Cumberland County, Maine - Kimball J. Dike
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Biography
Kimball J. Dike
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 675-676


Kimball J. Dike, a representative farmer of Sebago, who occupies the old
homestead formerly owned by his father, was born here on March 27, 1825, son of
Edward and Susan ('Wood) Dike. Mr. Dike descends from Massachusetts ancestry,
his paternal grandfather, Jonathan Dike, having been a native of that State.
Edward Dike, Mr. Dike's father, who was born in Massachusetts, came to Sebago in
1855, when he was eight years of age; and his boyhood and youth were passed upon
a farm. In young manhood he adopted agriculture as an occupation; and,
succeeding eventually to the possession of the farm which had been his home
since coming to Maine, he continued to cultivate the soil during the active
period of his life. He died at the age of seventy-three years; but his wife,
whose maiden name was Susan Wood, lived to reach the age of eighty-three years.
She was the mother of nine children, five sons and four daughters, of whom three
are now living.

Kimball J. Dike passed his boyhood in attending the district school, which was
located two miles from his home; and he walked to and from the school-house
daily while pursuing his studies. At the age of seventeen he commenced life for
himself by working upon different farms in his neighborhood, an occupation which
he followed until his marriage, when he settled upon the homestead farm, where
he has since continued to reside. His property contains one hundred and twenty-
five acres of well-improved land. The soil is fertile and productive; and he has
devoted his energies to general farming with excellent results, his prosperity
being of that substantial kind which always follows the exercise of careful
judgment and strict attention to every detail in farm management.

Mr. Dike was united in marriage with Asenath Stevens in 1843, and has had seven
children, as follows: George, Mary, Simeon C., James E., Clarissa S., Jennie H.,
and Sadie. Mrs. Asenath S. Dike died in 1883, aged sixty-seven years. In
politics Mr. Dike supports the principles of the Republican party, and he is
deeply interested in the Patrons of Husbandry, of which organization he is a
member.