A Dickinson Family of Virginia and Illinois

Eureka, Illinois, 1955

FOREWORD

This narrative is made up from data collected by Elijah W. Dickinson of Eureka, Illinois and Hugh Quarles Dickinson of Louisa, Virginia, with other data and family tradition furnished by Major Ralph Dickinson of Dunedin, Florida, Miss Mary Waller Dickinson of Culpeper, Virginia, Mrs. Harry Manning Woodward of Louisa, Virginia, Mrs. Dwain E. Wood of Dexter, Kansas, and others. Dr. Burrus Dickinson of Eureka, Illinois has furnished valuable assistance in editing and publishing. The late· Professor William E. Dickinson of the University of West Virginia made a considerable study of the family history but unfortunately his records were lost after his death so are not available. Any account covering so wide an extent as this in time and locality, will undoubtedly have errors, and there are plainly many omissions. However, as far as it goes this record is believed to be reasonably correct and is offered in an effort to add to our knowledge of the family history. Correspondence concerning it will be welcomed.

Richard J. Dickinson Eureka, Illinois 1955 tssr QUAM\J\~ ~~~~~n~l08&

COAT OF ARMS

·This is the coat of arms used by Virginia Dickinsons, and shown as the frontispiece of the Massachusetts Dickinson Book of 1884. In the original the background is dark green, the cross is gold and the heads a reddish golden brown. In the Massachusetts Dickinson Book -Rev. Charles A. Dickinson stated that these arms adorned the Kenson Manor House and were used by the earliest of the Dickinsons. He quoted Wharton Dickinson.

"These arms are certainly as old as the reign of Henry III. They tell an intere~ting story of some of our ancestors. The green fields and the hinds heads signify that the wearers were rangers in royal forests, most likely Epping Forest in Yorkshire, which was established by ~✓illiam the Conqueror and his son Rufus. The cross was not added until the time of the last crusaqe under E4ward I, and signifies that some of the Dickinsoris were e~gaged in thit holy war_,,··

Smith, in Colonial Families in An1erica, Vol. I, shows a coat of arms with three lions, stating that it was used by Obadiah Dickinson of Hartford, Conn., to seal his will in 1798. She also describes the coat of arms shown here, quotes the motto and states that these arms were brought to America by the brothers Walter, Henry and John. She also mentions three other designs which have been used at one time or another. However, Wha"rton Dickinson and others, in the Massachusetts Dickinson Book, state that the one illustrated here is undoubtedly the oldest and most generally used. The motto "Esse Quam Videri" (To be, rather than to seem) is quoted in a number of Dickinson family records.

CONTENTS

Coat of Arms ...... 5

Origin of Name...... 7

Appearance of Family in Virginia...... 8

System of Numbering ...... 10

Descendants of Richard and Ann Quarles Dickinson ...... 11

Dickinsons in Illinois ...... 39

Notes ...... 61

General Notes ...... 68

ORIGIN

The origin of the name Dickinson is not certain. There is a Norse account of a soldier named Ivar, a favorite of King Halfden Huilbein of Norway, who was made General of the Army and, about 725 or perhaps later, married Enrittea the King's daughter. Their great grandson Rolf, or Rollo "the most adventurous prince of his age" was a leader of the Norsemen who overran Normandy in 910. His youngest son Walter received the town and castle of Caen as his inheritance. Walter's son, or grandson, Walter de Caen accom­ panied William the Conqueror to England. The Massachusetts Dickinson Book has substantially this same account in considerable detail in the appen­ dix p 195, probably furnished by Wharton Dickinson. Most sources refer to this Walter who lived in the town of Caen (hence Walter de Caen, and Walter de Caen' s son) who came to England in the Norman Invasion and settled at Kenson Castle, hence Walter de Kenson. Smith in Colonial Families in America, Vol. I, gives this as the probable origin. The Massachusetts Dickinsons have a record, with a reference to Walter de Caen, of a Robert Dyconson who lived in Northrawe Durham about 1230. His descendants continued in England for fourteen generations. In the fifteenth generation one John Dickenson ( as the name was spelled by that time) was a "marriner"; came to New England, was at Barnstable, Mass., in 1639 and later lived at Salisbury. The Virginia Dickinsons have a record which refers to Walter de Caen of Kenson Manor, Yorkshire. It names Johnne DyKonson of Kingston-on­ Hull, Yorkshire, who died there in 1316. His line continued in that neighbor­ hood until William Dickinson ( as he spelled the name) in the eleventh generation moved to Staffordshire and died there in 1599. His grandson Charles Dickinson lived in London, died 1632. Charles' son Henry moved in 1654 to the region of Spottsylvania, Virginia. Hening, in the West Virginia Quarterly, writing on Captain John Dick­ inson, mentions John and Henry Dickinson as early settlers in the Virginia Colony. John entered the colonial military service, as a Captain. He had a son, also named John, who was in the service from Augusta County. He states that from this Captain John have descended most of the Dickinsons in Virginia, and that they first settled in Caroline, Cumberland and Spottsylvania Counties. Wharton Dickinson, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, relates that a Dr. Edmund Dickinson of London, court physician to both Charles II and James II, was 8 A DICKINSON FAMILY the father of John and Henry above. He further ran the line back to a John Dickinson of Leeds, in the period of Henry VII. '.:. \X(hartop Dickinson also stated that these two had another brother, Walter (~if~ Jlachael .Means) who_ . lived _in Lancaster County, Virginia, and later moved to :_Maryland where he left .a number of distinguished descendants, ~µ.~lud~ng Governor John Dickinson ''The Pennsylvania Farmer'' and Governor

Philemon. Dickinson.. ... Wharton was also of this line. ·. Stille~ in "The Life and Times of John Dickinson" mentions these three brothers,. John, Henry and Walter, as coming to Virginia in 1654. He also states-.-that Walter moved in 1659 to Talbot ·County Maryland, was ancestor of the Pennsylvania Dickinsons, etc. He further states that the three brothers were sons of one Charles Dickinson who died in London in 1654. The sons, who were Quakers, then came to Virginia to escape persecution. · · · The 1fassachusetts Dickinson Book states that this Charles Dickinson, a merchant of London (wife Rachael Carter) , was a son of Symon Dickinson of Bradley and his wife Catherine Dudley. It shows, page 160, that Symon descended from Hugh de Kenson, and Catherine from Edward III.

APPEARANCE OF THE FAMILY IN VIRGINIA These records are conflicting in various \vays but they indicate a probable approximation of the origin and development of the name, and of the appearance of the fan1ily in Virginia. ·· Wharton Dickinson, '1vith William J. Dickinson of Brickley' s Mill~. Virginia, arid Dr. Smelt Winston Dickinson of Marion, Virginia, had consider­ able correspondence concerning their studies of the family line, resulting in their belief that the Henry, b 1623, mentioned by Stille and by Wharton Dickinson, had a son :Richard, who had a son Henry, who had a son Nathaniel, wife Mary, who lived in Spottsylvania County, Virginia, and died there in 1753. The foregoing should be classed as family tradition rather than history as we do not have sufficient evidence to support it fully. However, when we come to Nathaniel we have definite and reliable information. His will, and other references in Virginia county records, show that he had several children, among them a son named Nathaniel, wife Elizabeth, who also lived in Spott­ sylv~!lia County. ·This second Nathaniel died in 1775 leaving several children. See General Notes page 68. This Nathaniel evidently was in the Continental army for his land bounty as sergeant was paid to his son Richard as his heir in 1782. · OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 9

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...... ' Rlch::r:i Dickir.s:::n Ann Quarles

This son Richard b Oct. 14, 1750 - d 1804, was married Mar. 11, 1779, to Ann Quarles, b 1760 - d 1843, daughter of William Quarles and Mary Mills Quarles. They were married by Rev. - - Douglas (Douglas Records page 18) . They lived on a plantation in the extreme western part of Spott­ sylvania County, about a mile fror.:1 the Orange County line. This was probably "Mercer Hall" as vve know that Ann lived at Mercer Hall during her widow­ hood. See General Notes Page 68. A water color portrait of Richard and Ann, made just before their marriage, was taken to Kentucky by their daughter Elizabeth, ,vho married William Tandy and lived in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Their grandson, William T. Tandy, a banker in Hopkinsville, had the picture photographed and there are a number of copies of the photograph in the family. A copy is shown above; the original is now owned by Elizabeth's great granddaughter, Mrs. James B. Winfree, No. 5534, of Hopkinsville, Ky. Another portrait of Ann Quarles is now owned by her great great granddaughter, Mary Waller Dickinson, No. 2416, of Culpeper, Va., a copy on page 68. There is a family tradition that Richard served in the Revolution under Gen. Hugh Mercer. It relates that. while he was away at war Ann heard that the British were coming near. She took baby Willian1 in her arms and, with 10 A DICKINSON FAMILY only a slave for escort, rode horseback to her father's home for protection. The frequent appearance of the name Mercer in the list of Richard's descend­ ants gives some weight to the tradition. William, son of second Nathaniel, had three sons, John, Thomas and William, Jr., who all lived in Spottsylvania County. Elijah, another son of second Nathaniel, was married in Louisa County on Dec. 3, 1783 by Rev. Douglas (Douglas Records page 22). Thus there were probably a considerable number descended from the two Nathaniels but we have no further record of any of them except Richard. His descendants, so far as known, are shown in the following pages.

SYSTEM OF NUMBERING For convenience in listing and reference, the children of Richard and Ann Quarles Dickinson are numbered chronologically. The grandchildren are also numbered chronologically, in each family, and the child's number affixed to the right of the parent's number; and so on for each succeeding generation. In listing, these numbers are offset further from the edge for each generation, thus making it easier to follow any particular generation through a large family. In case there were more than nine children in a family, the tenth child is numbered 9a, the eleventh numbered 9b, etc. For example, Richard and Ann's eighth child was Elijah who is consequently number 8. Elijah's tenth child was Roger Burrus who is hence number 89a. Roger Burrus' third child was the writer who is 89a3. The numbers used in the previous booklet were based on a list furnished years ago by cousins in Virginia, evidently from memory, for recently the dis­ covery of the old family bible, now owned by 1-1rs. James B. Winfree of Hop­ kinsville, Ky., which lists the birth dates with the names, shows the same children but with a different chronological order. This authentic written record is accepted as correct and is used as the basis for numbering in this booklet. This explains why the numbering in this booklet is different from that in the previous one. OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 11

DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD AND ANN QUARLES DICKINSON

1 William Dickinson b 2-4-i780 d 9-26-1853 m 12-23-1805 Jane Crawford. Note A 2 Nathaniel Dickinson b 1-9-1782 m ~fartha Gray 0£ Patrick Co. lived Orange C. H. 21 Eliza Dickinson Todd lived in Missouri. T ,vo sons lived in Kentucky 22 Mary Dickinson Ellis lived in Missouri 23 Twin of No. 24 d at birth 24 Hugh Mercer Dickinson m 6-27-1337 Susan Katherine Mansfield, Note B

241 \Villiam ChrisJan Dickbso:i Julia Wood Coleman Dickinson

241 Willian1 Christian Dickinson 1843-1923 m Julia Wood Coleman 1844-1924. Spottsylvania Co. Outstanding citizen and church man 2411 Anne Gray Dickinson, Culpeper, Va. 2412 Florence Lee Dickinson din childhood 2413 Mercer Clay Dickinson b 6-29-1871 d 12-1-1947 Fred­ ericksburg, Va. m Caroline Belle Frazier of Orange Co. 2414 James Kay Dickinson m Elizabeth Cave, Fredericksburg 24141 Elizabeth Dickinson m William Thorburn, Fredericksburg 12 A DICKINSON FAMILY

24142 William Cave Dickinson m Elizabeth Pemberton, Fredericksburg 241421 William Cave Dickinson, Jr. 241422 Betsy Ann Dickinson 241423 Nancy Kay Dickinson 241424 Raleigh Dickinson 241425 Thomas Dickinson 24143 Ella May Dickinson m Corban Massie, Arlington, Va. 241431 Bettie Kay Massie 241432 James William Massie 24144 Hugh Mercer Dickinson m Virginia Bowie, Fredericksburg 241441 Virginia May Dickinson 241442 Bov✓ ie Dickinson 24145 James K. Dickinson, Jr. "Trigger" m Doris Howard, Fredericksburg 241451 Doris Jean Dickinson 24146 Dorothy Waller Dickinson m William H. Trent, Lynchburg 24147 Eugene Andrew Dickinson m Bernice Green, Fredericksburg 2415 Lindsay Byrd Dickinson m Susan Harris \Villis, d 1924 Fredericksburg 24151 Bessie Byrd Pickinson, m Thomas Clark, Alexandria, Va. 24152 Julia Christian Dickinson, m Ralph Sharps, Culpeper, Va. 24153 Susan Willis Dickinson, m John T. Grigsby, Richmond, Va. 241531 John T. Grigsby, Jr. 241532 Lindsay Calvin Grigsby 241533 \Y/illiam Dickinson Grigsby 241534 Herman Candler Grigsby 24154 Mary Gray Dickinson, m Richard Quintus Richards, Jr., Ft. Myers, Fla., Note C. 241541 Susan Larmon Richards, see 2429b 11 241542 Richard Quintus Richards III, see 2429h12 OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 13

241543 Lindsay Byrd Richards, see 2429b13 24155 Eugenie Willis Dickinson, m Hugh Larmon Richards, Ft. Myers, Fla., Note C. 241551 Hugh Larmon Richards, Jr., see 2429b21 241552 Frank Larmon Richards, see 2429b22 24156 Lindsay Byrd Dickinson, Jr. m Hazel Atkins, Fredericksburg 241561 Hazel Byrd Dickinson, b 1-10-1949 241562 Mary Lin Dickinson, b 4-21-1950 241563 Virginia Anne Dickinson, b 8-10-1951 241564 Robert Lindsay Dickinson, b 12-12-1952 2415 7 Isabella Herndon Dickinson, m Taylor Scott, Fredericksburg 241571 Susan Taylor Scott, b 12-5-1949 241572 Sarah Daggett Scott, b 6-12-1952 24158 Frank Powell Dickinson, 2416 Mary Waller Dickinson, Teacher, Alexandria, Va. Note D 2417 Martha Teasdale Dickinson, Culpeper, Va. 2418 Hugh Quarles Dickinson m Mabel Baker, Orange, Va. 24181 Julia Coleman Dickinson m 11-23-1951 Thomas Edward Graves 241811 Thomas Edward Graves, Jr. b 10-8-1952 24182 Hugh Quarles Dickinson III 2419 William Streit Dickinson m Christine Duval, Fredericksburg, Note Af 24191 Margaret Duval Dickinson m John Milton Garnett, Jr. Orange, Va. 241911 John M. Garnett III 24192 William Streit Dickinson, Jr. m Elizabeth Thompson, Norfolk, Va. 241921 Elizabeth Ann Dickinson d infant 241922 Sharon Jean Dickinson 24193 Robert Duval Dickinson m Anne Dawideit, Fredericksburg 241931 Ann Marie Dickinson 241932 Robert Duval Dickinson, Jr. b 11-20-1950 241933 Harry Gordon Dickinson b 12-5-1951 24194 Mercer Clay Dickinson d 1941 14 A DICKINSON FAi.,HLY

Quintus Richards 242 Florence Mercer Dic.kinso:i Rich:.r js

242 Florence Mercer Dickinson b 8-28-1847 d 12-2-1915 m 10-16-1866 Quintus Richards d 11-7-1920 2421 Morgan Richards b 8-3-1870 d 11-19-1942 m Sadie Youngblood d Nov. 1902 24211 James Quintus Richards b Nov. 1902, Unmarried d 1920 2421 Morgan Richards m 2nd. Belle Wise No children 2422 Clarence Richards b 1-12-1874 m Nov. 1912 Grace Bedenbaugh 24221 Eleanor Florence Richards Unmarried d 1933 24222 Clarence B. Richards n1 Ruby Lee Sugars 242221 Clarence Arthur Richards 242222 Andrew Mercer Richards 242223 David Lee Richards 2423 Laura l\fansfield Richards b 10-8-1875 d 5-13-1953 m 12-26-1899 William Snowden Hitt 2424 Della Olive Richards m 2-5-1877 d 5-22-1942 m 12-30- 1902 John C. Coulter, Columbia So. Carolina 24241 John Mansfield Coulter b 4-29-1916 m 1-16-1942 Louisa Ferguson b 4-6-1914 242411 John Mansfield Coulter, Jr. b 9-17-1943 242412 Leroy Ferguson Coulter b 10-23-1945 OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 15

24242 Richard Richards Coulter b 1-11-1918 m Margaret Robinson b 9-12-1919 242421 Anne Carroll Coulter b 12-20-1944 242422 Richard Richards Coulter, Jr. b 8-7-1946 242423 Della Robinson Coulter b 10,27, 1949 2425 Dr. Henry Mercer Richards b 12-7-1879 d 4-6-1934 m Stella Nesbit 24251 William Thomas Richards m Mari~n Phillips, La Grange, Ga. 24252 Morgan Richards m Helen Hagen 24253 Two sons d infants 24254 2426 Gertrude Richards b 12-8-1880 m Edmind Carlos May, Sandersville, Ga. 24261 Mary Florence May m J. D. Helms 24262 Sarah Mercer May unmarried. 24263 Hugh 0. May m Susie Maude Lock:bart 242631 Bettie Sue May 242632 Florence Mercer May 242633 Hugh May, Jr. 24264 Frank A. May m Pearl Maeris 242641 Robert May 24265 Edmond C. May b Voncelle Sanders, fll 2nd. Mrs. Belen Harrison 24266 William May m Grace Manning 242661 Sarah Mercer May 242662 Sandria May 24267 Richard May m Bettie Byrd 242671 Son 242672 Daughter 2427 Susie Dickinson Richards b 3-10-1883 d 12-1-1952 m 11-2-1907 Fred Smith Stokes, d 12-1-1952,forsyth, Ga. 24271 Florence Mercer Stokes m J. Frank Vaughan 242711 Susie Vaughan 242712 J. Frank Vaughan, Jr. 24272 Sidney B. Stokes m Mary McLurkeo 242721 Freda Ann Stokes 2428 Eugenia Richards b 8-12-1884 m Fauce lforton 2429 Ida Florence Richards b 8-29-1886 m 10,30,1910 George Thomas Lancaster 2429a · Florence May Richards b 5-27-1889 m Roderick Newton Bryan, 11ulberry, Fla. 16 A DICKINSON FAMILY

2429al Roderick Bryan, Jr. m Jane Ann Grubb 2429a 11 Roderick Bryan III 2429a12 Gale Ann Bryan 2429a2 Nancy Katherine Bryan m Bernie Poole, Auburn­ dale, Ga. 2429a21 Nancy Katherine Poole b 12-17-1951 2429a3 Donald Mciver Bryan unmarried 2429b Richard Quintus Richards b 12-1-1892 m Hazel Larmon, Ft. Myers, Fla., Business Leader, President American Pharmaceutical Association 2429bl Richard Quintus Richards, Jr. m Mary Gray Dickinson (No. 24154) Note C 2429b 11 Sue Larmon Richards ( see 241541) 2429bl2 Richard Quintus Richards III ( see 241542) 2429b13 Lindsay Byrd Richards ( see 241543) 2429b2 Hugh Larmon Richards m Eugenia Dickinson (No. 24155) Note C 2429b21 Hugh Larmon R.ichards, Jr. ( see 241551) 2429b22 Frank Larmon Richards (see 241552) 2429b3 Joe Murray Richards m Margaret Addison 2429b3 l Hazel Larmon Richards 2429b32 Joe 11 urray Richards

243 Arthur Gray Dickinson 245 Dr. Frank Powell Dickinson

243 Arthur Gray Dickinson m Emily Gee of Crawfordsville, Ga. OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 17

244 Hugh Quarles Dickinson, Family Historian, m Mary Thompson, Louisa, Va. Note E 245 Dr. Frank Pov-,ell Dickinson m Myrtle Pulliam 246 Emma Dickinson m Richard Perrin Graves, Thornhill, Orange Co. 2461 Leslie Graves d infant 2462 Hugh Powell Graves d 1928 2463 Frank B. Graves, raised at Mercer Hall, m Florence -, Atty. Napa, Cal. d 2-17-1950 24631 Richard Perrin Graves, Jr. m Florence Ann Harper 246311 Stephen Graves 246312 Perrin Graves 24632 Kathryn Graves m Richard Pickering 246321 Richard Pickering, Jr. b 1927 m Barbara Baker 24633 Carol Eleanor Graves m 1939 Edwin Stitler 246331 Caroline Louise Stitler, adopted 246 Emma Dickinson m 2nd. Vavisaw Powell 2464 Russell Powell m---?

3 Richard Dickinson b 10-22-1783 d 12-18-1869 m Patsy Crawford, Green Springs, Va. Moved to Ala. 1818 31 William Dickinson 32 Peter Dickinson 33 James Shelton Dickinson b 1818 d 7-23-1882 Grove Hill Ala. Prominent Atty. Member of Congress 3 31 Richard Dickinson, III 332 Maude Dickinson, lives Grove Hill, Ala. 34 Richard Dickinson, Jr. 35 John Dickinson 36 Elizabeth Carleton Dickinson 37 Sarah Dickinson 38 Martha Dickinson

4 Charles Dickinson b 6-24-1785 d 1-10-1856 m 12-23-1814 Frances Powell b 11-27-1794 d 3-15-1841 41 John P. Dickinson b 11-26-1815 d Nov. 1910 m Mary White 411 Rufus Dickinson killed in war between the states 412 F ranees Johanna Dickinson not married 413 Sidney Dickinson not married 414 Lizzie Dickinson not married 415 John Dickinson not married 416 Mollie Louise Dickinson not married 417 Sallie Dickinson died young 18 A DICKINSON FAMILY

42 Charles Grandison Dickinson Mrs. Sally Ann Winstcn Dickinson

42 Charles Grandison Dickinson b 1-31-1817 d 3-10-1884 m 3-15-1843 Sally Ann Winston, Note F 421 Ann Smelt Dickinson b 2-6-1844 d 2-10-1885 m Samuel Redd Goulding 4211 Sallie \Vinston Goulding b 7-12-1872 m 6-3-1897 S. L. Kie

Familv., Historian 4212 Emily Redd Goulding b 10-16-1873 d 7-26-1912 m R. Z. Sclater no issue 4213 Janie Goulding b 12-25-1874 din infancy 4214 Charles Howard Goulding b 2-28-1876 d 4-21-1922 m Etta Howell no issue 4215 Mary Powell Goulding b 4-13-1877 m Jan. 1897 R. E. Garnett 4216 Gaius Eugene Goulding b 10-31-1878 m Laura Putze 4217 Nannie Will Goulding b 8-26-1880 m W. E. Turner NoteK 4218 Simon Grandison Goulding b 2-14-1882 d Jan. 1947 m Maude Studds OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 19

422 Charles William Dickinson 1\1::i:dred Adelaide Ke~t Dickir.s:>::

422 Charles William Dickinson b 9-15-1846 d 5-19-1932 m 10-11- 1877 Mildred Adelaide Kent. Note G 4221 Lilly Grandison Dickinson b 1-31-1881 m Dec. 1906 William Overton Snead 42211 William Overton Snead, Jr. b Oct. 1907, Grad. U.S. Naval Acaden1y, Capt. U.S. Navy 1952 42212 Charles Dickinson Snead m Sept. 1909 m Ruth Spencer 42213 Adelaide Snead b Aug. 1911 m John Will Creasey 42214 Marie Bruce Snead b Aug. 1915 m David M. Pitts 42215 Edward Poindexter Snead b 6-10-1920 m Phyllis Marguerite Edwards 4222 Smelt Winston Dickinson b 4-2-1882 m Mrs. Henrietta Marie Harris 4223 Charles William Dickinson, Jr. b 5-7-1885 m Elizabeth Rodgers Hunt b 10-30-1887. Note H 42231 William Derward Dickinson b 2-15-1913 m Sept. 1939 Josephine Barstow 422311 Margaret Elizabeth Dickinson b 8-12-1941 422312 William Davies Dickinson b 11-26-1943 422313 Evan Langton Dickinson b 1-20-1947 42232 Charles William Dickinson III b 2-14-1915 m 9-28- 1940 Margaret Louise Parsons 20 A DICKINSON FAMILY

422321 Charles William Dickinson IV b 3-12-1943 422322 Frank Parsons Dickinson b 8-9-1945 422323 Willis Hunt Dickinson b 6-4-1950 42233 Henry Hunt Dickinson b 7-9-1917 Capt. U.S. Army 1953 m Oct. 1950 Mrs. Charlotte Elmore Mansfield 422331 Richard Hunt Dickinson b 10-9-1951 422332 Debora Ellen Dickinson b 11-29-1953 42234 Frances Powell Dickinson b 10-27-1919 m 10-16- 1939 Samuel Willis Parsons 422341 Elizabeth Hunt Parsons b 9-11-1943 422342 John Russell Parsons b 2-10-1948 4224 John Kent Dickinson b 4-3-1887 d 12-4-1942 m Mar. 1912 Elizabeth Jones 42241 Nancy Carey Dickinson b 1912 not married Grad W and M College, head Librarian U. S. Naval Base Norfolk, Va. 42242 John Kent Dickinson, Jr. b 8-10-1922 m Myrtle Eugenia Hatcher 422421 John Kent Dickinson, III b 10-3-1946 422422 Marcia Jean Dickinson b 1-30-1952 423 Edward Poindexter Dickinson b 10-28-1848 d 2-22-1893 m Mary Merideth 4231 Charles Merideth Dickinson killed age 18 by horse 4232 Sallie Winston Dickinson m Herbert Griffeth 42321 Herbert M. Griffeth, Jr. 424 Frances Powell Dickinson b 1-19-1851 d 7-9-1936, Govt. Printing Office, \X/ ashington, D. C. Not married 425 Bickerton Winston Dickinson b 1-12-1853 d 10-5-1916 m Amanda Parrish 4251 Cecil Aubray Dickinson m Grace Gilmore no issue 4252 Bickerton Winston Dickinson, Jr. m Alma Flanagan 42521 Mary Elizabeth Dickinson 42522 Bickerton Winston Dickinson, III 4253 Benjamin Grandison Dickinson m Rita Champeau 42531 Robert Dickinson m Natalie Abildgaard 425 32 Sue Dickinson 426 Mary Sidney Dickinson b 2-9-1855 d 3-13-1943 m Rev. Timothy L. Light 427 Grandison Lee Dickinson b 1-31-1857 d 4-24-1910 m Kate Ann Gerberb York, Pa. 8-8-1864 d 3-4-1945 4271 William Gerber Dickinson b 12-2-1886 d Oct. 1912 not married OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 21

4272 Mary Ann Dickinson b 3-9-1888 d 11-26-1923 m Roy W. Calder 42721 Jennie Katherine Calder m John Parker 4273 Charles Grandison Dickinson b 12-14-1891 d 3-16-1939 m Minnie Dunker m 2nd. Alma May Smith 42731 Shirley May Dickinson m Ray E. Phelps 42732 Charles William Dickinson m Barbara Dement 4274 Sallie Winston Dickinson b 9-7-1893 m 6-19-1919 Walter C. Spain 42741 Walter Clifford Spain b 4-3-1923 m Betty May Burnette 427411 Kathy Lee Spain b 1-20-1950 427412 Clifford Gray Spain b 12-30-1952 42742 Winston Dickinson Spain b 12-30-1924 m 11-8-1952 Barbara Ellis 42743 Mary Ann Spain b 1-27-1929 m Sanford Dunaway Bryan 427431 Sanford James Bryan b 12-19-1950 427432 Sallie Anne Bryan b 8-11-1953 4275 Hugh Mercer Dickinson b 12-5-1894 d 1-9-1931 4276 Kate Jolly Dickinson b 10-16-1899 m Rev. Llewelyn E. Northen 42761 Cecelia Dickinson Northen m Sept. 1949 Bert Blaetscher 4277 Edward Poindexter Dickinson b 7-16-1901 m Eva lpach (div.) 42771 Edward Poindexter Dickinson, Jr. m Lois Moon 427711 Brenda Lee Dickinson b 12-22-1949 427712 Edward Poindexter Dickinson, III b 9-14-1952 4277 Edward Poindexter Dickinson m 2nd. Dorothy Jarrett 4278 Frances Powell Dickinson b 3-2-1903 m Howard E. Gill 42781 Frances Anne Gill m Judian Todd 42782 Howard E. Gill, Jr. not married 4279 John Powell Dickinson b 7-1-1905 m Helen Hobson 428 Martha Winston Dickinson b 2-20-1859 d 3-23-1892 not married 429 William Powell Dickinson b 2-3-1861 d 1862 42 Charles Grandison Dickinson m 2nd. 9-19-1865 Martha Jennie Anderson d 4-10-1881 429a Sallie Archer Dickinson b 9-28-1866 d 9-25-1886 not married 429b Hugh Mercer Dickinson b 2-16-1869 d 8-10-1892 not married 43 Sidney Ann Dickinson m 11-30-1819 m Dr. Joseph Campbell 431 Joseph Campbell m - - - 22 A DICKINSON FAMILY

432 Fannie Campbell not married 433 Alice Campbell m Clifford Thompson 44 Mary F. Dickinson b 2-12-1820 m Dr. James Dickinson, Confed. Congress, Ala. 441 Richard Dickinson d young 442 Jimmy Dickinson 443 John Dickinson 444 Walter Grandison Dickinson 445 Augusta Dickinson m Dr. Bush 446 Emma Alice Dickinson . 447 Minnie Dickinson 45 Richard P. Dickinson b 12-13-1821 46 Elizabeth Dickinson b 3-13-1823 47 James Richard Dickinson b 12-16-1824 48 Robert Quarles Dickinson b 12-6-1826 d July 1914 m 10-12-1854 Susan Woodson 481 Claudius Dickinson b 9-24-1855 d 1876, no issue 482 Frances Elizabeth Dickinson b 12-28-1856 d 10-16-1950, . no issue 483 James Quarles Dickinson b 1-8-1859 d 1920 m Marian Taylor 4831 Eugene Taylor Dickinson b 1885 d 1935 married 48311 Virginia Dickinson 48 3111 has children 48312 Janette Dickinson 48313 Eugene Taylor Dickinson, Jr. married 48 3131 has children 4832 Lewis Quarles Dickinson b 1888 d 1925 married 48321 Lewis Quarles Dickinson, Jr. 4833 Avis Dickinson b 1890 m J. H. Raley, no issue 4834 Marian Dickinson b 1893 m James Turney 48341 James Quarles Turney 4835 Stephan Woodson Dickinson b 1898 m Helen Gross 48 3 51 Maridell Dickinson 48 3 5 2 Jerry Dickinson 4836 Claude Turpitt Dickinson b 1901 m Dorothy - - - 48361 Claude Turpitt Dickinson, Jr. 48362 Edward Dickinson 48363 Stephen Dickinson 484 Charles Stephen Dickinson b 5-14-1863 m Fanny Goodwin, deceased 4841 Susan Dabney Dickinson b 1898 m Lyle Britt 48411 Dabney Britt married OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 23

484111 Two children 4842 Paige Massie Dickinson m William Webb, no issue 4843 Henry Quarles Dickinson b 1906 m Lucy--- 48431 Lucy Lee Dickinson 48432 Ralph Dickinson 485 Mary Ellen Dickinson b 5-27-1865 d 9-10-1939 m .James O'Kane, deceased 4851 Thomas James O'Kane b 1889 married no issue, lived Tenn. 4852 Robert Guy O'Kane b 1891 married, no issue, lived Mass. 486 Louise Woodson Dickinson b 11-28-1867 d 12-3-1939 married 487 William Powell Dickinson b 9-8-1870 m Cora Hubbard 4871 Walter Dickinson b 1893 married 48711 Several daughters 4872 William Dickinson b 1896 m Isabel Carter 48721 Mary Carter Dickinson 4873 Myrtle Dickinson b 1898 n1 Albert Huffman 48731 Robert Lee Huffman 4874 Hugh Dickinson b 1902 married, deceased 48741 Eugene Dickinson 488 Alice Dabney Dickinson b 2-23-1878 m Milton Hubbard, deceased 4881 Ruth Hubbard b 1894 d 1935 m B. 0. Burkitt 48811 Margaret Burkitt 48812 Louise Burkitt 48813 Robert Burkitt 48814 Dorothy Burkitt 4882 Esther Hubbard b 1896 m Edward McNelis 48821 Jack McNelis 48822 Don McNelis 48823 Lee McNelis 4883 Milton Hubbard b 1898 married no issue 4884 Wilbur Hubbard b 1900 married 48841 Alice Hubbard 4885 Edward Hubbard married no issue 4886 Phillip Hubbard 48861 Philis Ann Hubbard 4887 Hilda Hubbard b 1910 m Dr. Rudy Golderos 48871 Claudette Golderos 48872 Theresa Golderos 48873 Victor Golderos 489 Emma Susan Dickinson, not married, Family Historian, Richmond, Va. •24 A DICKINSON FAMILY

49 Sarah Goodwin Dickinson b 7-24-1830 b Prof. Richard H. Rawlings Note I 49a Emily Angelina Dickinson b 10-30-1832 m Dr. A. E. Eubank Note J 49al Carrie Eubank, d young 49a2 William Eubank m Alice - - - 49a3 Dr. Charles Eubank m --- .. 49a4 Fannie Eubank m Allie Conway no issue 49a5 Sallie R~wlings Eubank not married 49a6 Elizabeth Eubank not married

49b Prof. William P. Dickinson

49b William P. Dickinson b 2-28-1835 d 1-29-1896 Note K

4 Charles Dickinson m 2nd. - - - 49c Ralph R. L. Dickinson b 1-22-1846 not married 49d Joseph A. Dickinson b 3-6-1848 not married.

5 Elizabeth Dickinson b 3-21-1787 m ---Powell, m 2nd. Elder William Tandy Note L 51 Richard Montgomery Tandy b 8-9-1811 Executor of will of William Dickinson Note A 52 Anna Quarles Tandy b 12-13-1813 d 2-12-1816 53 Augustus Tandy b 10-29-1815 54 William Mason Tandy b 8-11-1817 d 1831 OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 25

SS John Dickii:son Ta:ildy Benetta Howell Tandy

55 John Dickinson Tandy b 11-9-1819 d 11-2-1897 m Margaret Roberts 1827-1845 551 Jasper Tandy 1845-1846 55 John Dickinson Tandy m 2nd Benetta Howeli, 1832~1881 552 Gus Richard Tandy 1855-1866 Note N. 553 William Thomas Tandy b 4-18-1858 d 3-2_8-1937 m Ermine Stoner Note M 5531 Gordon Tandy 1879-1881 5532 Clark Ho,vell Tandy b 1882 d 1909 First PJlodes Scholar from Kentucky 553 William Thomas Tandy m 2nd. lviattie Hickman 1861-1939 5533 Mary Benetta Tandy b 1889 m Milton Grant Moore 55331 Mattie Hickman Moore b 1916 m Stephen Meem 553311 Mary Tandy Meem b 1942 55 3 312 Rebecca Meen1 b 1944 55332 Nell Tandy Moore b 1920 m William Jones 553321 William Tandy Jones b 1940 name changed to Boden 55332 Nell Tandy Moore m 2nd. Philip Boden 55333 Milton Grant Moore 26 A DICKINSON FAMILY

5534 Nell Bass Tandy b 1891 m James Bradshaw Winfree, 1885-1954, Note 0 55341 Martha Hickman Winfree b 1919 m Dr. William N. Valentine, M.D., from Tulane, in research at U.C.L.A. 553411 William N. Valentine, Jr. b 1942 553412 James Winfree Valentine b 1944 55 3413 Edward Tandy Valentine b 1948 55342 Mary "Iv1imi" Benetta Winfree b 1924 m William B. Anderson III 553421 Nell Tandy Anderson b 6-26-1950 553422 William B. Anderson IV b 4-14-1952 553423 James Bradshaw Anderson b 7-6-1953 55343 Caroline Bradshaw Winfree b 1926 m Dr. John A. Jarrell, Jr. M.D. from Johns Hopkins 553431 Florence Bassett Jarrell b 1947 553432 John Arthur Jarrell b 4-12-1950 5535 Jack Hickman Tandy b 1894 m Josephine Small 5536 William Lawson Tandy b 1898 m Mary Lindemood, Banker, Houston, Texas 5537 Edward Howell Tandy band d 1900 554 Jack Dickinson Tandy 1861-1927 555 Morhoenes Howell Tandy 1863-1929 m Mary Flack 5 551 Howell Tandy b 190 3 d infant 5552 Milam Flack Tandy b 1904 m Gladys Milton 5553 Lucy Belle Tandy b 1908 d infant 5554 Mary Thompson Tandy b 1909 m Disbraw Johnson m 2nd. Charles Scudder 55541 Charles Scudder, Jr. b 1942 55542 Sally Scudder b 1946 556 Jimmie Tandy 1865-1866 Note N 55 7 Edward Roberts Tandy 1867-1941 OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 27

6 Ralph Quarles Dickinson b 9-19-1788 d 1870 m Ann Frances Quisenberry d 1866 Note P 61 George E. Dickinson 62 John Q. Dickinson 1816-1860 m Mary McCleur, moved to Missouri 183 7 621 William Quarles Dickinson 1846-1893 m Annie Jones 1881 6211 Mattie Dickinson m C. C. Daniel 622 Louisa V. Dickinson · 623 Jones Dickinson 624 Mary Dickinson 625 Charles Dickinson 626 Sarah Dickinson, Union, Franklin Co. Co. 627 Eloise Dickinson 63 Lucy Dickinson m - - - Heiter 631 Jennie Quisenberry 632 Ann Thompson 633 Mary Harris 634 Lucy - - - lived in Texas 635 William Y. Heiter 64 James S. Dickinson . 65 Mary A. Dickinson Fox 651 Roberta L. Fox m Joseph Boxley, Green Springs, Va. 6511 Robert Boxley m - - - Robinson 6512 Eugene Boxley 28-. A DICKINSON FAMILY

66 Dr. Charles Richard Dickinson

66 Dr. Charles Richarcl·: Dickinson:b 4-23-1824 m Lucy Poindexter Winston Note Q 661 Dr. Smelt Winston Dickinson 1851-1932, Physician, Marion, Va. Note R 6611 Major Ralph Dickinson U.S.A. Ret. Dunedin, Fla. Family Historian, Civic Leader m Nancy Preston Apperson of Marion, Va. 66111 Sarah Look Dickinson, Dunedin, Fla. 66112 Nancy Victoria Dickinson m Robert Shrewsbury, Dunedin, Fla. 661121 Barbara Ann Shrewsbury 661122 Nancy Dickinson Shre,vsbury 6612 Lucy Dickinson m G. D. Urquhart, Lynchburg, Va. ( d 1939) she later lived Marion, Va. Leader in Church and Social Service 6613 Josiah Look Dickinson m Susan Ford, Front Royal, Va. 66131 Charlotte Ann Dickinson m john Phillips Moore, Alexandria, Va. 66132 Susan Look Dickinson OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 29.

6614 Ruby Winston Dickinson m E. L. McConnell, Marion, Va. 66141 Mary Winston McConnell, Red Cross Worker, Korea 66142 Sarah Loomis McConnell 66143 Grace Howard McConnell 6615 William Winston Dickinson m Miriam Grinnan, Norfolk, d 1944 6616 Burt Lincoln Dickinson, Attorney, Marion Va. Note S 66161 Frances King Dickinson m William Clark Ackerly 66162 John Winston Dickinson 6617 Nathan Look Dickinson m Mabel Smith, Marion .. Va. 66171 Nathan Look Dickinson, Jr. 662 Ralph C. Dickinson d unmarried 663 · Charles R. Dickinson d unmarried Note T 66 Dr. Charles Richard Dickinson m 2nd. Elizabeth Valentine of Louisa County 664 Rev. John Valentine Dickinson Baptist Minister, Uniontown, Ala. m Sarah Belcher 6641 Alpheus Chewning Dickinson b 1888, Rocky Mount, Va. 66411 \X'ilma Dickinson m Dr. Hewell Sameul 664111 Son 6642 Lula Valentine Dickinson m Dr. H. T. Fenn, Mt. Dora, Fla. 66421 Elizabeth Fenn m W. J. Taylor, Winter Park, Fla. 664211 Ann Elizabeth Taylor 66422 Martha Fenn m L. B. Cheek, Mt. Dora, Fla. 664221 Dwight Cheek 66423 Dorothy Fenn m Lt. A. D. Blackwell, Lawton, Okla. 664231 Dorothy Blackwell 6643 Thomas Belcher Dickinson no children 6644 Jane Elizabeth Dickinson m M. I. Tolman, Uniontown, Ala. 66441 Virginia Tolman 6645 Virginia Dickinson m Capt. W. L. Green, Birmingham, Ala. 6646 John Valentine Dickinson, Jr. unmarried 665 Rev. Alfred J. Dickinson, 1864-1923, Baptist Minister, m Lucy Broaddus, Birmingham, Ala. 6651 Rev. Alfred J. Dickinson, Jr. Baptist Minister, Elkton, Ky. m Bertha Trotter 30 A DICKINSON FAMILY

66511 Rev. Alfred J. Dickinson III m Elsie Mattingley 66 5111 Alfred J. Dickinson IV 665112 Paul Dickinson 66512 Elsie Eager Dickinson m George M. Hudson, Gadsden, Ala. 665121 Harriett Ida Hudson 66513 Lucy Trotter Dickinson m Luther Elwood Spencer, Newport News 66514 Bertha Stone Dickinson m Lisle E. Taylor 6652 Lucy Broaddus Dickinson .m Raymond G. Marks, Washington, D. C. 66521 Lucy Dickinson m William Horace Edmonds, Dorchester, Mass. 665211 David William Edmonds 665212 Diane Marie Edmonds 665213 William Horace Edmonds, Jr. 66522 Margaret Dickinson m Donald L. · Pettit, Charles City, Iowa 66523 Mary Ann Dickinson m Harry .Richard Faller, Jr. Essex, Iowa 665 3 Charles R. Dickinson n1 Estella Hays, Detroit, Mich. 66531 Alice Dickinson m Oscar Causey 66532 Charles Dickinson, Jr. unmarried 6654 Elizabeth Valentine Dickinson, PhD, on faculty Columbia University m Samuel B. McDowell 66541 Samuel B. McDowell, Jr. 666 Rev. Jeter G. Dickinson, Baptist Minister, Evergreen, Ala. 6661 Rev. Harry Dickinson, Baptist Minister, Marion, Ala. 6662 Jeter Dickinson, Jr. 6663 Corinne Dickinson 6664 Oscar Dickinson 667 Henry Dickinson, Attorney, Birmingham, Ala m ·Tyler Moore 6671 Betty Valentine Dickinson, m - - - ? 66711 Two sons 66712 668 Linden Dickinson, unmarried OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 31

67 Ralph Nathaniel Dickinson, Mansfield, Va. m Evaline Mansfield, Note B She lived Washington D. C. in 1922 671 Emma Dickinson, Mansfield, Va. 672 Mary Dickinson, Mansfield, Va. 673 Louisa Dickinson, Navy Dept. Washington, D. C. d 1949 67 4 Eva Dickinson, Mansfield, Va. 68 Sally J. Dickinson, m -·--Chewning, d 1917, Trevillions, Va. 681 Alpheus Chewning, Real Estate, Richmond, Va. 69 William S. Dickinson 69a Thaddeus Constantine Dickinson, m Ann Fox, lived Trevillions, Va. 69al Eugene Quarles Dickinson, m Kate Herndon Sanders • 69al 1 Penn Eyster Dickinson, m Beulah Hogan 69al 11 Nancy Pendleton Dickinson, m Linden Chiles 69al 111 Margaret Hogan Chiles 69a12 Robert Aubray Dickinson, m Samuella Cave 69a121 Kathryn May Dickinson, m Fred Heckle 69a1211 Robert Dickinson Heckle 69a122 Irene Eloisa Dickinson, m John Ware Todd 69a1221 John Barrett Todd 69a 13 Roy Custis Dickinson, deceased 69a14 Ryland Sanders Dickinson, m Betsye Massie 69a141 Roy Allen Dickinson, m Veatrice Van Horn 69a1411 Wilson Dickinson 69a1412 Patricia Dickinson 69al42 Eugene Massie Dickinson, m Ganana Weather Richards 69a1421 Eugene Massie Dickinson, Jr. 69al 43 Elizabeth Irnell Dickinson, m John Richard Maddox, Jr. 69a1431 Betsye Virginia Maddox 69a1432 Nancy Garland Maddox 69a15 Eugenia Frith Dickinson, m John Spalding Moore 69a151 Mary Katherine Moore, m Bernard Marrs 69a 1511 Jean Ann Marrs 69a1512 Joseph Estell Marrs 69a16 Albert Herndon Dickinson, m Helen Alise Hutchinson 69a161 Kathryn Byrd Dickinson, m Richard Dilworth 69a1611 Lora Helen Dilworth 69a1612 Richard Felton Dilworth 69a1613 Kathryn Sue Dilworth 69a1614 James Morris Dilworth 32 A DICKINSON FAMILY

69a162 Robert Lee Dickinson, m Anne Gold; m 2nd. Mary Ellen Marushi 69a163 William Herndon Dickinson, m Helen Hortiw 69a1631 William David Dickinson 69a164 John Paul Dickinson 69a165 Albert Eyster Dickinson 69a166 Eugene Thomas Dickinson 69al 7 Maurice Duke Dickinson, unmarried 69a18 Frits Lee Dickinson, m Dorothea Cave 69a181 Alice Virginia Dickinson, m Gene o·Malley 69a1811 Patty Lynn O'Malley 69a19 Fred Watkins Dickinson, m Nelle Lilly 69a191 Lothair Eugene Dickinson 69a192 Mary Sue Dickinson 69a193 Fred Watkins Dickinson, Jr. 69a194 Robert Herndon Dickinson 69a19a Nannie Kathleen Dickinson, family historian, m Harry Manning Woodward, Louisa, Va. 69a19al Martha Jean Woodward, m Robert Ernest Duke 69al 9a 11 Robert Ernest Duke, Jr. . 69a19a12 Jean Manning Duke 69a19a2 Harry Manning Woodward, Jr. m Nancy Ellen Jessee 69a19a21 Jane Alderson Woodward 69al9a3 Jacqueline Woodward, m William Latane Flanagan 69al9b Bessie May Dickinson, m Lewis Wortham Bibb, Jr. 69a19bl Lewis Wortham Bibb III, m Shirley Foster 69a19b2 Henry Quarles Bibb, m Betty Ann Plunkett 69a19h21 Henry Quarles Bibb, Jr. 69a19b22 Rebecca Bibb 69a19b3 Betty Maurice Bibb, m Boice Ware 69a19b31 Elizabeth Wendell Ware 69a2 Sue Ann Dickinson, m Joseph Turner 69a21 Hattie Turner, m William Hoden 69a211 William Turner Hoden, m Geraldine West 69a2111 Mary Jordan Hoden 69a2112 William Everet Hoden 69a212 Helen Virginia Haden, m Melvin Earl Robison 69a2121 Marilyn Ann Robison OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 33

69a22 Eugene Turner, m Martha Bruce 69a221 Cecil Bruce Turner 69a23 Charlie Constantine Turner, m Edna Stecher 69a231 Charles Constantine Turner, Jr. 69a232 Theodore Turner 69a233 Carol Turner 69a234 Anne Turner 69a24 Robert Eldridge Turrier 69a241 Dorothy May Turner, m Howard H. Hatch 69a2411 Leon Hatch 69a25 Susie Cleveland Turner, m Joseph Braxton Johnson 69a251 Margaret Louise Johnson 69a26 Goo4win White Turner, m Willie Frances Crank 69a261 Frances Ann Turner, m Arthur Crawford Livick 69a2611 Diana Livick 69a27 Joseph Bryan Turner, m Marie Conity 69a271 Joseph Bryan Turner, Jr. 69a272 Robert Turner 69a273 Marilee Turner 69a Thaddeus Constantine Dickinson, m 2nd. Winifred Goodwin 69a3 Minnie Eztelle Dickinson, Julien Lee Herndon 69a31 Althea Taylor Herndon, m Edward Grover Rock 69a311 Evelyn Elizabeth Rock, m Alfred Volz 69a312 David Nash Rock, m Jackie Pada 69a3121 Sandra Ann Rock 69a313 Althea Herndon Rock, m John Howard Knight 69a3131 Nancy Janette Knight 69a3132 Phyllis Althea Knight 69a314 Louise W. Rock, m Harold C. Payne 69a32 Margie Juliette Herndon, m Roby Robert Church 69a33 Laura Delmayne Herndon, m Andrew Melvin Trica 69a34 Thomas Thaddeus Herndon, m Virginia Coffee 69a35 George Louis Herndon, m Louise Gates 69a36 Sue Winifred Herndon, m Alvin Stuckey 69a3 7 Julian Keech Herndon, m Lola Smith 69a4 Cora Lee Dickinson, m Joseph Lee Rosson 69a41 Louise Gertrude Rosson, m Robert Cleveland Perkins 69a411 Robert Cleveland Perkins, Jr. 69a412 James Lee Perkins 69a413 Isaac Otey Perkins 69a414 Winifred Dickinson Perkins 34 A DICKINSON FAMILY

69a42 Irma Winifred Rosson, m George Hartley Dietrich 69a421 Helen Winifred Dietrich, m Harvey Lewis Philpotts 69a4211 Patricia Ann Philpotts 69a422 Mary Frances Dietrich, m Clarence Clifford Cosby, Jr. 69a43 Mary Candace Rosson, m Russell Cammack Crank 69a431 Russell Cammack Crank, Jr., m Helen J. Poore 69a431 l Russell Cammack Crank, III 69a4312 William Edward Crank 69a44 Charles Lee Rosson, m Ruth Jordan Waddy 69a441 Marion Russell Rosson 69a442 Lillian Lee Rosson 69a443 Ruth Charlene Rosson 69a444 Charles Stapleton Rosson 69a45 Ernest Gray Rosson, m Marie R. Dunn 69a451 Dorothy Gray Rosson 69a452 Ann Marie Rosson 69a46 Joseph Lawrence Rosson 69a5 Fannie Dickinson, m Fred Abbey 69a6 Alice Dickinson, unmarried d Feb. 1953 69a7 Molly Dickinson, unmarried 69a8 Thaddeus Constantine Dickinson, Jr., m Buelah Eubank 69a81 Parke Custis Dickinson, m Edna Mae Moss 69a82 Mary Ann Dickinson, m R. W. Wright 69a821 Winnifred Wright 69a822 Marjorie Ann Wright 69a823 Hartwell Wright 69a83 Lois Douglas Dickinson, m Rupert G. Matthews 69a83 l Carlton Pryor Matthews 69a832 Clayton Dickinson Matthews 69a84 James Taylor Dickinson, m Bertha Halterman 69a841 James Taylor Dickinson, Jr. 69a85 Rae Ethel Dickinson, m Edward H. Conway, Jr. 69a851 Nancy Rae Conway 69a852 Edward H. Conway III 69a86 Ruth Pearl Dickinson 69a9 Alfred Eliza Dickinson, m Sarah Ann McDonald 69a91 Thad Pendleton Dickinson 69a92 Irvin Fielding Dickinson, m Edna Renolds 69a921 Ralph Allen Dickinson OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 35

69a93 Louise Nolting Dickinson, m Steward Edward.Hottinger 69a931 Martha Louise Hottinger 69a932 Steward Edward Hottinger 69a93 3 Clarence Warren Hottinger 69a934 Lester Byrd Hottinger 69a94 Bernard Alfred Dickinson, m Margie McMan 69a941 Bernard Paul Dickinson 69a9a Joseph Dickinson 69b Alfred Elijah Dickinson, D.D. Richmond Va. Note U, m 1857 Frances E. Taylor, dau. of Rev. James B. Taylor 69bl James Taylor Dickinson, m Stella Deland, Note V 69b2 Nellie Dickinson, Richmond, Va. 69b3 Fannie Dickinson, m --- Torian, Virgilina, Va. 69b4 Janey Dickinson, Richmond, Va. 69b Alfred Elijah Dickinson, m 2nd. 1879, Lou Craddock Barksdale 69b5 Hallie Dickinson, m --- Hobbs, Chappaqua, N. Y.

69b Dr. Alfred Elijah Dickinson

69b Alfred Elijah Dickinson, m 3rd. 1899, Bessie Bagby 69c Patsey Dickinson 69d Dr. Luther R. Dickinson, Richmond, Va. 36 A DICKINSON FAMILY

7 Mary Winslow Dickinson, b 5-8-1791 d 3-14-1864 m Joseph Atkins d Sept. 1862 Orange Court House, Va. Note W 71 Ann E. Atkins, Lipscomb, Orange Court House 72 John D. Atkins 721 Mary Atkins 722 Fannie Atkins 723 John Atkins, Jr. 73 William Q. Atkins 74 Sarah Atkins Campbell 741 Frank Campbell 742 Joseph A. Campbell 743 William Campbell 744 Mary Campbell Lang_ 7441 Helen A. Lang McCea 745 Nancy Campbell 746 Alice Campbell, m Cliff Thompson bro. of Mary Thompson, see 244 75 Joseph Atkins 76 Lucy Atkins Roberts, lived Washington, D. C. 1918 761 Roger Roberts 762 Thomas Roberts 763 Joseph Roberts 77 Eliza Frances Atkins Allen, Note X 771 Josephine F ranees Allen 772 Dean Allen 78 Patsy Atkins Farrar, Note X 781 Charles Farrar, m Amine Goodman 7811 Rosalie Farrar 7812 Leonard Farrar, m Edna - - - 7813 Ruth Farrar 7814 Pasty Farrar 7815 Richard Farrar 782 George Farrar, m Virginia Smith 783 Mary Farrar, m Buckner Ashby, of Clark County, Note Y 7831 Florida Ashby, m Carl Robinson, d 1937, Teacher in Nelson Countv,, OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 37

7832 Buckner Ashby, Jr., m Julia McLennan 78321 Buckner Ashby III, m Virginia Lanahan 783211 Rebecca Lea Lanahan Ashby 78322 Finley Ashby 78323 Mary Farrar Ashby, m Theodore M. Early 783231 Julia May Early 783232 Theodore_ M. Early, Jr. 784 Eliza Farrar 785 Florida Farrar Tigner, d 1948 Portsmouth, Va. 79 Hugh Atkins, d in Confederate Army March 1863 79a Julia Atkins, mind deranged by war troubles, climaxed by Hugh's death

8 Elijah Dickinson, Gen. Notes page 73·. Descendants shown in "Dickinsons in Illinois"

9 Roger Quarles Dickinson, b 10-22-1797, M.D. from Univ. of Penn. about 1821, moved to Alabama, prominent physician there 91 John Dickinson 92 Richard Dickinson 93 Quarles Dickinson

9a John Dickinson, d in childhood 38 A.DICKINSON· FAMILY

8 Elijah Dickinson Mary Ann Burrus Dickinson

Nathaniel Dickinson \Villiam Quarles Thomas Durru~ .t.Jathaniel r,Iill., Elizabeth ---~------Mary Mills Frances Tandy Frances Thompson F ichard Dickinson Roger Burrus Ann Quarles Cynthia Mills

Elijah Dickinson Mary Ann Burrus

This chart shows some ancestry of Elijah ( 8) and Mary Ann Dickinson, whose descendants are the "Dickinsons in Illinois,,. OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 39

DICKINSONS IN ILLINOIS

In the summer of 1834, Elijah Dickinson ( 8) and several other men from the neighborhood of Hopkinsville, Ky., made a reconnaissance trip, on horseback, through Illinois and decided on Walnut Grove, now Eureka, as their future home. In the fall of 18 3 5 they moved with their families by wagon train, the trip requiring a mo~th, arriving at Walnut Grove on October 20. Not an easy housing situation. A dozen families, including babies and young children, with winter close at hand and no shelter except their covered wagons. But they were workers. They cut frees and, assisted by older settlers, built log houses which were secure against the elements and, for that time, comfortable. So they were safely sheltered before real winter set in, though they doubtiess spent some chilly nights, not to mention dreary rainy days, in those covered wagons. Some of them bought parcels of land from older settlers but most of their land was secured through the Government Land Office, the patents signed by Martin Van Buren, President. In 1839 Elijah Dickinson hauled logs from his timber land for twenty-five miles along a prairie trail ( there were no regular roads yet) crossing the Illinois River on a ferry, to a sawmill. Then home with the sawed lumber, each trip taking five or six days, during which he was, of course, isolated from his family. With this lumber he, having formerly been a carpenter, built the first frame house in the community. Late in the fall of 1840 the family moved into it and were eating the first meal in its shelter when they were aroused to find their old log house in flames. All their belongings had been moved out except the big tool box, which also contained their deeds and other papers. Elijah dipped a blanket in water, threw it over his head, put on heavy mittens, went through the flames and brought the box out to safety though it had already started burning. At that time the fireplace was the only source of heat for their houses and for cooking, with a sheet iron oven set on the coals for baking. Following Kentucky custom the family had hot biscuits for breakfast every morning. Occasionally the banked fire burned out before morning, then as matches were rare and steel with flint tedious, someone would go to a neighbors to "borrow fire". Little Elmira went, one frosty November morning, to the Radfords, their nearest neighbors, for fire. Returning, the precious coals in an iron kettle, she slipped on the frosty fence rail and spilled the live coals into the wet grass. So she had to go back, flustered and embarrassed, to ask for more fire. Now when they had filled her kettle it had taken nearly all the live coals so 40 A DICKINSON FAMILY she had to wait until the logs had again burned down to form another supply. This time she got home without mishap but breakfast and the hot biscuits n1ust have been late that morning.

85 Elmira J a~c Dicki!lso:i

When Elmira was about seven years old she had a violent fever. There was no doctor in the community and the folklore of that day prescribed, for what reason we cannot now understand, that a patient with a high fever must not have water. She grew rapidly worse until her father felt it ,vas necessary to tell her that death was near and asked if she had any last wish. She answered quickly that if she was going to die anyway could she please have a drink of cold water. Her father could not withstand that plea, perhaps he was doubtful about their course of treatment anyway, so brought a pitcher of water and poured out half a glass. She saw the moisture forming on the cool pitcher and, with the strength of desperation, sprang up to clutch the pitcher with both hands and clung to it until she had drained it. The family, horrified, gathered around expecting the end. But instead she soon fell asleep. A few hours later she woke, broken out with measles. About three miles southeast of the family home was a hazel thicket covering several acres. This was the den of a pack of wolves. The soldiers at Fort Clark ( now Peoria) knew of this and came out occasionally for a wolf hunt. Quarles, the eldest son, usually went with them as guide. Once however they came when he was away and Elmira, eight years old, offered OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 41 to guide them "if Mother would let her". The captain in some way got Mother to agree, took her up behind him and she rode proudly away. She was greatly disappointed however when they would not let her stay for the hunt but had one of the soldiers take her back home when she had shown them the thicket. Once in her childhood, going barefoot in summer, Elmira got a stone­ bruise on her heel. An active child, she kept using it and it grew worse. One morning as her mother was trying· to impress her with the need of resting it, a neighbor came in and, hearing about the bruise, offered to help. He carried her outdoors, put her bare foot down gently on the dewy grass and with his pocket knife marked the shape of her foot on the sod. Then setting her on a stump he cut out the piece of sod and placed it on the gate post. He then told her that if she would not allow anything solid to touch the sole of that foot until the piece of sod had dried, then her heel would be all right again. This so impressed her that she went cheerfully hopping about waiting for the piece of sod to dry. After several days she and her father agreed that the sod was dry. So she carefully put the foot down and sure enough the soreness was gone. They did not study psychology in those days but they got results. When Elmira was a student in Eureka College she, with two other girls, becoming interested in the missionary work of the Christian Church, con­ ceived the idea of a woman's missionary society. After graduating they went to work at it. In spite of contented inertia and sometimes violent opposition, they organized local societies, then state and finally a national society. Elmira spent several years in this organizational and promotional work, and was rewarded by seeing the dream become the Christian Women·s Board of Missions. Years afterwards Mrs. M. E. Harlan, Secretary of the Board, wrote of her '' one of the vital forces connected with the work of the Christian Women's Board of Missions has been centered for more than a quarter of a century in this noble sister. She had a vital part in shaping the policy of our Women's Missionary work." Two of Elijah's sons, Charles and Roger, enlisted at the beginning of the war between the states. One winter day while they were in training camp he wrote them a letter. It was the kind of letter a father who had been a soldier himself would write to his sons, and he probably had no idea of its serving any other purpose. But the boys kept it, brought it home with them and it is now in the family archives. In addition to family and community news he wrote

"Be counselled and advised by your father and mother, who love you, not to become demoralized and get in bad habits because you are not actively engaged as you would wish; remember you have need of patience and forbearance until the proper time comes, when 42 A DICKINSON FAMILY

vigorous action will be called for, and then discharge your duty, as I am sure you will, with an humble reliance on Him who will always crown the right with success."

82 Cynthia Mills Dickinson Clark 84 Celia Burrus Dickinson Major

The older children had been in school in Kentucky and the younger ones attended school when it was started in the new community. But Celia was in between and, with no school then available in Walnut Grove, her father took her, on horseback, all the way to Kentucky where she stayed two years to attend school there. A long time away from home for a little girl. Cynthia, who married Robert Clark, was living on a farm near Versailles when that hamlet was the county seat. When court was first held there, the · judge and attorneys who had ridden the circuit were billeted around among the farm houses as there were only a few houses in the village. A young attorney · from Springfield, Abraham Lincoln, was sent to Cynthia's house, and in later years she was proud to recall that each time he came to Versailles he insisted on staying in her home. Life in the wilderness was primitive and the pioneers had many strange experiences. Long afterward they told of ''The Great Cold.'' One afternoon in December, 1836, a light rain turning to snow had made slushy mud. Ben Rad£ 9rd was driving a team and wagon through the mud toward his home a mile away, when it turned suddenly cold. He put on his great coat. The sky had a peculiar, sinister appearance. The horses and other animals OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 43 appeared alarmed. The cold was so sudden and intense that by the time his tired horses travelled that last mile the wagon wheels were bumping along on frozen ground. Chickens standing idly in the soft mud had to be helped to get their feet out of the freezing crust. A ferry boat on the Illinois River, trying to make one more trip carrying a passenger with team and wagon, was caught off shore and frozen fast. The ferryman's dog got down on the ice and made his way ashore. Later the two men found the ice strong enough and they too escaped, but the hors~s had to remain on the boat. The first thing these early settlers did, after establishing their homes, was to organize a church and later a school. What was lacking in comfort and culture was, partially at least, made up by Christian neighborliness and co-operation. Among such surroundings these Dickinson children grew to maturity, married and established homes of their own. Their descendants are listed below.

8 Elijah Dickinson, 1795-1862, m Mary Ann Burrus, 1800-1868, Note page 73 81 John Quarles Dickinson, b 7-7-1820, Note Z 811 James Major Dickinson, b 3-16-1845 d 10-27-1929, m 11-25-1870 Alice Shorthose b 6-3-1852 d 9-29-1925, Seward, Neb. 8111 Charles Howard Dickinson, b 9-4-1871 d 12-17-1928, m 1894 Flora Sebastion b 12-16-1870, Seward, Neb. 81111 Baby b & d 12-19-1895 81112 Henry Ray Dickinson, b 3-22-1897 d 10-30-1918 81113 Alice Irene Dickinson, b 8-4-1898 d 9-10-1898 81114 Leta Ellen Dickinson, b 3-15-1900 d 3-22-1926 m 6-9-1922 Lee M. Nelson 81115 Mabel Elmyra Dickinson, b 3-11-1901 Teacher and Youth Leader, Rochester, Min .. 81116 Major Quarles Dickinson, b 11-9-1902 m Lucille Perry 811161 Barbara Jane Dickinson, b 8-25-1927 811162 Donald Ray Dickinson, b 9-26-1929 811163 Mary Ann Dickinson, b 1-27-1933 m Nov. 1951 Paul Hartman 8111631 Randy Paul Hartman b 11-19-1952 811164 Parker Perry Dickinson, b 12-11-1936 d 5-3-1939 81117 Frazier Edward Dickinson, b 5-9-1905 m 7-25-1926 Annette Nickolaus 811171 Dale Lee Dickinson, b 5-10-1927 m Delores Rolfsmeier 8111711 Claudia Ann Dickinson, b 2-25-1949 44 A DICKINSON FAMILY

8111 712 Connie Pat Dickinson, b 4-3-1950 8111713 Douglas Lon Dickinson, b 4-28-1951 8111714 Todd Edward Dickinson, b 6-12-1952 81118 Ruth Edith Dickinson, b 3-22-1910 m 8-30-1931 Martin Frederick Scheer 8112 John Arthur Dickinson, b 6-9-1874 d Apr. 1881 8113 William Franklin Dickinson, b 9-27-1878 d 1-3-1922

William Franklin Rowell 812 Isabella Dickinson Rowell

812 Mary Isabella Dickinson, b 2-26-1847 d 8-29-1928 m William Franklin Rowell. See note on Rowell family page 71 8121 Frances Gertrude Rowell, b 12-6-1868 d 1-15-1949 Note Aa 8122 Milo Loren Rowell, b 1-12-1871 d 6-15-1951 m 6-28-1899 Lillian Laverty b 12-12-1868. Business and Political Leader, Fresno, Cal. 81221 Loren Rowell, b 2-5-1901 d 12-4-1901 OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 45-

81222 Milo Edwin Rowell, b 7-25-1903 m 7-28-1924 Jeanette Sessions m 2nd. Agnes Edlund. Note Ab. 812221 Milo David Rowell, b 9-30-1926 812222 Chester Sessions Rowell, b 7-21-1929 m Feb. 1951 Florence Lawton 8122221 John David Rowell, b Apr. 1952 81223 William Franklin Rowell, b 10-8-1906 d 10-7-1942, note Ac 81224 Margaret Electa Rowell, b 3-18-1908 m 6-15-1931 Robert Freeman m 2nd. 11-17-1950 George Popovich 812241 Judith Ann Freeman b 8-11-1932 m 12-22-1952 Morton W. Jacobs 81225 Judith Eleanor Rowell b 9-18-1910 m 2-18-1937 Walter Wilmette 812251 Adopted Lynn Wilmette b 2-14-1940 812252 Adopted Bruce Wilmette b 6-30-1945 8123 Mary Jane Rowell b 12-6-1873 d 9-27-1887 8124 Harry Dickinson "Dick" Rowell b 10-2-1875 d 1-15-1951 m 6-1-1903 Fanny Rowland, Fresno, Calif. 81241 Frances Jane Rowell b 5-21-1905 m 5-30-1926 Verne Weber, Div. 1935 m 2nd. 2-11-1939 Romain Stewart, Crow· s Landing, Calif. 812411 Harry Dickinson Weber b 5-21-1929 812412 Janice Weber b 8-20-1934 812413 Rebecca Stewart b 6-20-1941 812414 Roberta Stewart b 12-16-1945 8125 Edna Ellen F_owell b 12-7-1879 d 12-17-1954 m 6-26-1914 William C. Claybaugh, Clovis, Calif. 81251 Mary Ellen Claybaugh b 6-8-1915 m 1943 Karl I. Cole 812511 Phyllis Cole b 10-3-1946 81252 Edna Elizabeth Claybaugh b 2-22-1917 m 1942 James Bullington 812521 Margaret Bullington b 1944 81253 Cynthia Louise Claybaugh b 6-11-1918 m 1942 Leonard Frame 812531 Patricia Frame b 5-23-1945 81254 William Franklin Claybaugh b 6-5-1927 8126 Ola Lois Rowell, b 8-12-1882 m 11-4-1911 Clyde 0 Reynolds ( d 1917) Proprietor of "Longagoland , Palo Alto, Calif. 46 A DICKINSON FAMILY

81261 Gertrude Isabel Reynolds, b 7-5-1914 m Ralph W. Lord 812611 Ola Louise Lord, b 3-8-1934 81262 Matt Clinton Reynolds, b 12-31-1915 8127 Jonathon Rowell, b 7-25-1887 d 2-19-1889 8128 Isabell Rowell b 10-5-1890 m 3-12-1915 ... Stanley Bassett Smith b 1889 Los Gatos 81281 Frances Ellen Smith b 9-24-1918 m Harry LeMarr 812811 Jonathon LeMarr b 1946 81282 Albert Bassett Smith b 4-6-1921 81283 Loren Stanley Smith b 7-24-1924 81284 Lois Isabel Smith b 5-17-1930 813 Ellen Burrus Dickinson b 9-7-1849 m 1877 Lucien Johnson d 1927 Seward, Neb. 8131 Walter Johnson b Aug. 1878 814 Cynthia Anne Dickinson b 4-15-1851 m 9-5-1876 Lloyd Crist d 11-16-1907 8141 Flora Crist b 6-8-1879 d 8-24-1930 m 2-19-1903 Will Ellis, Normal, Ill. 81411 Aileen Ellis b 12-10-1906 m Harold E. Roggy, Downs, Ill. 814111 Flora Ann Roggy 814112 Richard Roggy 8142 Lulu Crist b 5-5-1883 8143 Jay D. Crist b 9-7-1886 m Elsie Harry ( d 1942) Stockton, Calif. 81431 Elizabeth Ann Crist b 12-23-1913 m Lee V. Atwood, Stockton, Calif. 814311 Betty Lee Atwood b 1936 814312 John "Jack" Atwood b 1937 8143 Jay D. Crist m 2nd. Mrs. Nell G. Hansel 815 William Quarles Dickinson b 8-25-1853 d 5-1-1927 m Belle Warlow, Los Angeles 81 S1 Adopted Bess Dickinson 816 John Edwin Dickinson b 10-8-1855 d 4-8-1923 m 1-21-1884 Addie Benson d 1927. Pioneers in San Joaquin Valley 8161 Imo Dickinson b 10-30-1884 d 5-30-1928 m 9-25-1913 Carl Walters 817 Frank Hopkins Dickinson b 8-21-1861 d 4-22-1930 m Ida George, San Jose 8171 Mildred Dickinson b 1894 d 1924 818 Harry Samuel Dickinson b 8-5-1865 d 9-8-1866 OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 47

819 Charles Chastine Dickinson b 8-15-1868 d 1932 m Addie Myers, Los Angeles 82 Cynthia Mills Dickinson b 12-16-1821 d 12-4-1891 m 12-19-1838 Robert Mansfield Clark, 1819-1865, son of I-Ienry Johnson Clark b 1795 and Mary Mansfield Clark b 1797. Lived Eureka, Ill. See page 42

821 Henry Dickins::m Clark Malissa McElhinr.ey Clark

821 Henry Dickinson Clark b 11-25-1839 d 12-16-1913 m June 1866 Malissa McElhinney, Christian Minister, Mt. Sterling, Ky. 8211 Gertrude Clark b & d 1867 8212 Maud Mansfield Clark b 10-29-1869 d 1926 Note Ad 82121 Clark Forrest b 1895 d 1925 82122 Robert Mansfield Forrest b & d 1902 in India 82123 Jean Forrest b 1915 8213 Claud McElhinney Clark b 10-19-1873 m Ada Evelyn Hagar b 4-17-1885 dau. of William Hagar of Ashland, Ky. 8214 Lawrence Clark 1877-1912 8215 Ruby Clark (adopted) b 3-16-1891 d 10-20-1924 m Walter 0. Mackie, Mt. Sterling, Ky. 82151 Vestal M. Mackie m 1930 William McNabb 82152 Evalyn Mackie m 1934 William Hill 48 A DICKINSON FAMILY

822 Mary Gertrude Clark b 2-12-1841 d 11-13-1917 Note Ae 8221 Henry Clark Hawk b 8-17-1866 d 2-20-1930 m 10-20-1887 Ida Grant Whitner b 6-8-1865 dau. of Peter and Lucy McDonald Whitmer of Bloomington, Ill. Manager Post Industries, Battle Creek, Mich. 82211 Robert Whitmer Hawk b 6-10-1890 d 7-17-1892 82212 Lucy Hawk b 6-6-1892 m Lt. Wendell Lovell Smith, Battle Creek, Mich. 822121 Wendell Lovell Smith, Jr. b 11-5-1920 m 1950 Leona Martin, Battle Creek, Mich. 8221211 Jeffrey Clark Smith b 1951 822122 Mary Eleanor Smith b 1923 m 11-27-1946 David Michael Bailey 8221221 Wendy Susan Bailey b 1952 82213 Henry Clark Hawk, Jr. b 9-3-1894 m 10-22-1919 Hermine W arnsing ( of Petersburg, Ill. d 8-17-1937). Lives Battle Creek, Mich. 822131 Henry Clark Hawk III b 11-14-1920 m 12-22-1941 Marv Elizabeth Blakeslee J 8221311 Henry Blakeslee Hawk-·b 1-15-1943 8221312 Laura Whitmer Hawk b 10-11-1946 8221313 Peter Clark Hawk b 1949 82213 Henry Clark Hawk, Jr. m 2nd. 1951 Mrs. Virginia G. Woods 822132 Joseph Allison Hawk b 1952 Step Children William A. Woods b 1936 Thomas G. Woods b 1937 Lory Woods b 1946 8222 Hannah Gertrude Hawk b 7-20-1868 d 4-28-1938 8223 Robert Moffatt Hawk, Jr. b 3-3-1872 d 6-15-1872 8224 Egbert Burgess Hawk b 8-2-1875 d 9-12-1939 m 3-19-1907 Osyth Lameraux (b 3-15-1885 dau. of William and Martha Jane Lameraux of Mason City, Ill.). Attorney Bloomington, Ill. 823 Cynthia Elizabeth "Betty,, Clark b 4-8-1843 d 3-16-1884 m 10-1-1860 Lafayette Tweed Blair d 1905 8231 Della Blair b 4-2-1862 m John F. Sherman, Trinidad, Col. 8232 Eugene Blair b 9-16-1864 8233 Bert Blair b 9-16-1866 8234 Harvey Blair 8235 Tom Blair OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 49

824 Sue Jane Clark b 1-17-1845 d 5-13-1924 m 1-17-1865 Oliver Perry Darst (b 10-27-1839 d 3-23-1919 son of John and Ruhamah Darst of Eureka, Ill.) lived Dexter, Kan. 8241 Charles D. Darst b 12-1-1865 d 1-9-1879 8242 William James Darst b 8-11-1868 m 8-18-1891 Hattie E. Gilbert d 1904, Dexter, Kan. 82421 Gilbert H. Darst b 7-22-1892 d 10-10-1894 8242 William James Darst m 2nd. 6-1-1910 Vera Sandstrom 82422 Wilma Jean Darst b 8-16-1916 family historian m 8-15-1948 Dwain E. Wood 824221 David William Wood b 10-19-1949 824222 Michael Dwain Wood b 11-1-1951 824223 Susan Darst Wood b 6-21-1953 · 8243 Walter Clark Darst b 1871 m Lou Gilbert, lived Missouri d 12-25-1920 82431 Darl Darst Flanigan b 7-12-1893, Champaign, Ill. 824311 Irma Lucille Flanigan b 10-12-1911 d 7-16-1914 824312 Walter Francis Flanigan b 6-11-1914 d Mar. 1949 m--- 8243121 Ernest Lee Flanigan b 4-18-1937 d 4-18-1938 8243122 Michael Claud Flanigan b 7-29-1942 8243123 Kay Francis Flanigan b & d 1943 824313 Vesta Louise Flanigan b 11-24-1916 m --- Hedges, Omaha, Neb. 8243131 John Raymond Hedges b 10-15-1940 8243132 James Walter Hedges b 4-12-1943 824314 Mary Lillian Flanigan b 1-27-1920 m - - - Peterson, Champaign, Ill. 8243141 Constance Darletta Peterson b 10-11-1938 8243142 Ronald Gordon Peterson b 11-7-1939 8243143 Claudia Jean Peterson b 8-13-1945 824315 Phyllis Mae Flanigan b 3-1-1927 m - - - Tyler, Chicago, Ill. 8243151 Stephan Tyler 824316 Alta Marie Flanigan b 8-3-1931 m Donald Ping, Champaign, Ill. 8243161 Donald Ping, Jr. 824,2 Gertha Darst b 8-16-1895 d 9-6-1895 so A DICKINSON FAMILY

82433 Susie Elizabeth Darst b 9-1-1897 ·d 3-20-1944 m Fay Floyd Ferguson 824331 Fay Floyd Ferguson, Jr. b 1-31-1918 m Ethel Burge 8243311 Fay Floyd Ferguson III b 10-14-1942 8243312 Maurean Elizabeth Ferguson b 1-4-1944 8243313 Sue Ellen Ferguson b 6-6-1946 824332 Laura Lou Ferguson b 4-3-1923 m Max . Orville Schwartz 8243321 Rob Dale Schwartz b 12-23-1945 8243322 Sally Schwartz b 8-3-1949 824333 Robert Clark Ferguson b 8-1-1924 m Dorcas Lorraine Sturgeon 82434 Val Clark Darst b 12-18-1900 82435 Lila Darst b 1-13-1902 m L. E. Grupe, Forest Park, Ill. 82436 Glenn Darst b 1-24-1907 m --- 824361 Jeanette Elizabeth Darst b 8-11-1925 m Clovis· Bratton, Oklahoma City, Okla. 8243611 Linda Bratton b 11-11-1947 824362 Carol Darst b 8-20-1934 824363 Glenn Darst, Jr. b 7-14-1936 824364 Phillip Darst b 4-10-1939 82437 Eunice Darst b 10-1-1910 m Malcolm A. Snodgrass, Ponca City, Okla. 824371 John Mark Snodgrass b 8-12-1941 824372 Joel Walter Snodgrass b & d 2-12-1948 82438 Merle S. Darst b 6-10-1912 m Donella Beller 824381 Gary Ronald Darst b 8-2-1937 824382 Ladonna Kay Darst b 6-24-1948 8244 Bertha Darst b 8-12-1874 m 6-13-1892 Truman Grant Switzer d 1913, Wichita, Kan. 82441 Della Jane Switzer b 3-3-1894 m George Hale d 1941 Wichita, Kan. 82442 Mary Marjorie Switzer b 8-7-1899 m Guy Horton, Casper, Wyo. 82443 Charles T. Switzer b 2-14-1901, Wichita, Kan. 82444 Harriett Ruhamah Switzer b 10-27-1905 m 3-6-1921 Freeman Winslow 824441 Delma Winslow b 6-24-1923 m Ernest C. Arnold OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 51

8244411 Rodney Lee Arnold b 1-4-1950 8244412 Kirk Lynn Arnold 1-10-1952 824442 Joann Winslow b 3-21-1925 m Jerome 0. Witty 8244421 Phillip J. Witty b 6-10-1946 8244422 Michael E. Witty b 9-4-1947 8244423 David Witty b 6-11-1949 82445 Laura Dorothy Switzer b 10-3-1909 m 10-23-1929 Michael Victor Timlin, Byron, Wyo. 824451 Robert Victor Timlin b 10-22-1930 m 11-25-1952 824452 Gary Martin Timlin b 8-20-1940 82446 Truman Grant Switzer, Jr. b 8-17-1913, Wichita, Kan. 8245 Bert Darst b 8-12-1874 m Mamie Shaw d 1910 m 2nd. ~{rs. Clara Graham, lives Dexter, Kan. 82451 Nellie Darst b 6-29-1899 m Other Day d --- 824511 Delbert Jack Letroy Day b 12-11-1920 m - - - Dexter, Kan. 8245111 Thomas Letroy Day b 5-5-1941 8245112 Darlene Karen Day b 11-20-1950 82451 Nellie Darst m 2nd. Larry Martin, Dexter, Kan. 82452 Robert Frank Darst b 1-20-1905 82453 Frieda Darst b & d 1907 82454 Bert Darst b and d 1910 8246 Arthur Darst b 4-15-1877 m Clara Day d 1935, Wichita, Kan. 82461 Lura Maude Darst b 4-26-1900 m Scott Wyke Hunsacker, Dexter, Kan. 824611 Jean Darst Hunsacker b 7-13-1920 m Virginia Louise McMichael 824612 Scott Wyke Hunsacker, Jr. b 1-3-1925, Blackwell, Okla. m - - - 8246121 Scott Wyke Hunsacker III b 12-10-1949 8246122 Michael David Hunsacker b 3-13-1951 824613 Jerol Dee Hunsacker b 10-23-1926 m Frederick H. Smith 824614 Clara Christian Hunsacker b 3-8-1929 m Jack Campbell 8246141 Nathan Scott Campbell b 10-6-1948 8246142 Jackie Byron Campbell b 8-18-1949 8246143 Lura Dee Ann Campbell b 10-30-1950 52 .A DICKINSON FAMILY

82462 James Perry Darst b.11-10-1901 m Edna Wilma Jordan, Arkansas City, Kan. 824621 Anita Coleen Darst b 9-4-1925 m Bobbie Max Merriman 8246211 Carrie Kay Merriman b 8-22-1946 8246212 David Max Merriman b 8-28-1949 824622 James Arthur Darst b 3-31-1935 824623 Roger Alcan Darst b 2-5-1939 824624 Alana Maureen Darst b 7-13-1944 82463 Katherine Darst b 9-9-1904 m Harry S. Horton, Tulsa, Okla. 824631 Jo Lea Horton b 4-8-1926 m Joe Furbee Gordon 8246311 Laura Lea Gordon b 3-31-1947 8246312 Joseph Spencer Gordon_ b 9-6-1952 8247 Bryan Darst b 2-7-1879 d 7-9-1879 8248 Robert Darst b 5-6-1881 m Ella Starns, Seal Rock, Ore.

82481 Roberta Darst b 4-2-1909 m Robert Charles Berrv.• B25 Emma Augusta Clark b 10-10-1947 d 6-20-1931 m 9-2-1869 William H. Crow d 1916, Pittsfield, Ill. 826 William H. Clark b 1-20-1849 din Florida 827 Mildred Ann Clark b 9-20-1851 d 7-8-1912 m John T. Smith b 1-31-1842 d 2-3-1912, Auburn, Neb. 8271 Austin Smith b 1-12-1871, Business Leader, Nebraska City, Neb. 8272 Blanche Smith b 6-8-1874 d 3-4-1914 m 1895 Dr. Latta 28721 Mildred 0. Latta b 2-23-1900 d 12-6-1918 82722 Anna Latta b 8-10-1897 d 8-13-1899 82723 Bess Latta m - - - Andrews, Fresno, Calif. 82724 · Robert Smith Latta 8273 Dr. Hal Clark Smith b 8-19-1882 Physician, · Franklin, Neb. 82731 llobert C. Smith, Spokane, Wash. Major 8th. Air Force, Pilot of famous "Liberty Bell" 827 311 Hal C. Smith II 827312 Sally Jean ·Smith 82732 Hal H. Smith, North Platte, Neb. 8274 Dr. Burt Augustus Smith b 6-23-1885 m Bess - - - Auburn, Neb. 82741 Maxine Smith 82742 Bert Smith b 7-20-1920 82743 Delbert Smith b 7-20-1920 OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 53

828 Celia M. Clark d infant 829 Robert M. Clark Jr. b 10-9-1856 m Emma Russel, Minneapolis, Minn. 8291 Celia M. Clark d infant 8292 Ida G. Clark cl infant 829a Ida Carrie Clark d infant 829b Amelia Virginia "Mena" Cl~rk b 4-10-1860 d 3-6-1930 m John A. Coleson, lived West Point, Miss. 829bl Frank Coleson b 1880 829b2 Esther Mills Coleson m - - - 829b3 Child d infant 829b4 Charles Coleson, m - - - 829b5 Elmira Coleson m - - - 829b6 Harold Elbert Coleson m - - - 829b 7 Clark Coleson 829b8 lvfarion Coleson m - - - 829c Charles Elijah "Tot" Clark 1863-1923 m Harriett Strebling of Virginia, Ill. Lived Fresno, Calif. 83 Ann Quarles Dickinson b 12-8-1823 d 8-5-1825 84 Celia Burrus Dickinson b 5-10-1826 d 1-18-1907 m 3-16-1843 John Major b 1-5-1823 d 6-1-1859· Eureka, Ill. See page 42

841 Aurelius E. Major Anna Rosabelle Hopki::s Majer 54 A DICKINSON FAMILY

841 Aurelius E. Major b 12-19-1849 d 8-20-1939 m 3-10-1871 Anna Rosabelle Hopkins b 8-25-1848 d 12-8-1925 Christian Minister, Whitewright, Texas

8411 Leta Lois Major, M.D. b 1-15-1874 d 10-16-1928 m 8-25- 1897 Dr. Cyril Lindley Pickett. Missionaries to Philippines 84111 Lois Maurine Pickett b 1-31-1899 m 3-8-1924 Russell Kaminke, Long Point, Ill. 841111 Janet Marilyn Kaminke b 5-11-1927 m Eugene W. Metz 8411111 Donald Eugene Metz b 8-18-1948 8411112 James Daniel Metz b 11-9-1949 8411113 Lawrence Russell Metz b 4-9-1952 8411114 Vicky Lin Metz b 2-24-1954 841112 Robert Eugene Kaminke b 2-21-1933 84112 Harold Major Pickett b 12-13-1904 m 10-16-1939 Nelle "Lee" Tignor 84113 Benjamin Lindley Pickett b 8-23-1907 1n 6-10-1929 Anita Cozad. Div. 841131 Joan Lee Pickett b 7-29-1932 m 8-23-1951 Cael Jack Thye, Jr. 841132 Evelyn Helene Pickett b 3-26-1938 84113 Benjamin Lindley Pickett m 2nd. Sue - - - 841133 din infancy 841134 Lois Maureen Carmen Pickett b 6-28-1952 84114 Myrtle Irene Pickett b I 0-I 4-1915 m 1-19-1941 Paul Remark 841141 David Edward Remark b 5-14-1944 841142 Thomas Paul Remark b 6-27-1946 841143 Donald Timothy Remark b 11-2-1951 8412 Aurie Major b July 1878 d 5-19-1881 8413 Anna Gertrude Major b 5-20-1881, Missionary to Mexico, lives Memphis, Tenn. 8414 "Babe" Major b Sept. 1884 d 7-5-1885 8415 Laura Lynne Major b 1-15-1890, Missionary to China, lives Memphis, Tenn. OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 5 5

85 Mary Elizabeth Dickinson Major William ,Major

85 Mary Elizabeth Dickinson b 1-7-1829 d 11-17-1890 m 10-21-1847 Willia1n Major (b 5-22-1827 d 6-13-1882 son of Ben and Lucy Daven?ort Major) lived Eureka, Ill.

851 Horace Major b 8-16-1848 d 2-16-1932 r:1 Lucy Boyd, El Paso, Ill. 8511 Eva Major m Thomas Pinkham, El Paso, Ill. 8 5111 George Pinkham, El Paso, Ill. 8512 Chastine Major m Edna Fauber, El Paso, Ill. 85121 Ethel Major m John Rogge 852 Alva Allen 1fajor b 7-28-1850 d 1933 m 2-9-1876 Virginia Haynes, Eureka, Ill. 8521 Fred Major m Stella Gresham, Eureka, Ill. 85211 Edward Major m Helen Bone 853 Charles E. Major b 11-12-1851 d 1911 m Ellen 11atthews 1857-1924 Eureka, Ill. 854 Ben Major b 6-4-1853 m Sally Cattan, Corwith, Iowa 855 Mary Catherine Major b 7-10-1855 d 10-3-1886 m Albert M. Wright Eureka, Ill. 8551 William C. Wright 8552 Benjamin Wright din childhood 8553 Guy A. Wri~ht m Mary Rapp, Washington, Ill. 56 A DICKINSON FAMILY

856 Anna Elizabeth Major b & d 10-21-1860 857 Annie Elmira Major b 9-21-1862 d 2-18-1864 86 Elmira Jane Dickinson b 1-9-1831 d 1912 Missionary Enthusiast, Co­ Founder and Organizer of Christian Womens Board of Missions. Missionary to Jamaica. Lived in Eureka, Ill. 87 Sarah Mildred Dickinson b 9-25-1833 d 8-23-1834

88 Elijah William Dickinson Am:ie D~:mis Dickir:s0:1

88 Elijah William Dickinson b 7-18-1835 d 12-27-1920 First Graduate of Eureka College, Teacher, Family Historian, Religious Leader. Lived Eureka, Ill. m 9-5-1867 Annie Dennis 1936-1899 m 2nd. Anna Haynes 1950-1919 89 Charles Richard Dickinson b 7-7-1838 d 6-16 1876 Attorney, Bloomington, Ill. 89a Roger Burrus Dickinson b 12-18-1840 d 3-27-1911 Political & Civic Leader Eureka, Ill. m 10-10-1865 Annie Jones, 1842-1922 dau of Richard and Phoebe Guest Jones 89al Marian Dickinson d infant 89a2 Grace Dickinson 1869-1955 m Charles J. Mitchell 1868-1933, Eureka, Ill. 89a21 Hugh Dickinson Mitchell 1894-1929 m Madeleine Woll, Beloit, Wis. OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 57

89 Charles Richard Dickins~n

89a Roier Burrus Dickinson Annie Jones Dickinson 58 A DICKINSON FAMILY

89a22 Donald Mitchell 1896-1936 m Blanch TeWalt, Detroit, Mich. 89a221 Robert Mitchell b 1922 m Donna Mae Leverson 89a222 Jean Mitchell b 1925 m Jerome Smalar 89a2221 Donald Smalar b 1942 89a2222 Susan Smalar 89a223 James Mitchell b 1927 89a23 Roger Mitchell b 1898 m Ellen Hughes, Eureka, Ill. 89a231 Roger David Mitchell b 1928 m 1953 Rosamond Wolverton 89a24 Malcolm Mitchell b 1900 m Elouise Rowe, Indianapolis, Ind. 89a241 Donald Mitchell b 1936 89a242 Richard Mitchell b 1939 89a25 Marianna Mitchell b 1905 m Charles Stumpf, Madison, Wis. 89a251 Jane Stumpf b 1930 m Keith Johnson 1953 89a252 Charles Stumpf b 1931 m 7-2-1955 Diane Lenore Kaerscher 89a253 Mary Stumpf b 1938 89a26 Charles Mitchell b 1906 89a27 Robert Mitchell b 1911 m Elizabeth Ewing, St. Paul, Ind. 89a271 Walker Mitchell b 1937 89a272 Don Robert Mitchell b 1942 89a273 Roger William Mitchell b 1947 89a3 Richard J. Dickinson b 3-24-1873 Family Historian, Eureka, Ill. m 12-26-1896 Katherine Brown, 1870-1899, dau of Nathaniel Milton and Martha Scott Brown of Oreana, Ill. 89a31 Richard J. Dickinson Jr. b 4-17-1899, Eureka, Ill. m Mildred Lantz b 1-9-1901 dau of Simon E. and Martha Esther Rapp Lantz. Civic Leader, 33rd. degree Mason. 89a311 Richard Lantz Dickinson b 8-31-1925, Congerville, Ill. m 9-6-1947 Annette Louise Schultz b 6-14-1926 dau of William Henry and Ruby Lester Schultz of Bartlett, Ill. 89a3111 Pamela Jean Dickinson b 9-12-1949 89a3112 Richard William Dickinson b 10-7-1950 89a3113 Linda Ann Dickinson b 1-5-1952 89a312 Barbara Dickinson b 12-21-1929 m 8-8-1953 John Edward Corcoran 89a3 Richard J. Dickinson m 2nd 1-2-1902 Sidna E. Musick b 7-23- 1874 dau of Fielden Allen and Hannah Simpson Musick, Eureka, Ill. 89a32 Dorothy Musick Dickinson b 10-23-1902 m 2-23-1929 Roy E. Roos div 1938 m 2nd. Stephan N. Wyckoff b 5-29-1891, Berkeley, Calif. OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 59

89a33 Roger Fielden Dickinson b 10-23-1904 m 7-28-1928 Maurine Adele Fisher b 2-29-1904 dau of Charles and Ethel Clark Fisher of Girard, Ill. Live at Elmhurst, Ill. 89a331 Rogerta Maurine Dickinson b 4-26-1929 m 8-22- 1953 Kieth Allen Julian 89a331 l Jennifer Jo Julian b 12-19-1954 89a332 Roger Fisher Dickinson b 4-21-1932 . m 6-18-1955 Nancy Campbell 89a333 Deborah Jo Dickinson b 12-11-1938 89a34 Sidna Alice Dickinson b 1-15-1908 m 6-7-1930 John David Lockie b 10-11-1904 son of Dr. David and Olive Courson Lockie of Springfield, Ill. Live West Chicago, Ill. 89a341 John David Lockie Jr. b 10-18-1931 89a342 Sidna Alice Lockie b 10-10-1934 89a343 Cynthia Anne Lockie b 3-8-1938 89a35 Harriet Elizabeth "Betty" Dickinson b 3-30-1911 d 5-1-1949 m 9-28-1935 Dr. John August Bowman, Jr. b 4-19-1911 son of John August and Lillian Gertrude Bowman of Toulon, Ill. Lived Abingdon, Ill. 89a351 Elizabeth Ann Bowman b 7-29-1943 89a352 John August Bowman III b 2-25-1945 89a4 Linnet Rogerta Dickinson b 6-23-1877 m 12-1-1904 Stephan Price Hart b 9-23-1872 Ossian, Iowa d 11-19-1930, Portland, Ore. . r 89a41 Rosamond Price Hart b 9-26-1905 m 8-17-1927 Frank Miller Chapman div. 1937. Lives Cambridge, Mass. 89a42 Mary Ann Hart b 1-7-1908 m 5-12-1928 Warren Weldon Clark div. 1943. Lives Milwaukee, Wis. 89a43 Jean Hart b 7-7-1909 m 9-14-1933 Edward Christian Alan Lesch LLD. b 3-30-1900 Papineau, Ill. son of George Henry and Amalie Schodt Lesch of Tonnen, Denmark. Univ. of Ore. Eugene, Ore. 89a431 Christine Lesch b 12-29-1934 89a432 Stephan George Edward Lesch b 11-10-1936 89a433 Hillebrand George Lesch b 4-4-1940 89a434 Amelie Ann Lesch b 2-23-1943 89a435 John Christian Lesch b 7-20-1946 89a44 Lt. Stephan Price Hart II b 4-17-1915 m 9-23-1942 Harriett Hendricks b 9-20-1915 dau of William and Ethel Kern Hendricks of Portland, Ore. Lives Camas, Wash. 89a441 Stephan Price Hart III b 12-7-1943 89a5 Eugene Burrus "Gene" Dickinson b 6-23-1877 d 7-24-1911, Business and Political leader, Eureka, Ill. m Mary Ann "May" 60 A DICKINSON FAMILY

Swinford dau of Samuel Freemont and Lizzie Braden Swinford of Watseka, Ill. 89a51 Burrus Dickinson PhD b 5-15-1905, churchman, educator, editor, publisher, college president 89a52 William Dickinson 1911-1913 89a6 Nelle M. Dickinson b 3-22-1884 m 10-12-1912 Irving Shoe­ maker Chenoweth b 5-22-1883 d 5-26-1922 son of James W. and Margaret Irving Chenoweth. Lives Eureka, Ill. 89a61 Irving Shoemaker Chenoweth II b 1-6-1914 m 5-3-1942 Mary Elizabeth Nickel. Live Eureka, Ill. 89a61 l Irving Shoemaker Chenoweth III b 11-3-1943 89a612 Jean Chenoweth, b 12-18-1946 89a613 Mary Chenoweth b 11-14-1949 89a614 Dorothy Chenoweth b 2-4-1954 89a62 Anne Chenoweth b 7-19-1917 m 12-30-1939 Paul Fred­ erick Biklen. Live Westport, Conn. 89a621 Stephen Clinton Biklen b 1-27-1943 89a622 Douglas Paul Biklen b 9-8-1945 89a7 Robert Guest Dickinson b 5-23-1885 m 6-12-1912 Hazel Barrett b 8-19-1892 dau of Frederick Robert and l\1aggie Harlan Ellis Barrett. Live Washington, Ill. 89a71 Jane Dickinson b 12-16-1913 m 12-27-1938 James Down­ ing Putnam b 8-31-1909 son of James Downing and Eva Mc­ Laughlin Putnam. Live Washington, Ill. 89a 711 Patricia Ann Putnam b 4-6-1942 89a712 Janice Lee Putnam b 3-16-1946 89a72 Robert Barrett Dickinson b 2-12-1915 m 10-7-1939 Mary Elizabeth Mikulich div 1951, m 2nd. Verla Weenick 89a721 Robert Guest Dickinson Jr. b 9-29-1940 89a 722 Dee Ann Dickinson b 12-20-1944 89a73 Margaret Dickinson b 5-23-1916 m 12-10-1938 George Hunter Riley son of Edward Jerald and Ethel Hunter Riley. Live Eureka, Ill. 89a731 George Patrick Riley, b 11-3-1940 89a732 Stephen Gene Riley b 3-10-1944 89a733 David James Riley b 8-26-1945 89a74 Mary Eileen Dickinson b 1-16-1918 m 4-17-1944 John Atwell Norris. Lt. Norris was killed in service 4-21-1944. m 2nd. Terry Duane Burns son of Judson and Marguerite Eagles Burns of Yakima, Wash. Live Washington, Ill. 89a741 Linda Lee Burns b 4-6-1950 89a742 Mary Jeffrey Burns b 6-23-195~ OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 61

NOTES

1 William Dickinson Jane Crawford Dickinson

A-1 William Dickinson, lived in Elkton, Ky. His will, made in 1856, directed that his estate go to his wife Jane for her lifetime. After her death to go to his slaves if they will go to Liberia to live. If they refuse to go, they are to be sold to nearby masters. In that case the balance of the estate to be divided between his brother Elijah eight elevenths, and his sister Elizabeth three elevenths. William died in 1858 and evidently the slaves were freed before Jane~s death for there is no record of their going to Liberia or of being sold. Several thousand dollars of the proceeds £rom the sale of the estate were lost when the Hopkinsville Bank was robbed in a guerilla raid during the war. The balance, which had been deposited in a Louisville bank, was later distributed to Elijah and Elizabeth as directed.

B-24 Hugh Mercer Dickinson. His mother died at his birth and he was raised at Mercer Hall by his grandmother, Ann Quarles Dickinson, who also had various other kinfolk in her home much of the time. In later life Hugh owned Mercer Hall. His wife, Susan Mansfield, was a sister of Lina Mansfield, see 67. See General Note page 72. 62 A DICKINSON FAMILY

C-24154 Mary Gray Dickinson. She and her sister Eugenie Willis Dickin­ son ( 2415 5) married their distant cousins, Richard Quintus Richards, Jr. (2429bl) and Hugh Larmon Richards (2429b2); thus their chil­ dren have double numbers.

D-2416 Mary Waller Dickinson. Teacher, Youth Leader, Alexandria, Va. Now retired, lives Culpeper, Va. Active in Church and Civic affairs. Interested in family history. Has portraits of Ann Quarles Dickinson and of Hugh Mercer Dickinson.

244 Hugh Quarles Dickinson Mary Thompson Dickinson

E-244 Hugh Quarles Dickinson, Raised at Mercer Hall. Later lived at Louisa, Va. Family Historian. Expert Horseman. Fond of horses and fox hunting. His wife, Mary Thompson, a sister of Cliff Thompson see 746.

F-42 Mrs. Charles Grandison Dickinson, b 11-27-1822 d 5-12-1861. Her grandfather, Thomas Poindexter, had his and his wife's hair placed in ten identical gold brooches, inscribed on the backs "In memory of T. and S. Poindexter" and gave one to each of his five daughters and five daugh­ ters-in-law. He willed these brooches to the oldest daughters in these families in each succeeding generation. The brooch shown in her picture, page 18, was inherited from her mother and passed to Ann . Dickinson Goulding, to Sallie Winston Goulding Kie, and in 1954 owned by Elizabeth Winston Kie Bott, of Richmond, Va. OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 63

G-422-Charles William Dickinson, had a unique and widely known drug store in Cartersville, Va. Active in church and school affairs. Listed in "Men of Mark in Virginia."

H-4223 Charles William Dickinson, Jr. of Virginia State Board of Edu­ cation, now retired. Was the first supervisor of school libraries and text books; believing that the school library is essentially a teaching agency and an integral part of the educational system. Was responsible for the remarkable development of school libraries in Virginia.

1-49 Sarah Goodwin Dickinson Rawlings, Charlottesville, Va. Her home "Carleton" was on the road up the hill to Monticello. Since her death the beautiful grounds are used as a cemetery.

J-49a Dr. A. E. Eubanks, had a school for girls in Charlottesville.

K-49b Prof. William P. Dickinson, widely known and loved educator. Senior Deacon of Baptist Church. Co-owner and principal of the Albemarle Female Institute of Charlottesville, Va. for many years. No. 4217, Mrs. Nannie Will Goulding Turner, was adopted and raised in his home.

L-5 Elizabeth Dickinson, widowed early in life. Later, married William Tandy (b 2-27-1778, d 10-13-1838, son of Henry and Ann ~!ills Tandy) co-founder and first minister of First Baptist Church in Hopkinsville. We do not know the exact dates of her marriages but she was Mrs. Tandy when her brother Elijah came from Virginia to Kentucky in 1817. When she came to Kentucky she brought with her a water color portrait of her parents. Probably at a later date she brought their family bible. Both are now owned by her great granddaughter, Mrs. James B. Winfree, of Hopkinsville, Ky. See Note O and note "Tandy Family" page 69. Also note W.

M-553 William Thomas Tandy, banker in Hopkinsville, Ky. had the por­ trait of Richard and Ann Quarles Dickinson photographed so that others in the family might have a copy, see page 9.

N-552 Gus Richard Tandy and 556 Jimmie Tandy died within two days and were buried in the same grave.

0-5534 Nell Bass Tandy Winfree of Hopkinsville, Ky. has the original portrait mentioned in notes L and M; also a family bible brought from Virginia by her great grand mother Elizabeth Dickinson.

P-6 Ralph Quarles Dickinson, served in war of 1812, see note "Sarah Ann Quarles" page 69. In later life was a prominent planter in Virginia. Lived 64 A DICKINSON FAMILY

on Pleasant Run, and later near Green Springs in Louisa County, about two miles west of Trevillions on Mumford Bridge Road. Asked by a lady for the secret of his large crops of corn he replied "I plant very long rows and many of them."

Q-66 Dr. Charles Richard Dickinson, of Orange County, Va. Educated at Richmond College, Union Baptist Seminary, with M.D. from University of Pennsylvania in 1849. Practiced medicine in Louisa County until 1868, then began preaching. Established Green Springs Academy and taught there. Was for several years Superintendent of Sunday .School and Bible board of the General Baptist Association. His wife, Lucy Poindexter Winston, was educated at Edgehill School, conducted by the Misses Randolph, Jefferson's granddaughters.

661 Dr. Smelt Winston Dickinson

R-661 Dr. Smelt Winston Dickinson b 1-23-1851, d 11-29-1932, m Sarah Belle Look ( dau of Nathan Loomis Look and Sarah Ann Burt Lincoln Look). M.D. from University of Virginia and University of Maryland. Moved to Marion, Va. in 1881. Prominent Physician there for over fifty years. Active in. District and State Medical Associations. Member of first State Board of Medical Examiners. For many years Deacon and Treasurer · 'of lvlarion Baptist Church. An outstanding citizen. Family Historian. See ' · general note page i3. OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 65

S-6616 Burt Lincoln Dickinson, Mayor of Marion, Va. Judge of Juvenile Court. Married Clara Rangely King M.D. on staff of State Mental Hospital at Marion.

T-663 Charles Richard Dickinson, blinded in childhood by a bullet fired in play through a hole in a wall. Was a musician, a church organist.

U-69b Alfred Elijah Dickinson, b OraQge County, Va. 12-3-1830, d 11-20- 1906. Graduate of Richmond College and University of Virginia. Baptist Minister, Evangelist and editor of Religious Herald, which was a potent influence for peace and healing of animosity after the war. Well edu­ cated, good preacher, very attractive and tactful. A Trustee of Richmond College for 34 years. Samuel Francis Smith, author of "My Country Tis of Thee" was a friend and visitor in his home. See general note p~ge 69.

V-69bl James Taylor Dickinson, Educated at Richmond College and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Great Preacher at North Orange, N. J., Rochester and Brooklyn, N. Y.

W-7 Mary Winslow Dickinson, this is the name given in the family bible, but the Virginia kinfolk called her Mary Mills Dickinson and, after her marriage, "Pally" Atkins. She and her sister Elizabeth were Ann Quarles Dickinson, s only daughters. They had their mother, s broad wedding ring cut around the middle so that each of them had a complete ring which was part of her mother, s wedding ring.

X-77 Eliza Frances Atkins .A.lien and 78 Patsy Atkins Farrar spent summers in their childhood at Mercer Hall. Eliza, walking in her sleep, once got fast behind some furniture and her uncle Elijah ( 8) had to come and get her out, much to her embarrassment. Once the geese chased Patsy and frightened her, Peter the cook came out and rescued her.

Y-783 Mary Farrar Ashby, Charlottesville, Va. She was married to Buckner Ashby by Rev. Alfred Elijah Dickinson ( 69b) . When she was a little child her negro nursemaid was naughty, put on her mistress' party dress and paraded around in it. When Mary suggested that she might tell on her, she spanked Mary to keep her scared and quiet. 66: A.DICKINSON FAMILY

81 John Quarles Dickinson Elila Jane Major Dickinson

Z-81 John Quarles Dickinson m 19-12-1843 Eliza Jane Major, b 9-17-1826 d 9-8-1890, dau of Chastine and Joanna Hopkins Major. Eight years after coming to Illinois Quarles, then twenty-three years old, took his bride of seventeen to his new house made of hand hewn lumber, a mile southwest of the little town of Danvers. The house, with some later addition, still stands solid and substantial, a monument to the good workmanship of its builders, even tho they worked under pioneer conditions. As long as Eliza Dickinson lived that house was a center of hospitality and re­ unions of the relatives.

Aa-8121 Gertrude Rowell, Teacher, Youth Leader, Friendly Counselor, San Jose Teachers College. A colleague said of her, "Her initiative and leadership were felt in every activity and her enthusiasm was boundless and infectious. Even in her last few years, when blind and helpless, she radiated cheer."

Ab--81222 Milo Edwin Rowell, Attorney and civic leader, Fresno, Calif. Served in the Pacific on Gen. MacArthur's Staff.

Ac-81223 William Franklin Rowell, Kidnapped fo~ ransom when aged 12. Outwitted his captor, got word to his father, and helped capture his abductor. Died in service in the Pacific, Oct. 7, 1942. OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 67

Ad-8212 Maud Mansfield Clark, m 1893 William Mentzel Forrest, son of William Forrest of Baltimore, Md. During her father's ministry in Balti­ more, Maud and Will Forrest were high school sweethearts. When her father was called to a church in Kentucky, Will asked permission to cor­ respond with Maud. Her mother said UNo, but if you will write to me I will answer your letters." Then ensued a regular correspondence between Will and Mrs. Clark which continued until, on her eighteenth birthday, Maud took over with her parents' blessing. T4ey were missionaries to India, later lived in Charlottesville, Va.

822 Mary Gertrude Hawk

Ae-822 Mary Gertrude Clark, married Robert Moffatt Allison Hawk b 1839 son of William Harrison and Hannah Moffatt Hawk of Virginia. Major in 92nd Ill. regt. Member of Congress from Illinois, d 1882. She later lived Bloomington, Ill.

Af-2419 William Streit Dickinson and Mrs. Christine Duval Dickinson,­ active in Farm Bureau and Home Demonstration work; have been called "Mr. and Mrs. Conservation." 68 A DICKINSON FAMILY

FAMILY TRAITS

Comment by a Virginia neighbor, "It seems to be characteristic of a Dickinson to have a mind of his own, especially on politics and religion." Children can absorb pride of family early. A little girl, when asked if she was a democrat or republican, answered "Neither one sir, I am a Dickinson.''

GENERAL NOTES

Nathaniel Dickinson II, His will, proved in 1776 in Spottsylvania County, (Will book E, p 157) shows sons William, Nathaniel, Richard and Elijah, and Betty who married a Pulliam, and Fanny who married a Garton. Among other things it provides that "if Fanny Garton should marry she may enjoy her part during her lifetime, and at her death it shall return to Elijah Garton's children. Indicates that Fanny was a widow when the will was made. Richard Dickinson, His will, in Spottsylvania County, (Will book G, p 130) provides all his property to his wife for her lifetime, then divided among the children. Also "It is my will that my said wife shall furnish such of my children as have not already been furnished, with a horse ·and saddle when they attain the age of 21 years, or shall marry."

Ann Quarles Dickinson in middle life

Ann Quarles Dickinson, She is said to have been quite capable, attractive, pretty and vivacious. Of small stature she "could stand under the mantei." Her grandson remembered that she always wore a black dress and a silk apron, the pocket of which usually had something good for a small boy. OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 69

Sarah Ann Quarles, Niece of Ann Quarles above, of Pleasant Valley, Va. wrote a very interesting account of a trip in a covered wagon from Louisa County, Va. thru Marion, Va., Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois to St. Louis, Mo. She was a good reporter and commentator. She was b 1804, m Leroy Chandler 1830, went west 1834. She was daughter of Charles Quarles, who was brother of our Ann; and niece of Capt. John Quarles. Ralph Quarles Dickinson ( 6) and Elijah Dickinson (8) were in the company of their uncle, Capt. John Quarles, in the war of 1812.

Quarles Family; Patsy Atkins Farrar (78) is reported to have said that "The Quarles men were noted for their ugliness and shortness of stature." They had large estates and many slaves. They later set their slaves free to go to Ohio.

Tandy family; They, like the Dickinsons, moved from Virginia to Kentucky in covered wagons, driving their cattle ahead of them. The morning they left all the neighbors met them out on the big road to bid them good bye.

Alfred Elijah Dickinson; 69B A great Baptist Minister and Evangelist. He is reported to have "raised much money for religious and educational causes." Was even called "Prince of Beggars." The following account of his experience in Boston is said to be quite characteristic of him. ''Some twelve years ago I visited Boston in the interest of Baptist educational work in Virginia and the South, hoping to deliver an address on a Sunday afternoon in Tremont Temple, on "The Truth about the South." I sought the president of the Baptist Social Union of Boston and asked to be permitted to speak at the meeting of that body, which was to be held at Tremont Temple. He replied that the arrangements were all made, and no change could now be made in the program; but he gave me a ticket which entitled me to a seat on the plat£orm and said: "You cannot speak on this occasion. At some future time we may hear you, provided you make no appeal for money. The Social Union has very strict rules on that subject, and nothing is allowed looking to raise money at these monthly . gatherings, unless the circumstances are very peculiar and very urgent." I took the hint and the ticket, and heard a very fine address from Gov. Long, now a member of Mr. McKinley's cabinet, and one from Bishop Brooks, now deceased, but then the great Episcopal preacher of New England, also one from a distinguished Congregationalist, whose name I cannot now recall. No one of the speakers was a Baptist, but all three of them said handsome things about the Baptists. Just as the last speaker closed, the president stepped over to me and whispered thus, "I will call on you for a three minute talk, if you will not speak longer than that, and if you will not say anything about the object of your visit to Boston-not a word about money." Then he said to the audience: "We have heard from these distinguished brethren of other denominations, and here is 70 A DICKINSON FAMILY

a Baptist brother from old Virginia, an ex-rebel, who wishes to say a word. Shall we give him just three minutes-that much and no more?" I began by saying that I had often heard of "Free Speech Boston" and that no man could be gagged in Boston; but that limiting me to three minutes reminded me of an old colored man down in Virginia, who went 'possum hunting. He came back about midnight, tired and hungry and sleepy, but he had his 'possum. He dressed it and put it in a skillet, and placed it on the hot embers, and said, "Now old 'pos, you cook

here while I get a little nap. n Then he threw himself down on his cot, and was in a moment fast asleep. But while he was asleep, another colored brother came in and found the 'possum all right, and ate it. He then pushed the table, on ,vhich was the plate, with knife and fork and bones, up against the sleeper; and, that there might be no doubt as to who ate the 'possum, he smeared a little of the gravy on the sleeper's lips, and then slipped out.

After a while the sleeper awoke, and, before his eyes were well open, he began saying to himself: "This is the hungriest nigger that God ever made; but I got a good 'possum, and it's all right now." Then, looking around and failing to see the skillet, he said, "How's this? There was no one here but the 'possum and me, and now the 'possum is not here." Then, seeing the plate and bones lying by him, he said; "Well, I must have eaten that 'possum, for here's the plate and bones and the gravy on nzy lips. Of course I must have eaten that 'possum; but never have I had a 'possum to lie so light on my stomach, and give me so little consolation as that one.''

"Brethren," said I, "it's that way with me here tonight. To come so far and to be dealt with this way gives me no consolation at all." From every part of the room came cries, "Tell what you came to Boston for" ; and the presiding officer said: "Brethren, you have taken the responsibility off of me. Now the brother can tell it, if you insist." They did insist, and I told it as well as I could, under the circunistances.

Now, concerning the collection, well there was none taken, none at all, but they gathered around me and said pleasant things. A dear old brother of more than fourscore years said "Meet me at my office on Devonshire street at ten tomorrow morning. Sharp, at ten." Of course I was there on time although there was a great snow storm sweeping over Boston that morning. The first thing the old gentleman said to me, as he came into his office and threw off his overcoat, was "You have gotten me into trouble." And then he explained; "My wife asked me at break­ fast this morning what it was I was laughing about in my sleep last night, and I told her it was your 'possum story; and I undertook to tell OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 71

the story to her, but failed in the attempt, and I left my family laughing at the idea I should enjoy a thing so much as to laugh about it in my sleep, and yet be unable to explain it in my waking hours. I wish you to tell it over to me, that I may tell it to my family when I go home to, dinner." Then, pausing a moment, he said, "Wait until I can go out and bring my brother and my nephew in that they may hear it too." In a few minutes he returned, with his brother and his nephew and, locking the door, he said: "we are all ready now. Let us have the 'possum story." Then he said: "Stop, tell us what a 'possum is. Is it a thing that flies or something that crawls?" I answered his question, and then repeated the story, and-then wrote the old man's name in my book for $1,000 for Richmond College, and his brother's name for $2 50; but the nephew said; uplease excuse me. I thir1k my father and my uncle have paid enough on that 'possum story for the whole family."

Rowell Family: William Franklin Rowell and Mary Isabella Dickinson (812) were married 10-26-1867 and lived in Illinois until in 1883 they moved their family to the Washington Colony in the San Joaquin valley in California; a long tiresome journey as compared to the luxurious travel of today. There, in company with John Edwin Dickinson ( 816) they engaged first in sheep raising then in wheat farming. Raised fruit for their own use, irrigated it successfully and thus helped develop com­ mercial fruit raising and the general irrigation of the valley, with its consequent development from a desert to a modern horticultural and industrial empire. Various members of the family, especially Milo L. Rowell ( 8122) , have been active in promoting this development.

In the early days they lived at one side of the valley while the best swnmer pasture for the sheep was in the hills on the opposite side. So each spring and fall they drove the flock across the thirty miles of des­ ert, a long days drive. While pasturing the far side, two men, and their dogs, lived with the flock day and night, usually for a two weeks period, until succeeded by two others who rode across the thirty miles to relieve them. While a boy herding sheep Milo ( 8122) chased a badger into his hole and tried to dig him out, but discovered to his embarrassment that the badger could dig faster than he. One night they shot a bear which had gotten past the dogs and killed a lamb.

An interesting feature in the early days was the opportunity for camping trips in the Yosemite Valley. Now a readily accessible National Park with modern hotel accommodations, it was then a wild mountain region, reached only by a hundred twenty-five miles of rough mountain roads. But the comfort of invigorating mountain air, the wonder of the great trees and the beauty and grandeur of the scenery were an inspiring reward well worth the journey. On one of these camping trips the 72 A DICKINSON FAMILY

family was surprised and alarmed one morning to discover that their horses had broken loose in the night and wandered away. Anticipating that the horses had started for home, the men hurried down the trail hoping to find them. A few miles away another camper had noticed the wanderers and tied them up so the alarm was short lived.

24 Hugh Mercer Dickinson

Hugh Mercer Dickinson (24) A vigorous, capable man with a strong and pleasant personality. He was an expert horseman ( a very useful and desirable accomplishment in that day) and trained his colts himself. It is related than when Federal soldiers came to requisition some of his horses they wanted a colt they saw in the pasture. Now that colt was the apple of Hugh's eye so, on pretense of trying to catch him, Hugh made a sign that caused the colt to break for the deep woods and so escaped.

One spring morning he was awakened by his boys calling "one of the horses has a broken leg." He rushed out half dressed asking "which one?" The boys pointed to a broken down saw horse the carpenter had left, and reminded him that it was April First.

Hugh and his friend Reuben Coleman were once together on an occasion where watermelon was being served. Hugh asked Mr. Cole­ man to have some. After they had eaten it developed that the melon OF VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS 73

was being sold. Hugh dug into his pocket but was surprised and ex­ tremely embarrassed to find he had no money with him, so had to borrow from his friend to pay the bill.

Hugh and his son Arthur met a distant cousin. Little Arthur de­ veloped a dislike for the man so later claimed he was not related. Whereat his father said "You' re blood kin and you can't get out of it."

Dr. Smelt Winston Dickinson (661) His wife's mother was Sarah Ann Lincoln. The Lincolns were from Massachusetts and hence not quite accepted as Virginians. In 1861 when sectional feeling was high, Charles Francis Lincoln, a brother of Sarah Ann, was accused of being a northern spy. During the trial he was asked "Are you related to Abe Lincoln?" He replied "How could I be?" I am a Massachusetts yankee, you folks raised Mr. Lincoln in Kentucky.''

Burrus Family: Roger Burrus b 4-18-1769 d 9-20-1826, and his wife Cynthia Mills Burrus b 9-19-1772 d 1-26-1853, lived in Louisa County, Virginia, where most of their children were born. The family moved to the neigh­ borhood of Hopkinsville, Ky. in 1811. Here their daughter Mary Ann b 5-20-1800, d 10-28-1868, met Elijah Dickinson.

Elijah Dickinson (8) b 1-29-1795 in Spottsylvania County, Virginia, d 7-29- 1862. Was a soldier in the war of 1812, see note Sarah Ann Quarles page 69. Later was a carpenter. He went to Hopkinsville, Ky. in 1817, where he met Mary Ann Burrus. They were married 10-6-1819 by Elijah's brother­ in-law Elder William Tandy. They joined Bethel Church in 1821 and were active in its leadership. After moving to Illinois in 183 5 Elijah like all the early settlers, engaged in farming. A pioneer leader in Church and social service he was one of the founders of Eureka College and first president of its Board of Trustees, continuing until his death in 1862.

After the war his wife, Mary Ann Dickinson, sent to her nephew, Richard Tandy, of Hopkinsville, Ky. a package of clothing and other gifts and one hundred dollars in money "to be used for the benefit of Bob and Winnie," her former slaves. He reported that they were very grateful for the money and presents, and manifested deep feeling be­ cause "after all these years and so far away, their old mistress still re­ membered them.''

The following is a copy of an article, written in 1920, by B. J. Radford, teacher, minister, college president, author, lecturer and, in his later years, Sage of Eureka. 74 A DICKINSON FAMILY

From "SKETCHES ON A LONG TRAIL"

During my boyhood our nearest neighbor was Elijah Dickinson, the father of our missionary enthusiast Miss Elmira. His home and father's were half a mile apart; their farms joining; they regularly swapped work ·at· times of harvesting, threshing and butchering, and the two families were on most intimate and neighborly terms. "Uncle Lijah'' was to me a sort of superman, of whom I always stood in awe. I delighted to sit at their table. "Aunt Mary" was a good cook and "Uncle Lijah" was a past master in curing meats. They must be artistically treated and must be flavored with shell-bark hickory smoke.

I've partaken of peaches, of puddings and pie; Of eggnog and juleps (before I went "dry"); Of ice cream as sweet as the nectar of Zeus; Of honey of Hybea, the grape's richest juice; But of delicatessen I broadly declare There was nothing more toothsome, with flavor more rare, Than the hams "Uncle Lijah" was wont to prepare.

As elder of the church he was mindful of the social needs of the congregation. At frequent intervals, during the open air season, we heard with delight his announcement: "Bring your baskets next Lord's Day, and we will have refreshments on the ground." That meant that upon the grass, in the shade of the trees surrounding the old meeting house, would be spread a rich and abundant dinner, after meeting, for all comers; not in select groups, but in a genuine democratic feast. And such feasts! Your modern two-dollar-a-plate banquet, with insipid, long­ hyphenated courses, and more insipid, long winded "toasts," are simply famines in comparison. They were a translation in backwoods English of the Greek "agape." Then as the years came and went,

Past January's tyrant sway, And February Marched away, And then in order, April, May, When Mother Earth was all in tune, And fragrant with the breath of June--

then came the "Burgoo"-the feast of boiled offerings. At the close of the meeting on the preceding Sunday "Uncle Lijah" would announce the day thereof, and the strict ceremonial law for its observance. The boiled offering must be squirrels of the first year, without blemish. They must be killed on the morning of the feast and delivered by the third OF ILLINOIS AND VIRGINIA 75 hour (Hebrew reckoning), at the ''Meeting-House Spring,'' which welled unfailingly from the shady bank of a near-by stream. It was understood that the youth who presented the largest number of acceptable victims by that hour would be the hero of the day. Upon him chiefly would be lavished the encomiums of the elders, the choicest of the concomitant dainties of the soup-feast, the smiles of the maidens and the envy of his competitors. So every young Nimrod was abroad in the forest by daylight, gathering his victims. But they must be fit. He who expected "Uncle Lijah'' to accept any but a fresh young squirrel was as much disappointed as some of my self-complacent acquaintances will be when they offer St. Peter their self-complimentary tickets of admission. "Uncle Lijah" would be early on the ground with his organized help­ ers surrounding a long row of commandeered big iron kettles, hung over the crackling fires and filled from the spring. From them would be served, about noon, gallons on gallons of soup such as only he knew how to pre­ pare; served with inexhaustable accompaniments of delicacies brought by the women of the whole neighborhood. The afternoon was spent in such a round of sports and songs and social mixing as left dyspepsia no chance to get in its work. Who can say how much this sylvan love-feast had to do in strengthening those world refreshing currents welling forth from old Walnut Grove as sweetly as the water from the old "meeting­ house Spring?" Come; go with me to meeting in that unpretentious house, whose walls later echoed the voices of O. A. Burgess, Isaac Errett, Alexander Campbell and other mighty preachers. It is Sunday morning. The sur­ rounding groves are ringing with songs of feathered choirs. The air is freighted with the odors of wild flowers and the glory of the resurrection morning is over all, like sunshine on a bed of bloom. While fathers and mothers are gathering and greeting in the sanctuary, the girls and boys are straying about gathering hands-full and cheeks-full of bloom, and the young men, grouped in grateful shades, are satisfying their social hunger after a six days fast in the wilderness of the cornfields. Presently there rings out from the open doors and windows, "Safely through another week,'' and the swelling chorus swings into ''God has brought us on our way." "Uncle Lijah" has begun the song service. The young people swarm in and the whole congregation is ready to keep step with him when he gets round to "Come, let us anew our journey pursue." It is the beginning of a season of worship as simple, sincere and soul satisfying as mortals ever enjoy. On Sunday, May 12, 1861, at the end of the morning service, a farewell reception was tendered to our company, which, under the captaincy of 0. A. Burgess, on the next day went away for a more than 76 A DICKINSON FAMILY

three vears' service in the Civil War. Tv.'o of Father Dickinson's sons ~ were in our number. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, and knew the temptations of camp life. No other voice could have given such weight to the wise admonitions which he gave us that day. We were then formed in line in front of the old meeting-house and he presented each one with a Testament, in behalf of the church. It was the last time I ever looked upon his face. When we returned, in the midsummer of 1864, he had found an abundant entrance into the eternal kingdom. The church had lost its most apostolic leader, and the- college the first president of its board of trustees. When I get to heaven I would desert Jenny Lind or Patti at any time to hear him sing the old songs he loved so well. This sketch was so revealing of personality that it seemed worth while to include it here, thankful for the good friend ,vho made this record of his memory of our kinsman. Such an extended account as this, covering many branches of the family, living in widely different environments, might possibly recall the old jingle concerning ancestors.

If we could see our ancestors all standing in a row, Would we be proud of them or not, or do you really know? Some strange discoveries are made in climbing family trees, And some of them you know do not particularly please. If we could see our ancestors all standing in a row, There might be some of them perhaps we wouldn't care to know. But there's another question which we also might discuss; If we could meet our ancestors would they be proud of us?

We might well ponder that last line. But the writer has had an ex­ tensive correspondence with the Dickinson kin, has visited with many of them, and it has been most heartening to find how uni£ ormly the folks are fine citizens and good neighbors, kin to make us proud of our family. A rather surprising number of the tribe have been outstanding leaders in religious, educational, business and civic affairs. So the more we learn of our family the more reason we have to respect and admire the courageous and inspiring example set by our ancestry. We may be proud of our heritage. And here ends this narrative of "A Dickinson Family," one which has made good in the true American way.