Monroe County, New York History
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Biographical Sketches of Monroe County ResidentsQ
James S. QUICKEpages 946 & 949
James S. QUICKE, secretary of the SECURITY BUILDING COMPANY, is one of the more recent additions to the business circles of Rochester, having become connected with its interests in 1900. He was born in Devonshire, England, April 26, 1870. His father, William QUICKE, a business man of Devonshire, died in that place. When but fourteen years of age James S. QUICKE left home and joined the British navy with which he was connected for a year and nine months and was then honorably discharged for disability. During a part of the time of his connection with the military service of Great Britain he was in Egyptian waters. Returning home, Mr. QUICKE remained in Devonshire for six months and then went to Johannesburg, Africa, where he continued for four months. Again he spent a short time in England and on the 26th of March, 1887, landed at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, having crossed the Atlantic to the new world, attracted by the reports concerning its broader business opportunities and the larger scope for individual advancement. Going to Scranton, Pennsylvania, he there engaged in the real estate business and has since continued in this department of activity. Entering the employ of a real estate firm, he made it his purpose to thoroughly master the business and his adaptibility [sic] and worth led to successive promotions until he had full charge of the business for the company which he represented. While in Scranton he was quite prominent in public affairs for a young man and for five years was president of the INDEPENDENT HOSE COMPANY of that city. On the 3d of July, 1900, Mr. QUICKE arrived in Rochester, where he opened a real estate office and has since spent his time in the handling of property interests, thoroughly acquainting himself with the realty that is upon the market and the prices which prevail. In 1902 he organized the SECURITY BUILDING COMPANY, studying out the idea and perfecting the organization, which was formed in accordance with progressive business methods. He is now secretary of the company and is regarded as a thorough business man, displaying marked zeal and enthusiasm as well as energy and perseverance in the conduct of his interests. The company have a beautiful suite of rooms in the Insurance building and its clientage is continually growing. The company has already taken prominent rank among the business firms and corporations of the city and although in existence for but five years, has met with gratifying success. Mr. QUICKE is a man of many friends and is popular in various fraternal organizations. He belongs to Rochester lodge, No. 660, A. F. & A. M.; Ionic chapter, No. 210, R. A. M.; Doric council, No. 19, R. & S. M.; Monroe commandery, No. 12, K. T.; and the Rochester consistory. He is likewise affiliated with Damascus Temple of the Mystic Shrine and with Lalla Rookh Grotto. His fraternal relations also extend to the Knights of Pythias lodge and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, while his religious faith is indicated in his membership in the Central church. Politically a republican, he takes a deep interest in the party and its successes. His has been a somewhat eventful career, of varied experiences and of wide travel, and the lessons of life which he learned in youth concerning the value of character and the forcefulness of intense and well directed energy have borne fruit in his later years, making him one of the highly respected as well as successful business men of Rochester. |
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