James Dicks was born the 25th of 12th mo 1747 at Warrington, York Co., PA, a son of Peter and Elizabeth (Vestal) Dicks. He married about 1768 Rachel Beals. Since he and his bride both married out of the unity of Friends, they were disowned at New Garden for their offense. In 1775, they both apologized for their marriage out of unity and returned to the Society of Friends. They then transferred their membership to the Center Friends Meeting.
Although this cemetery is now attached to a United Methodist church, the original church here was a Friends meetinghouse, as noted by the Friends' custom of calling months by their numbers rather than by their pagan names, which is noted on some of the older stones. This stone is believed to belong to James Dicks because of the initials and the barely legible "1829 Nov" that agrees with the known death date for James Dicks. The stone is also one of utmost simplicity, a characteristic of early Friends tombstones.
Although this cemetery is now attached to a United Methodist church, the original church here was a Friends meetinghouse, as noted by the Friends' custom of calling months by their numbers rather than by their pagan names, which is noted on some of the older stones. This stone is believed to belong to James Dicks because of the initials and the barely legible "1829 Nov" that agrees with the known death date for James Dicks. The stone is also one of utmost simplicity, a characteristic of early Friends tombstones.
James Dicks was born the 25th of 12th mo 1747 at Warrington, York Co., PA, a son of Peter and Elizabeth (Vestal) Dicks. He married about 1768 Rachel Beals. Since he and his bride both married out of the unity of Friends, they were disowned at New Garden for their offense. In 1775, they both apologized for their marriage out of unity and returned to the Society of Friends. They then transferred their membership to the Center Friends Meeting.
Although this cemetery is now attached to a United Methodist church, the original church here was a Friends meetinghouse, as noted by the Friends' custom of calling months by their numbers rather than by their pagan names, which is noted on some of the older stones. This stone is believed to belong to James Dicks because of the initials and the barely legible "1829 Nov" that agrees with the known death date for James Dicks. The stone is also one of utmost simplicity, a characteristic of early Friends tombstones.
Although this cemetery is now attached to a United Methodist church, the original church here was a Friends meetinghouse, as noted by the Friends' custom of calling months by their numbers rather than by their pagan names, which is noted on some of the older stones. This stone is believed to belong to James Dicks because of the initials and the barely legible "1829 Nov" that agrees with the known death date for James Dicks. The stone is also one of utmost simplicity, a characteristic of early Friends tombstones.
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