m. Margaret Hayes
children of David & Margaret:
Leah M Dickey (1852-)
Nelson Hardman Dickey (1854-1923)
John A Dickey (1856-)
Anderson Dodd Dickey (1858-)
Jane E Dickey (1860-)
Charles W Dickey (1863-)
Emma A Dickey (1866-)
Ezra A Dickey (1869-)
Cyrus W Dickey (1871-)
Sterling Standard - Thursday, February 8, 1894
Mr. and Mrs. Dickey
It may be of some interest to the people in this vicinity to read a brief sketch of the life of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Dickey. They were both born in Pennsylvania; Mr. Dickey in Mercer county, August 20, 1824. His father dying when he was nine years old, his mother was forced to support her family of nine children, but only survived her husband three years. The children were of course bound out. Mr. Dickey's place was a hard one, but he stayed ? for a few years, striking out for himself and going to Franklin, Venango county, found work in the dry goods store of Robert Lamberton, of Lamberton's bank in later years. From clerk in the store he became cashier in the bank, which position he held until 1849. On Oct. 5, 1840, he married Miss Margaret S. Hays, and after working in the store a year longer he and his wife started a restaurant and bakery. They lived in Franklin until 1857, then moved to Oil City where they had bought two or three acres of land. At that time there was but eight houses in the town. Oil City is five miles up the Allegheny River from Franklin and there is only one stopping place along the route called Morgan's Tavern.
In the spring of 1858 Mr. Dickey thought he would have a hotel built and leave the one-roomed log hut in which they were living. He first sold a small tract of land for the ferry poll to be placed on the height, being seventy-five feet above the waters of the Allegheny River, then to build the hotel he hired Andrew Dodd, a carpenter, and his men. The hotel was called the "Petroleum House," D. D. Dickey, proprietor. Mrs. Dickey being chief cook, ran the house with the help of two hired girls, and in the time of spring freshets, when the oil boats came down the river with oil, Mrs. Dickey supplied the men with bread, sometimes baking two barrels of flour in twenty-four hours; she having a brick oven and her loaves being as large as four our bakers make and not all wind either. They were in the hotel three years, then selling out to a man named John Cauldron for the sum of $28,000. In the meantime he had bought a small farm three miles from Oil City and after selling out he moved onto this farm, living there years, and in 1865 moved to Como, Ill., where he has since lived. Before moving west he bought his father's homestead from the heirs. He has one brother living in Wisconsin, William Dickey; one in Iowa, George Dickey; a brother and sister living in Mercer county, Pa., James Dickey and Mrs. Jane Gilmore, and one brother in the state of Oregon, who was state sheriff when last heard from, whose name was Ira, Mr. Dickey bought Elley farm in Hume and rented it, but lived in Como. After his death the farm was sold by his heirs to his son Anderson, who is living on the place at the present time. As Mr. Dickey is well known in Sterling and vicinity nothing further need to be said of him.
Mrs. Dickey was a good Christian woman, always ready to help in sickness and in time of trouble. She was a hard working, healthy and industrious woman until within the last two years. Three years ago she had an attack of the grippe from which she never fairly recovered, and two years ago this spring she had another attack of the same disease, which left her in a very weak condition, and when she moved to Rock Falls one year ago this fall she was sick the day she moved and has never been well since. She bore her suffering without a murmur and was ready and willing to go, only waiting for the time which seemed so long. She had her plans made and the minister engaged three weeks before she died. The minister she had chosen, Rev. Mrs. C. C. Babcock, did not get the dispatch sent her at Le Clair and in her absence Rev. Collins filled her place. She was laid to rest beside her husband in the Como cemetery where she had visited so often in life.
Sterling Standard - Thursday, February 22, 1894
Another Dickey.
EDITOR STERLING STANDARD - Today Thomas Brink entered my place of business and called my attention to a short biography of my brother, D. D. Dickey, which rather astonished me and which I was very much interested in reading. I left the house of D. D. Dickey, Mar. 1, 1853 to came to Linn county, Oregon, and have lived in this county ever since, with the exception of four years, during which time I helped run the convicts at our state prison.
I am now living in Albany, Linn county, Oregon. I wish to make a few corrections in the article published in your paper. One is, when he was married; he was married in 1847 in place of 1840, and he was born in Venango Co. in place of Mercer. Of course it amounts to nothing only correct dates among his children. His wife, Margaret, was as noble a woman as ever lived on God's green earth, and I am so sorry that so good a woman could not have lived to a good old age. Peace be to her ashes, and may God in his goodness and mercy guide the children to that better land where parting will be no more.
The oldest of our family, Jane Gilmore, lives in Utica, and also James William, as stated in your paper. The brother George, referred to in Iowa, has been dead 3 or 4 years; his family still lives there.
As for myself, I have had a long series of honors, if one in our day could call it such. In 1855 I was elected constable of Scio precinct in this county, served two years, then I was elected Justice of the Peace, served two terms, then I was elected Record of the city of Scio, served four years. Next I was elected Sheriff, served one term, then was elected Mayor of the City of Albany. Now I am a [bigly?] private in the rear ranks, with considerable experience in the political cesspool. I have a family of seven children, five girls and two boys, the girls are all married, the boys are at home with me, going to school. Times are exceedingly dull here and money fearful short. We have had a severe winter; it compares very favorably with the administration. We are like the man that bought the elephant, we have got Cleveland but we do not know what to do with him, we think we will have Gov. Penroyer remove him.
Mr. Thomas Brink, of Albany was raised in your town and assisted in building the first mill built there. His father still lives there, I am very well acquainted with him; he is an A No. 1 man of good habits. The old gentleman told me he went his first day to school at your town, to a Mrs. Lillet Wellington, who still lives there, and the first day she tied his hands together behind his back as a punishment for some deviltry which he was guilty of during school hours.
If you want any more information in regard to the early settlement of Oregon, tell me just what you want and I will do the best I can for you, with pleasure. If it would not be asking too much of you please publish this letter and send a copy to Jane Gilmore, Utica, Venango Co., Penn. There is another noble woman, she partly raised me. She made me the first pair of breeches I ever had, made of white drilling, I thought they were fine. Times are not as they used to be, but I must give you a rest. I remain
Respectfully yours,
I. C. Dickey.
Albany, Oregon, Feb. 12, 1894.
children of David & Margaret:
Leah M Dickey (1852-)
Nelson Hardman Dickey (1854-1923)
John A Dickey (1856-)
Anderson Dodd Dickey (1858-)
Jane E Dickey (1860-)
Charles W Dickey (1863-)
Emma A Dickey (1866-)
Ezra A Dickey (1869-)
Cyrus W Dickey (1871-)
Sterling Standard - Thursday, February 8, 1894
Mr. and Mrs. Dickey
It may be of some interest to the people in this vicinity to read a brief sketch of the life of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Dickey. They were both born in Pennsylvania; Mr. Dickey in Mercer county, August 20, 1824. His father dying when he was nine years old, his mother was forced to support her family of nine children, but only survived her husband three years. The children were of course bound out. Mr. Dickey's place was a hard one, but he stayed ? for a few years, striking out for himself and going to Franklin, Venango county, found work in the dry goods store of Robert Lamberton, of Lamberton's bank in later years. From clerk in the store he became cashier in the bank, which position he held until 1849. On Oct. 5, 1840, he married Miss Margaret S. Hays, and after working in the store a year longer he and his wife started a restaurant and bakery. They lived in Franklin until 1857, then moved to Oil City where they had bought two or three acres of land. At that time there was but eight houses in the town. Oil City is five miles up the Allegheny River from Franklin and there is only one stopping place along the route called Morgan's Tavern.
In the spring of 1858 Mr. Dickey thought he would have a hotel built and leave the one-roomed log hut in which they were living. He first sold a small tract of land for the ferry poll to be placed on the height, being seventy-five feet above the waters of the Allegheny River, then to build the hotel he hired Andrew Dodd, a carpenter, and his men. The hotel was called the "Petroleum House," D. D. Dickey, proprietor. Mrs. Dickey being chief cook, ran the house with the help of two hired girls, and in the time of spring freshets, when the oil boats came down the river with oil, Mrs. Dickey supplied the men with bread, sometimes baking two barrels of flour in twenty-four hours; she having a brick oven and her loaves being as large as four our bakers make and not all wind either. They were in the hotel three years, then selling out to a man named John Cauldron for the sum of $28,000. In the meantime he had bought a small farm three miles from Oil City and after selling out he moved onto this farm, living there years, and in 1865 moved to Como, Ill., where he has since lived. Before moving west he bought his father's homestead from the heirs. He has one brother living in Wisconsin, William Dickey; one in Iowa, George Dickey; a brother and sister living in Mercer county, Pa., James Dickey and Mrs. Jane Gilmore, and one brother in the state of Oregon, who was state sheriff when last heard from, whose name was Ira, Mr. Dickey bought Elley farm in Hume and rented it, but lived in Como. After his death the farm was sold by his heirs to his son Anderson, who is living on the place at the present time. As Mr. Dickey is well known in Sterling and vicinity nothing further need to be said of him.
Mrs. Dickey was a good Christian woman, always ready to help in sickness and in time of trouble. She was a hard working, healthy and industrious woman until within the last two years. Three years ago she had an attack of the grippe from which she never fairly recovered, and two years ago this spring she had another attack of the same disease, which left her in a very weak condition, and when she moved to Rock Falls one year ago this fall she was sick the day she moved and has never been well since. She bore her suffering without a murmur and was ready and willing to go, only waiting for the time which seemed so long. She had her plans made and the minister engaged three weeks before she died. The minister she had chosen, Rev. Mrs. C. C. Babcock, did not get the dispatch sent her at Le Clair and in her absence Rev. Collins filled her place. She was laid to rest beside her husband in the Como cemetery where she had visited so often in life.
Sterling Standard - Thursday, February 22, 1894
Another Dickey.
EDITOR STERLING STANDARD - Today Thomas Brink entered my place of business and called my attention to a short biography of my brother, D. D. Dickey, which rather astonished me and which I was very much interested in reading. I left the house of D. D. Dickey, Mar. 1, 1853 to came to Linn county, Oregon, and have lived in this county ever since, with the exception of four years, during which time I helped run the convicts at our state prison.
I am now living in Albany, Linn county, Oregon. I wish to make a few corrections in the article published in your paper. One is, when he was married; he was married in 1847 in place of 1840, and he was born in Venango Co. in place of Mercer. Of course it amounts to nothing only correct dates among his children. His wife, Margaret, was as noble a woman as ever lived on God's green earth, and I am so sorry that so good a woman could not have lived to a good old age. Peace be to her ashes, and may God in his goodness and mercy guide the children to that better land where parting will be no more.
The oldest of our family, Jane Gilmore, lives in Utica, and also James William, as stated in your paper. The brother George, referred to in Iowa, has been dead 3 or 4 years; his family still lives there.
As for myself, I have had a long series of honors, if one in our day could call it such. In 1855 I was elected constable of Scio precinct in this county, served two years, then I was elected Justice of the Peace, served two terms, then I was elected Record of the city of Scio, served four years. Next I was elected Sheriff, served one term, then was elected Mayor of the City of Albany. Now I am a [bigly?] private in the rear ranks, with considerable experience in the political cesspool. I have a family of seven children, five girls and two boys, the girls are all married, the boys are at home with me, going to school. Times are exceedingly dull here and money fearful short. We have had a severe winter; it compares very favorably with the administration. We are like the man that bought the elephant, we have got Cleveland but we do not know what to do with him, we think we will have Gov. Penroyer remove him.
Mr. Thomas Brink, of Albany was raised in your town and assisted in building the first mill built there. His father still lives there, I am very well acquainted with him; he is an A No. 1 man of good habits. The old gentleman told me he went his first day to school at your town, to a Mrs. Lillet Wellington, who still lives there, and the first day she tied his hands together behind his back as a punishment for some deviltry which he was guilty of during school hours.
If you want any more information in regard to the early settlement of Oregon, tell me just what you want and I will do the best I can for you, with pleasure. If it would not be asking too much of you please publish this letter and send a copy to Jane Gilmore, Utica, Venango Co., Penn. There is another noble woman, she partly raised me. She made me the first pair of breeches I ever had, made of white drilling, I thought they were fine. Times are not as they used to be, but I must give you a rest. I remain
Respectfully yours,
I. C. Dickey.
Albany, Oregon, Feb. 12, 1894.
m. Margaret Hayes
children of David & Margaret:
Leah M Dickey (1852-)
Nelson Hardman Dickey (1854-1923)
John A Dickey (1856-)
Anderson Dodd Dickey (1858-)
Jane E Dickey (1860-)
Charles W Dickey (1863-)
Emma A Dickey (1866-)
Ezra A Dickey (1869-)
Cyrus W Dickey (1871-)
Sterling Standard - Thursday, February 8, 1894
Mr. and Mrs. Dickey
It may be of some interest to the people in this vicinity to read a brief sketch of the life of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Dickey. They were both born in Pennsylvania; Mr. Dickey in Mercer county, August 20, 1824. His father dying when he was nine years old, his mother was forced to support her family of nine children, but only survived her husband three years. The children were of course bound out. Mr. Dickey's place was a hard one, but he stayed ? for a few years, striking out for himself and going to Franklin, Venango county, found work in the dry goods store of Robert Lamberton, of Lamberton's bank in later years. From clerk in the store he became cashier in the bank, which position he held until 1849. On Oct. 5, 1840, he married Miss Margaret S. Hays, and after working in the store a year longer he and his wife started a restaurant and bakery. They lived in Franklin until 1857, then moved to Oil City where they had bought two or three acres of land. At that time there was but eight houses in the town. Oil City is five miles up the Allegheny River from Franklin and there is only one stopping place along the route called Morgan's Tavern.
In the spring of 1858 Mr. Dickey thought he would have a hotel built and leave the one-roomed log hut in which they were living. He first sold a small tract of land for the ferry poll to be placed on the height, being seventy-five feet above the waters of the Allegheny River, then to build the hotel he hired Andrew Dodd, a carpenter, and his men. The hotel was called the "Petroleum House," D. D. Dickey, proprietor. Mrs. Dickey being chief cook, ran the house with the help of two hired girls, and in the time of spring freshets, when the oil boats came down the river with oil, Mrs. Dickey supplied the men with bread, sometimes baking two barrels of flour in twenty-four hours; she having a brick oven and her loaves being as large as four our bakers make and not all wind either. They were in the hotel three years, then selling out to a man named John Cauldron for the sum of $28,000. In the meantime he had bought a small farm three miles from Oil City and after selling out he moved onto this farm, living there years, and in 1865 moved to Como, Ill., where he has since lived. Before moving west he bought his father's homestead from the heirs. He has one brother living in Wisconsin, William Dickey; one in Iowa, George Dickey; a brother and sister living in Mercer county, Pa., James Dickey and Mrs. Jane Gilmore, and one brother in the state of Oregon, who was state sheriff when last heard from, whose name was Ira, Mr. Dickey bought Elley farm in Hume and rented it, but lived in Como. After his death the farm was sold by his heirs to his son Anderson, who is living on the place at the present time. As Mr. Dickey is well known in Sterling and vicinity nothing further need to be said of him.
Mrs. Dickey was a good Christian woman, always ready to help in sickness and in time of trouble. She was a hard working, healthy and industrious woman until within the last two years. Three years ago she had an attack of the grippe from which she never fairly recovered, and two years ago this spring she had another attack of the same disease, which left her in a very weak condition, and when she moved to Rock Falls one year ago this fall she was sick the day she moved and has never been well since. She bore her suffering without a murmur and was ready and willing to go, only waiting for the time which seemed so long. She had her plans made and the minister engaged three weeks before she died. The minister she had chosen, Rev. Mrs. C. C. Babcock, did not get the dispatch sent her at Le Clair and in her absence Rev. Collins filled her place. She was laid to rest beside her husband in the Como cemetery where she had visited so often in life.
Sterling Standard - Thursday, February 22, 1894
Another Dickey.
EDITOR STERLING STANDARD - Today Thomas Brink entered my place of business and called my attention to a short biography of my brother, D. D. Dickey, which rather astonished me and which I was very much interested in reading. I left the house of D. D. Dickey, Mar. 1, 1853 to came to Linn county, Oregon, and have lived in this county ever since, with the exception of four years, during which time I helped run the convicts at our state prison.
I am now living in Albany, Linn county, Oregon. I wish to make a few corrections in the article published in your paper. One is, when he was married; he was married in 1847 in place of 1840, and he was born in Venango Co. in place of Mercer. Of course it amounts to nothing only correct dates among his children. His wife, Margaret, was as noble a woman as ever lived on God's green earth, and I am so sorry that so good a woman could not have lived to a good old age. Peace be to her ashes, and may God in his goodness and mercy guide the children to that better land where parting will be no more.
The oldest of our family, Jane Gilmore, lives in Utica, and also James William, as stated in your paper. The brother George, referred to in Iowa, has been dead 3 or 4 years; his family still lives there.
As for myself, I have had a long series of honors, if one in our day could call it such. In 1855 I was elected constable of Scio precinct in this county, served two years, then I was elected Justice of the Peace, served two terms, then I was elected Record of the city of Scio, served four years. Next I was elected Sheriff, served one term, then was elected Mayor of the City of Albany. Now I am a [bigly?] private in the rear ranks, with considerable experience in the political cesspool. I have a family of seven children, five girls and two boys, the girls are all married, the boys are at home with me, going to school. Times are exceedingly dull here and money fearful short. We have had a severe winter; it compares very favorably with the administration. We are like the man that bought the elephant, we have got Cleveland but we do not know what to do with him, we think we will have Gov. Penroyer remove him.
Mr. Thomas Brink, of Albany was raised in your town and assisted in building the first mill built there. His father still lives there, I am very well acquainted with him; he is an A No. 1 man of good habits. The old gentleman told me he went his first day to school at your town, to a Mrs. Lillet Wellington, who still lives there, and the first day she tied his hands together behind his back as a punishment for some deviltry which he was guilty of during school hours.
If you want any more information in regard to the early settlement of Oregon, tell me just what you want and I will do the best I can for you, with pleasure. If it would not be asking too much of you please publish this letter and send a copy to Jane Gilmore, Utica, Venango Co., Penn. There is another noble woman, she partly raised me. She made me the first pair of breeches I ever had, made of white drilling, I thought they were fine. Times are not as they used to be, but I must give you a rest. I remain
Respectfully yours,
I. C. Dickey.
Albany, Oregon, Feb. 12, 1894.
children of David & Margaret:
Leah M Dickey (1852-)
Nelson Hardman Dickey (1854-1923)
John A Dickey (1856-)
Anderson Dodd Dickey (1858-)
Jane E Dickey (1860-)
Charles W Dickey (1863-)
Emma A Dickey (1866-)
Ezra A Dickey (1869-)
Cyrus W Dickey (1871-)
Sterling Standard - Thursday, February 8, 1894
Mr. and Mrs. Dickey
It may be of some interest to the people in this vicinity to read a brief sketch of the life of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Dickey. They were both born in Pennsylvania; Mr. Dickey in Mercer county, August 20, 1824. His father dying when he was nine years old, his mother was forced to support her family of nine children, but only survived her husband three years. The children were of course bound out. Mr. Dickey's place was a hard one, but he stayed ? for a few years, striking out for himself and going to Franklin, Venango county, found work in the dry goods store of Robert Lamberton, of Lamberton's bank in later years. From clerk in the store he became cashier in the bank, which position he held until 1849. On Oct. 5, 1840, he married Miss Margaret S. Hays, and after working in the store a year longer he and his wife started a restaurant and bakery. They lived in Franklin until 1857, then moved to Oil City where they had bought two or three acres of land. At that time there was but eight houses in the town. Oil City is five miles up the Allegheny River from Franklin and there is only one stopping place along the route called Morgan's Tavern.
In the spring of 1858 Mr. Dickey thought he would have a hotel built and leave the one-roomed log hut in which they were living. He first sold a small tract of land for the ferry poll to be placed on the height, being seventy-five feet above the waters of the Allegheny River, then to build the hotel he hired Andrew Dodd, a carpenter, and his men. The hotel was called the "Petroleum House," D. D. Dickey, proprietor. Mrs. Dickey being chief cook, ran the house with the help of two hired girls, and in the time of spring freshets, when the oil boats came down the river with oil, Mrs. Dickey supplied the men with bread, sometimes baking two barrels of flour in twenty-four hours; she having a brick oven and her loaves being as large as four our bakers make and not all wind either. They were in the hotel three years, then selling out to a man named John Cauldron for the sum of $28,000. In the meantime he had bought a small farm three miles from Oil City and after selling out he moved onto this farm, living there years, and in 1865 moved to Como, Ill., where he has since lived. Before moving west he bought his father's homestead from the heirs. He has one brother living in Wisconsin, William Dickey; one in Iowa, George Dickey; a brother and sister living in Mercer county, Pa., James Dickey and Mrs. Jane Gilmore, and one brother in the state of Oregon, who was state sheriff when last heard from, whose name was Ira, Mr. Dickey bought Elley farm in Hume and rented it, but lived in Como. After his death the farm was sold by his heirs to his son Anderson, who is living on the place at the present time. As Mr. Dickey is well known in Sterling and vicinity nothing further need to be said of him.
Mrs. Dickey was a good Christian woman, always ready to help in sickness and in time of trouble. She was a hard working, healthy and industrious woman until within the last two years. Three years ago she had an attack of the grippe from which she never fairly recovered, and two years ago this spring she had another attack of the same disease, which left her in a very weak condition, and when she moved to Rock Falls one year ago this fall she was sick the day she moved and has never been well since. She bore her suffering without a murmur and was ready and willing to go, only waiting for the time which seemed so long. She had her plans made and the minister engaged three weeks before she died. The minister she had chosen, Rev. Mrs. C. C. Babcock, did not get the dispatch sent her at Le Clair and in her absence Rev. Collins filled her place. She was laid to rest beside her husband in the Como cemetery where she had visited so often in life.
Sterling Standard - Thursday, February 22, 1894
Another Dickey.
EDITOR STERLING STANDARD - Today Thomas Brink entered my place of business and called my attention to a short biography of my brother, D. D. Dickey, which rather astonished me and which I was very much interested in reading. I left the house of D. D. Dickey, Mar. 1, 1853 to came to Linn county, Oregon, and have lived in this county ever since, with the exception of four years, during which time I helped run the convicts at our state prison.
I am now living in Albany, Linn county, Oregon. I wish to make a few corrections in the article published in your paper. One is, when he was married; he was married in 1847 in place of 1840, and he was born in Venango Co. in place of Mercer. Of course it amounts to nothing only correct dates among his children. His wife, Margaret, was as noble a woman as ever lived on God's green earth, and I am so sorry that so good a woman could not have lived to a good old age. Peace be to her ashes, and may God in his goodness and mercy guide the children to that better land where parting will be no more.
The oldest of our family, Jane Gilmore, lives in Utica, and also James William, as stated in your paper. The brother George, referred to in Iowa, has been dead 3 or 4 years; his family still lives there.
As for myself, I have had a long series of honors, if one in our day could call it such. In 1855 I was elected constable of Scio precinct in this county, served two years, then I was elected Justice of the Peace, served two terms, then I was elected Record of the city of Scio, served four years. Next I was elected Sheriff, served one term, then was elected Mayor of the City of Albany. Now I am a [bigly?] private in the rear ranks, with considerable experience in the political cesspool. I have a family of seven children, five girls and two boys, the girls are all married, the boys are at home with me, going to school. Times are exceedingly dull here and money fearful short. We have had a severe winter; it compares very favorably with the administration. We are like the man that bought the elephant, we have got Cleveland but we do not know what to do with him, we think we will have Gov. Penroyer remove him.
Mr. Thomas Brink, of Albany was raised in your town and assisted in building the first mill built there. His father still lives there, I am very well acquainted with him; he is an A No. 1 man of good habits. The old gentleman told me he went his first day to school at your town, to a Mrs. Lillet Wellington, who still lives there, and the first day she tied his hands together behind his back as a punishment for some deviltry which he was guilty of during school hours.
If you want any more information in regard to the early settlement of Oregon, tell me just what you want and I will do the best I can for you, with pleasure. If it would not be asking too much of you please publish this letter and send a copy to Jane Gilmore, Utica, Venango Co., Penn. There is another noble woman, she partly raised me. She made me the first pair of breeches I ever had, made of white drilling, I thought they were fine. Times are not as they used to be, but I must give you a rest. I remain
Respectfully yours,
I. C. Dickey.
Albany, Oregon, Feb. 12, 1894.
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