Lyman's History of Old Walla Walla County
By William Denison Lyman · 1918
Abraham C Dickinson, in whose death Walla Walla county lost one of its valued and representative citizens, was for a long period actively and prominently connected with agricultural interests. He lived for many years upon his farm and in his later years made his home in Waitsburg where he passed away in 1911. He was born in Bartholomew county Indiana, May 15 1830. His father Harvey Dickinson, was a native of Oneida county New York, born in 1799, and on reaching young manhood he emigrated westward to Indiana which was then a frontier state. There he wedded Miss Mary Finley (Findley) and they began their domestic life in Indiana where Abraham C. Dickinson was born reared and educated. On attaining his majority he wedded Miss Abbie C. Carter, the wedding being celebrated on the 2d of February 1854. Two years later they removed to Missouri accompanied by his father his mother having passed away in November 1847. They established their home in Linn county where they prospered until the outbreak of the Civil War, when their competence was swept away. In 1863 with a yoke of oxen hitched to a small wagon, Mr. Dickinson started across the plains with his family for the golden west and arrived in Walla Walla county Washington where he ever afterward made his home. He filed on at homestead in Spring Valley four and one half miles southwest of Waitsburg and there built a one room log cabin with clapboard roof. He occupied that primitive home for five years after which he was able to replace it by a more commodious and modern frame dwelling. Thrift and industry at length brought him a substantial measure of prosperity and from time to time he added to his landed possessions until he became the owner of a thousand acres of valuable farmland, six hundred and eighty acres of which comprised the Spring Valley Home In subsequent years he sold all of his holdings except one hundred and twenty acres which his widow still retains. In 1882 he removed to Waitsburg where he erected a comfortable residence and there he spent his remaining days enjoying many of life's comforts and some of its luxuries. He well deserved the success which came to him for his life was a busy and useful one his industry was unfaltering and his energy untiring. Moreover in all of his business affairs he was thoroughly reliable honorable and upright and his word came to be recognized as good as any bond solemnized by signature or seal. When he came to Washington territory he brought with him his wife and six children but no money. He faced the necessity of at once providing for their support and by hard work and good management he overcame all difficulties and obstacles in his path and in the course of years gained a very substantial competence. To Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson were born eleven children, five of whom still survive as follows. Mary M., who is the wife of E. D. Mills. Ella L., who gave her hand in marriage to Charles O Cram. Cora B, the wife of F. T. Keiser, Lydia F., who is the wife of O Conover, and Albert S., who is one of the prominent citizens of Waitsburg. The family circle was again broken by the hand of death when in 1911 Mr. Dickinson passed away. He was a man of sterling character and a conscientious Christian a devoted husband and loving father and a man highly esteemed as a friend and as a citizen. He long held membership in the Christian church to which Mrs. Dickinson still belongs. She is now nearing her eighty third year, but is yet hale and hearty and occupies the old home in Waitsburg. She too has been a most consistent Christian and one whose life has been fraught with good deeds as she has continually extended a helping hand where aid counsel or sympathy were needed.
By William Denison Lyman · 1918
Abraham C Dickinson, in whose death Walla Walla county lost one of its valued and representative citizens, was for a long period actively and prominently connected with agricultural interests. He lived for many years upon his farm and in his later years made his home in Waitsburg where he passed away in 1911. He was born in Bartholomew county Indiana, May 15 1830. His father Harvey Dickinson, was a native of Oneida county New York, born in 1799, and on reaching young manhood he emigrated westward to Indiana which was then a frontier state. There he wedded Miss Mary Finley (Findley) and they began their domestic life in Indiana where Abraham C. Dickinson was born reared and educated. On attaining his majority he wedded Miss Abbie C. Carter, the wedding being celebrated on the 2d of February 1854. Two years later they removed to Missouri accompanied by his father his mother having passed away in November 1847. They established their home in Linn county where they prospered until the outbreak of the Civil War, when their competence was swept away. In 1863 with a yoke of oxen hitched to a small wagon, Mr. Dickinson started across the plains with his family for the golden west and arrived in Walla Walla county Washington where he ever afterward made his home. He filed on at homestead in Spring Valley four and one half miles southwest of Waitsburg and there built a one room log cabin with clapboard roof. He occupied that primitive home for five years after which he was able to replace it by a more commodious and modern frame dwelling. Thrift and industry at length brought him a substantial measure of prosperity and from time to time he added to his landed possessions until he became the owner of a thousand acres of valuable farmland, six hundred and eighty acres of which comprised the Spring Valley Home In subsequent years he sold all of his holdings except one hundred and twenty acres which his widow still retains. In 1882 he removed to Waitsburg where he erected a comfortable residence and there he spent his remaining days enjoying many of life's comforts and some of its luxuries. He well deserved the success which came to him for his life was a busy and useful one his industry was unfaltering and his energy untiring. Moreover in all of his business affairs he was thoroughly reliable honorable and upright and his word came to be recognized as good as any bond solemnized by signature or seal. When he came to Washington territory he brought with him his wife and six children but no money. He faced the necessity of at once providing for their support and by hard work and good management he overcame all difficulties and obstacles in his path and in the course of years gained a very substantial competence. To Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson were born eleven children, five of whom still survive as follows. Mary M., who is the wife of E. D. Mills. Ella L., who gave her hand in marriage to Charles O Cram. Cora B, the wife of F. T. Keiser, Lydia F., who is the wife of O Conover, and Albert S., who is one of the prominent citizens of Waitsburg. The family circle was again broken by the hand of death when in 1911 Mr. Dickinson passed away. He was a man of sterling character and a conscientious Christian a devoted husband and loving father and a man highly esteemed as a friend and as a citizen. He long held membership in the Christian church to which Mrs. Dickinson still belongs. She is now nearing her eighty third year, but is yet hale and hearty and occupies the old home in Waitsburg. She too has been a most consistent Christian and one whose life has been fraught with good deeds as she has continually extended a helping hand where aid counsel or sympathy were needed.
Lyman's History of Old Walla Walla County
By William Denison Lyman · 1918
Abraham C Dickinson, in whose death Walla Walla county lost one of its valued and representative citizens, was for a long period actively and prominently connected with agricultural interests. He lived for many years upon his farm and in his later years made his home in Waitsburg where he passed away in 1911. He was born in Bartholomew county Indiana, May 15 1830. His father Harvey Dickinson, was a native of Oneida county New York, born in 1799, and on reaching young manhood he emigrated westward to Indiana which was then a frontier state. There he wedded Miss Mary Finley (Findley) and they began their domestic life in Indiana where Abraham C. Dickinson was born reared and educated. On attaining his majority he wedded Miss Abbie C. Carter, the wedding being celebrated on the 2d of February 1854. Two years later they removed to Missouri accompanied by his father his mother having passed away in November 1847. They established their home in Linn county where they prospered until the outbreak of the Civil War, when their competence was swept away. In 1863 with a yoke of oxen hitched to a small wagon, Mr. Dickinson started across the plains with his family for the golden west and arrived in Walla Walla county Washington where he ever afterward made his home. He filed on at homestead in Spring Valley four and one half miles southwest of Waitsburg and there built a one room log cabin with clapboard roof. He occupied that primitive home for five years after which he was able to replace it by a more commodious and modern frame dwelling. Thrift and industry at length brought him a substantial measure of prosperity and from time to time he added to his landed possessions until he became the owner of a thousand acres of valuable farmland, six hundred and eighty acres of which comprised the Spring Valley Home In subsequent years he sold all of his holdings except one hundred and twenty acres which his widow still retains. In 1882 he removed to Waitsburg where he erected a comfortable residence and there he spent his remaining days enjoying many of life's comforts and some of its luxuries. He well deserved the success which came to him for his life was a busy and useful one his industry was unfaltering and his energy untiring. Moreover in all of his business affairs he was thoroughly reliable honorable and upright and his word came to be recognized as good as any bond solemnized by signature or seal. When he came to Washington territory he brought with him his wife and six children but no money. He faced the necessity of at once providing for their support and by hard work and good management he overcame all difficulties and obstacles in his path and in the course of years gained a very substantial competence. To Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson were born eleven children, five of whom still survive as follows. Mary M., who is the wife of E. D. Mills. Ella L., who gave her hand in marriage to Charles O Cram. Cora B, the wife of F. T. Keiser, Lydia F., who is the wife of O Conover, and Albert S., who is one of the prominent citizens of Waitsburg. The family circle was again broken by the hand of death when in 1911 Mr. Dickinson passed away. He was a man of sterling character and a conscientious Christian a devoted husband and loving father and a man highly esteemed as a friend and as a citizen. He long held membership in the Christian church to which Mrs. Dickinson still belongs. She is now nearing her eighty third year, but is yet hale and hearty and occupies the old home in Waitsburg. She too has been a most consistent Christian and one whose life has been fraught with good deeds as she has continually extended a helping hand where aid counsel or sympathy were needed.
By William Denison Lyman · 1918
Abraham C Dickinson, in whose death Walla Walla county lost one of its valued and representative citizens, was for a long period actively and prominently connected with agricultural interests. He lived for many years upon his farm and in his later years made his home in Waitsburg where he passed away in 1911. He was born in Bartholomew county Indiana, May 15 1830. His father Harvey Dickinson, was a native of Oneida county New York, born in 1799, and on reaching young manhood he emigrated westward to Indiana which was then a frontier state. There he wedded Miss Mary Finley (Findley) and they began their domestic life in Indiana where Abraham C. Dickinson was born reared and educated. On attaining his majority he wedded Miss Abbie C. Carter, the wedding being celebrated on the 2d of February 1854. Two years later they removed to Missouri accompanied by his father his mother having passed away in November 1847. They established their home in Linn county where they prospered until the outbreak of the Civil War, when their competence was swept away. In 1863 with a yoke of oxen hitched to a small wagon, Mr. Dickinson started across the plains with his family for the golden west and arrived in Walla Walla county Washington where he ever afterward made his home. He filed on at homestead in Spring Valley four and one half miles southwest of Waitsburg and there built a one room log cabin with clapboard roof. He occupied that primitive home for five years after which he was able to replace it by a more commodious and modern frame dwelling. Thrift and industry at length brought him a substantial measure of prosperity and from time to time he added to his landed possessions until he became the owner of a thousand acres of valuable farmland, six hundred and eighty acres of which comprised the Spring Valley Home In subsequent years he sold all of his holdings except one hundred and twenty acres which his widow still retains. In 1882 he removed to Waitsburg where he erected a comfortable residence and there he spent his remaining days enjoying many of life's comforts and some of its luxuries. He well deserved the success which came to him for his life was a busy and useful one his industry was unfaltering and his energy untiring. Moreover in all of his business affairs he was thoroughly reliable honorable and upright and his word came to be recognized as good as any bond solemnized by signature or seal. When he came to Washington territory he brought with him his wife and six children but no money. He faced the necessity of at once providing for their support and by hard work and good management he overcame all difficulties and obstacles in his path and in the course of years gained a very substantial competence. To Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson were born eleven children, five of whom still survive as follows. Mary M., who is the wife of E. D. Mills. Ella L., who gave her hand in marriage to Charles O Cram. Cora B, the wife of F. T. Keiser, Lydia F., who is the wife of O Conover, and Albert S., who is one of the prominent citizens of Waitsburg. The family circle was again broken by the hand of death when in 1911 Mr. Dickinson passed away. He was a man of sterling character and a conscientious Christian a devoted husband and loving father and a man highly esteemed as a friend and as a citizen. He long held membership in the Christian church to which Mrs. Dickinson still belongs. She is now nearing her eighty third year, but is yet hale and hearty and occupies the old home in Waitsburg. She too has been a most consistent Christian and one whose life has been fraught with good deeds as she has continually extended a helping hand where aid counsel or sympathy were needed.
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