Dicks, Arthur H.

Submitted by Mike Miller

Dicks, Arthur H, prominent in real estate and insurance circles in New Orleans, is a native of this city, born June 3, 1869. His parents were George W. and Josephine (Richards) Dicks, the former a native of Mississippi and the latter of the Danish West Indies. George W. Dicks was born in Natchez and educated in his native state. At the outbreak of tlic Civil war he joined Fenner 's battery, one of the famous organizations taking part in that ever memorable conflict. At the close of the war be settled in New Orleans where he remained until his death, some years later, the remote cause of which was a wound received in battle.

The Dicks are of Scotch-Irish ancestry and in Mr. Dicks' ancestry are the Huntingtons, who were prominent in Colonial and Revolutionary days. Arthur H. Dicks is the elder of 2 children, the other being a sister, Ella, who now resides in New Orleans. Mr. Dicks began his business career at the age of 14 as a clerk in a commission house, where he remained about 7 years. He was for a considerable time with the firm of Sam Henderson & Co., general insurance agents, and filled successfully and to their satisfaction various positions in their office and for a time represented them in Louisiana, having exclusive charge of personal, accident and liability business. He began business for himself in 1889 as representative of the Georgia Life Insurance Co., of Macon, and the Maryland Casualty Co., of Baltimore, adding to this business some years later a real estate department. In this latter he has come to be one of the successful dealers in the city and is recognized authority on all valuations of property. He is a member of the New Orleans Real exchange, Association of Commerce, the Stratford club, and has attained the Royal Arch degree in Masonry.

Source: Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 126-127. Edited by Alcee Fortier, Lit.D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.