A. D. VICK was born July 12, 1823, in Livingston County, Ky., and is a son of Arthur and Nancy Vick. Mr. Vick spent his early years amid the active scenes of farm life, and in the common schools of the country received much more than an ordinary English education. He commenced farming on his own responsibility at the age of twenty-two years, devoting what leisure time he could spare from his labors in preparing himself for the profession of civil engineer, for which he early displayed a strong liking. Such was his progress in mathematical studies that in 1866 he was elected county surveyor of Livingston County, a position he filled with credit for a period of eight years, his last term expiring in 1874. He has made his home on a part of the homestead farm, and at the present time, in addition to his farming interest, is filling the position of deputy county clerk under his brother, John L. Vick. Mr. Vick was married December 24, 1845, to Mary Ann Buchannan, daughter of Patrick and Celia (Hale) Buchannan, of Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Vick have reared a family of eight children, namely: Lucy J., wife of T. H. Peck; Nancy A., deceased; Patrick R., James, John F., William R., Eliza R. and Silas.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 837.