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Dickinson, Julian G

soldier, lawyer, was born Nov. 20, 1843, in Erie county, N. Y. He received his education in the union schools of Jonesville and Jackson, Mich.; and in 1856 graduated from the university of Michigan. He served as a union soldier during the civil war; served three years in the army of the Cumberland; was promoted to adjutant of the fourth regiment Michigan cavalry, and brevetted captain United States volunteers for meritorious service in the capture of Jefferson Davis, May 10, 1865. Since 1867 he has practiced law in Detroit, Mich., and has attained eminent success in his profession.

DICKINSON, MARQUIS FAYETTE, educator, business man, lawyer, was born Jan. 16, 1840, in Amherst, Mass. He is descended from Nathaniel Dickinson, one of the Winthrop colony of 1630, who settled Weathersfield, Conn., and in 1658 was one of the adventurers who founded the town of Hadley, Mass. The subject of this sketch received a thorough education, and graduated from the Williston seminary in 1858; from Amherst college in 1862; and studied law at the Harvard law school. He was a teacher of classics in the Williston seminary during 1862-65; was a trustee of that institution; and was a member of the board of overseers of charity fund of Amherst collège. He has been president of the Nashawannuck Manufacturing company, and a director of the Williston mills, both of Easthampton, Mass.; and president of the Whitcomb Envelope company. He is now a noted lawyer of Boston, Mass; was president of the Boston common council in 1872; and has filled numerous public positions of honor in his native state. He is the author of Legislation on the Hours of Labor; and Amherst Centennial Address.