Rev Samuel Abel Dickinson

Birth: 14 Feb 1856
Terryville, DeWitt County, Texas, USA
Death: 9 Feb 1935 (aged 78)
Kenedy, Karnes County, Texas, USA
Burial: Kenedy Cemetery

Kenedy, Karnes County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Samuel Abel DICKINSON was the ninth of ten children who grew to adulthood born to Dr. Samuel Burling DICKINSON and Caroline Elizabeth KINNISON. There was an eleventh child, a baby boy, who was unnamed and who died either as an infant or in childbirth. His place in birth sequence is unknown thus far.

Samuel Abel DICKINSON was married to Laura Ann FINLEY on 03 May 1887 in Bandera County, Texas. Her parents were William H. FINLEY (1801-1889) who was born in Virginia and Mary Mahala BUCKALEW (1833-1884) who was born in Alabama.

Together, Sam and Laura had nine known children who grew to adulthood. Their names and approximate years of birth are shown below.

1889 Samuel William DICKINSON
1891 Carrie Lee DICKINSON
1893 Mary Ellen DICKINSON
1896 Eva Laura DICKINSON
1898 Rhoda Mae DICKINSON
1901 Finley Earl DICKINSON (twin)
1901 Winnie Pearl DICKINSON (twin)
1905 James Lesley DICKINSON (twin)
1905 John Wesley Dickinson (twin)

Through his father's ancestry, Sam was directly descended from four passengers who were aboard the Mayflower on her maiden voyage to America arriving in Nov 1620 (John HOWLAND, Elizabeth TILLEY and Elizabeth's parents).

Samuel Burling DICKINSON is a qualifying ancestor for membership in the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, the John Howland Society, the Sons of the Republic of Texas, the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, and Texas First Families.

At the right is a portrait of five of the seven DICKINSON men born to Samuel Burling DICKINSON and his wife, Caroline Elizabeth KINNISON. Standing are John James DICKINSON (left) and Charles Wesley Thomas DICKINSON (right). Seated left to right are George Franklin DICKINSON, David Milton DICKINSON, and Samuel Abel DICKINSON. Not shown in the photo are Preston Augustus DICKINSON who died in 1868 and an unnamed baby boy who died in infancy or in childbirth.

The photo is from a collection owned by Ralph Henry DICKINSON who is descended from David Milton DICKINSON. Please do not replicate this photo or use it in any other way without first getting Ralph's permission and then not without identifying him as the source and owner of the photo.

Inscription

The shared gravestone made from Montello granite from Montello, WI marks the graves of my Mother (Mary Ellen Dickinson Flenniken) and her parents who were my maternal grandparents (Samuel Abel Dickinson and Laura Ann Finley Dickinson). Inscriptions, as they are shown on the shared gravestone, are left to right:

MOTHER
MARY ELLEN FLENNIKEN
1893-1932

GRANDMOTHER
LAURA ANN
1872-1948

GRANDFATHER
SAMUEL ABLE
1858-1935

Gravesite Details

Grandfather's middle name is misspelled on the gravestone (s/b Abel, not Able) and birth year is incorrect (s/b 1856 not 1858). Also, Grandmother's birth year is incorrect (s/b 1870 not 1872).