quick was elected to the Oregon Legislative Assembly in 1864.[4] He served as a Republican in the House of Representatives for District 36 in Washington County.[4] He served one, two-year term in the legislature, present for both the 1864 regular session and the 1865 special session.[5]
Quick lived in Washington County until 1888,[3] and then moved to the community of Suver in Polk County.[3] [6] There he owned a nursery and a farm, living in that county for 12 years before later living in Linn and Benton counties.[2] [3] David O. Quick died in December 1910 in Grants Pass in Southern Oregon at the age of 81.[3]