Dickerson, Mahlon – Dickinson, Emily
Dickerson, Mahlon
lawyer, jurist, governor, United States senator, was born April 17, 1770, in Morris county, N. J. He was recorder of the city of Philadelphia, and subsequently quartermaster-general of the state. He returned to New Jersey, and was elected to the legislature of that state. He was judge of the supreme court of New Jersey; was elected governor of that state in 1815, and held the office until 1817, when he was chosen United States senator from New Jersey, and continued in that office for sixteen years. In 1834 he became secretary of the navy in the cabinet of President Jackson, and held that office until 1838, some two years after the accession of President Van Buren.
For two years he was president of the American institute. He died Oct. 5, 1853, in Morris county, N. J.
Dickerson, Philemon
lawyer, jurist, congressman, governor, was born in 1788, in Morris county, N. J. He was a representative in congress from the Paterson district, in that state, from 1833 to 1835, and again from 1839 to 1841. In 1836 he was governor of New Jersey; and was subsequently appointed judge of the United States district court for New Jersey. He died Dec. 10, 1862, in Paterson, N. J.
Dickerson, W. W
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Nov. 29, 1851, in Grant county, Ky. He was elected county attorney in 1874 for a term of four years; and was elected a member of the state house of representatives in 1885.
He was elected a member of the state senate in 1887 for a term of four years. He was elected as a democrat to the fifty-first congress in 1890, and was re-elected to the fifty-second congress.
DICKERSON, WILLIAM FISHER, bishop, was born Jan. 18, 1844, in Woodbury, N. J. In 1880 he was elected thirteenth bishop and given charge of the work in South Carolina and Georgia. He founded Allen university, Columbia, S. C., in 1880, of which he was president for four years. He died in December, 1884, in Columbia, S. C.
Dickey, Ebenezer
clergyman, author, was born March 12, 1772, near Oxford, ra. He published A Tract to Parents; a pamphlet entitled Plea for Christian Communion; and wrote for the Christian Advocate a series of letters on Travels in Europe for Health in 1820, that were widely read. He died May 31, 1831, in Oxford, Pa.
Dickey, Henry L
civil engineer, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Oct. 29, 1832, in South Salem, Ohio.
He was a representative in the state legislature in 1861; was a state senator in 1867 and 1868; and was elected a representative from Ohio to the forty-fifth and forty-sixth congresses as a democrat.
Dickey, Jesse C
congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1849 to 1851.
Dickey, John
congressman. He was a member of congress from Pennsylvania from 1843 to 1845, and from 1847 to 1849.
At the time of his death he was United States marshal for western Pennsylvania.
He died March 14, 1853, in Beaver county, Pa.
Dickey, John Mcelroy
clergyman, author, was born Dec. 16, 1789, in York district, S. C. He went on missionary tours, organized many new churches in Indiana, and his connection with the beginnings of the presbyterian church in that territory caused him to be widely known in his denomination. He published a History of the Presbyterian Church in Indiana, and was preparing a continuation of it at the time of his death. He died Nov. 21, 1849, near Washington, Ind.
Dickey, John Miller
clergyman, educator, was born Dec. 15, 1806, in Oxford, Pa. He conducted the Oxford Female seminary for fifteen years in addition to his pastoral duties. He took the principal part in establishing the Ashmun institute, afterward Lincoln university, at Oxford, and was president of the board of trustees from 1854 till his death.
He died March 21, 1878, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Dickey, Moses R
soldier, lawyer. jurist, was born Nov. 4, 1827, in Richland county, Ohio. He served as lieutenantcolonel in the fifteenth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, and as colonel in the same regiment. He has served as judge of court of common pleas.
Dickey, Oliver J
lawyer, congressman, was born April 6, 1823, in Brighton, Pa. He was district attorney for Lancaster county from 1856 to 1859; was elected to fill a vacancy in the fortieth congress; and was re-elected to the fortyfirst and forty-second congresses as a republican.
Dickey, Theophilus Lyle
lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 12, 1812, near Paris, Ky. He read law in his native state, removed to Ohio, liberated the slaves that he had inherited, and afterward established himself in practice in Illinois. During the Mexican war he served as a captain in Colonel Hardin's regiment, and in the civil war he was colonel of the eleventh Illinois cavalry, and served for two years under General Grant, on whose staff he served for some months as chief of cavalry. From 1868 till the close of President Johnson's administration he was assistant attorneygeneral of the United States. From 1876 till his death he was judge of the Illinois supreme court. He died July 22, 1885, in Atlantic City, N. J.
Dickie, Samuel
astronomer, lecturer, was born June 6, 1851, in Oxford county, Canada. For ten years he was professor of astronomy and physics in the Albion college, Mich. He is prominent in political affairs as a prohibitionist; and has lectured extensively on scientific subjects.
Dickins, John
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 24, 1747, in London, England. He suggested the plan of Cokesbury college, New Abingdon, Md., the first methodist academic institution in this country. He issued the Arminian Magazine in Philadelphia in 1789-90, and the Methodist Magazine from 1797 till his death. He died Sept. 27, 1798, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Dickinson, Alfred Elijah
clergyman, was born Dec. 3, 1830, in Orange county, Va. He associated himself with the Rev. Dr. Jeter as joint owner and editor of the Religious Herald, of Richmond, Va., and since the death of Dr. Jeter has been editor-in-chief of that journal.
Dickinson, Andrew Glassel
soldier, was born April 15, 1835, in Bowling Green, Va. He served through the civil war as a confederate; and for gallant and meritorious services received the rank of colonel.
Dickinson, Anna Elizabeth
suffragist, lecturer, author, was born Oct. 28, 1842, in Philadelphia, Pa. She is a famous lecturer, and the author of A Paying Investment, a Plea for Education; A Ragged Register of People, Places and Opinions; What Answer? a novel; and two plays, Mary Tudor; The Crown of Thorns.
Dickinson, Charles Monroe
journalist, poet, was born in November, 1842, in Lowville, N. Y. He is the editor and proprietor of the Binghamton Republican, one of the most influential newspapers in the state of New York. He is the author of a volume of poems entitled The Children, and Other Verses.
Dickinson, Cornelius Evarts
clergyman, author, was born April 23, 1835, in Heath, Mass. He has filled pastorates in the congregational church at Oak Park and Elgin, Ill., and at Marietta, Ohio. He is the author of A Century of Church Work.
Dickinson, Daniel Stevens
lawyer, jurist, congressman, United States senator, author, was born Sept. 11, 1800, in Goshen, Conn. In 1836 he was elected to the state senate, serving from 1837 to 1840; was judge of the court of errors from 1836 to 1841; and from 1842 to 1844 was president of that court. He was lieutenant-governor and president of the senate. He was a senator in congress from New York from 1844 to 1851. He was a delegate to the Baltimore conventions of 1848 and 1852; and in 1861 was elected attorney-general of the state of New York. He was a delegate to the Baltimore convention of 1864; and in 1865 was appointed United States district attorney for the southern district of New York.
His Speeches and Correspondence, with a biography of him by his brother, appeared in 1867. He died April 12, 1866, in New York city.
Dickinson, David W
congressman.
He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1833 to 1835; and again from 1843 to 1845. He died April 27, 1845, in Franklin, Tenn.
Dickinson, Donald Mcdonald
cabinet officer, lawyer, politician, was born Jan. 17, 1847, in Port Ontario, N. Y.
In 1888 he became postmaster-general of the United States.
Dickinson, Edward
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Jan. 1, 1803, in Amherst, Mass. He was a member of the state legislature in 1838 and 1839; of the state senate in 1842 and 1843; of the governor's council in 1846 and 1847; and was a representative in congress from 1853 to 1855. He was again elected to the state legislature in 1873. He died June 16, 1874.
Dickinson, Edward F
soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Jan. 21, 1829, in Fremont, Ohio. He served three years in the union army as a lieutenant and regimental quartermaster. He was elected judge of probate for Sandusky county in 1866; and was elected a representative from Ohio to the forty-first congress as a democrat.
Dickinson, Emily
poet, was born in 1830, in Massachusetts. She was a poet whose entire life was passed in Amherst, Mass., in great seclusion, and who rarely published any of her work. Since her death attention has been drawn to the strikingly original nature of her poetry by the publication of three volumes of poems, selected from her manuscripts.
She died in 1886..