Father: Marquis Fayette Dickinson Sr
Mother: Hannah Williams
Wife: Cecilia Risk Williston
After attending public schools, and Amherst and Monson Academies, he entered the Williston Seminary at Easthampton, from which he graduated in 1858. He then entered Amherst College and graduated in 1858 with highest honors, having given special attention to the studies of history, English, literature and the classics. During the next 3 years he was a teacher of the classics at Williston Seminary. Resigning from this position he entered into his leagal studies in the office of Judge John Wells and judge Augusts Lord Soule, at Springfield. He studied afterwards at the Harvard Law School and with Hon. George S Hillard of Boston, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1868. He practiced in Boston. Soon after he became assistant US attorney under Mr Hillard and Henry D Hyde (under the firm Hillard, Hyde and Dickinson). Upon the death of Mr Hillard in 1879, the firm became Hyde Dickinson and Howe until the death of Mr Hyde in 1897. In 1871 and 1872 he was a member of the Boston Common Council, serving as president in 1872. He was also a trustee of the Boston Public Library and a member of the Boston School Committee. He was one of the overseers of the Charity Fund of Amherst college, president of the Board of trustees of Williston Seminary, and was officially connected with the management of several important manufacturing corporations (being president of the Whitcomb Envelope Co of Worcester, and of the Nashawannuck Manufacturing Co of Easthampton Mass) He was a member of the Summer Street Fire Commission since its organization after the great Boston fire of 1872. For several years he gave a series of lectures at the Mass Agricultural College at Amherst (entitled "Law as applied to Rural Affairs"). As a public speaker he gave a number of public addresses before agricultural fairs, Memorial Day gatherings, legislative commissions, etc. His public addresses include "Legislation on the Hour of Labour" (to the Legislature), "A Centennial Address" (given at Amherst Mass in 1897) and the dedication of the "Joshua Hyde Library" (at Sturbridge in 1897).
He was married on Nov 23, 1864 at Easthampton, Mass. to Cecilia Risk Williston, foster daughter of the Hon. Samuel Williston, founder of the Williston Seminary, and a prominent manufacturer of Western Mass. They had 3 children: Williston (Feb 1869-Aug1872), Charles (born July 17, 1872 and graduated from Harvard in 1896, then completed a course at the Harvard Law School) and Florence (Feb 10, 1875-Aug 27, 1875). They also had a foster daughter, Jean Couden Dickinson (born Jan 22, 1884, daughter of Rev Henry Noble Couden, the blind chaplain of the US House of Reps at Washington, and Lydia Jane Dickinson, his wife/M.F. Dickinson's eldest sister who died in Feb 1884). Mr Dickinson had two younger brothers: Col Asa W Dickinson (a graduate of the Mass Agricultural College at Amherst, of the well-known law firm Dickinson, Thompson and McMaster of Jersey City, NJ who died Jan 9, 1899) and Walter M Dickinson (who graduated from West Point in 1880, Capt of the 17th US Infantry, military instructor at Mass Agricultural College from 1892-1896), who fell mortally wounded in the battle of El Coney, July 1898, and died in the field the following night.
Mother: Hannah Williams
Wife: Cecilia Risk Williston
After attending public schools, and Amherst and Monson Academies, he entered the Williston Seminary at Easthampton, from which he graduated in 1858. He then entered Amherst College and graduated in 1858 with highest honors, having given special attention to the studies of history, English, literature and the classics. During the next 3 years he was a teacher of the classics at Williston Seminary. Resigning from this position he entered into his leagal studies in the office of Judge John Wells and judge Augusts Lord Soule, at Springfield. He studied afterwards at the Harvard Law School and with Hon. George S Hillard of Boston, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1868. He practiced in Boston. Soon after he became assistant US attorney under Mr Hillard and Henry D Hyde (under the firm Hillard, Hyde and Dickinson). Upon the death of Mr Hillard in 1879, the firm became Hyde Dickinson and Howe until the death of Mr Hyde in 1897. In 1871 and 1872 he was a member of the Boston Common Council, serving as president in 1872. He was also a trustee of the Boston Public Library and a member of the Boston School Committee. He was one of the overseers of the Charity Fund of Amherst college, president of the Board of trustees of Williston Seminary, and was officially connected with the management of several important manufacturing corporations (being president of the Whitcomb Envelope Co of Worcester, and of the Nashawannuck Manufacturing Co of Easthampton Mass) He was a member of the Summer Street Fire Commission since its organization after the great Boston fire of 1872. For several years he gave a series of lectures at the Mass Agricultural College at Amherst (entitled "Law as applied to Rural Affairs"). As a public speaker he gave a number of public addresses before agricultural fairs, Memorial Day gatherings, legislative commissions, etc. His public addresses include "Legislation on the Hour of Labour" (to the Legislature), "A Centennial Address" (given at Amherst Mass in 1897) and the dedication of the "Joshua Hyde Library" (at Sturbridge in 1897).
He was married on Nov 23, 1864 at Easthampton, Mass. to Cecilia Risk Williston, foster daughter of the Hon. Samuel Williston, founder of the Williston Seminary, and a prominent manufacturer of Western Mass. They had 3 children: Williston (Feb 1869-Aug1872), Charles (born July 17, 1872 and graduated from Harvard in 1896, then completed a course at the Harvard Law School) and Florence (Feb 10, 1875-Aug 27, 1875). They also had a foster daughter, Jean Couden Dickinson (born Jan 22, 1884, daughter of Rev Henry Noble Couden, the blind chaplain of the US House of Reps at Washington, and Lydia Jane Dickinson, his wife/M.F. Dickinson's eldest sister who died in Feb 1884). Mr Dickinson had two younger brothers: Col Asa W Dickinson (a graduate of the Mass Agricultural College at Amherst, of the well-known law firm Dickinson, Thompson and McMaster of Jersey City, NJ who died Jan 9, 1899) and Walter M Dickinson (who graduated from West Point in 1880, Capt of the 17th US Infantry, military instructor at Mass Agricultural College from 1892-1896), who fell mortally wounded in the battle of El Coney, July 1898, and died in the field the following night.
Father: Marquis Fayette Dickinson Sr
Mother: Hannah Williams
Wife: Cecilia Risk Williston
After attending public schools, and Amherst and Monson Academies, he entered the Williston Seminary at Easthampton, from which he graduated in 1858. He then entered Amherst College and graduated in 1858 with highest honors, having given special attention to the studies of history, English, literature and the classics. During the next 3 years he was a teacher of the classics at Williston Seminary. Resigning from this position he entered into his leagal studies in the office of Judge John Wells and judge Augusts Lord Soule, at Springfield. He studied afterwards at the Harvard Law School and with Hon. George S Hillard of Boston, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1868. He practiced in Boston. Soon after he became assistant US attorney under Mr Hillard and Henry D Hyde (under the firm Hillard, Hyde and Dickinson). Upon the death of Mr Hillard in 1879, the firm became Hyde Dickinson and Howe until the death of Mr Hyde in 1897. In 1871 and 1872 he was a member of the Boston Common Council, serving as president in 1872. He was also a trustee of the Boston Public Library and a member of the Boston School Committee. He was one of the overseers of the Charity Fund of Amherst college, president of the Board of trustees of Williston Seminary, and was officially connected with the management of several important manufacturing corporations (being president of the Whitcomb Envelope Co of Worcester, and of the Nashawannuck Manufacturing Co of Easthampton Mass) He was a member of the Summer Street Fire Commission since its organization after the great Boston fire of 1872. For several years he gave a series of lectures at the Mass Agricultural College at Amherst (entitled "Law as applied to Rural Affairs"). As a public speaker he gave a number of public addresses before agricultural fairs, Memorial Day gatherings, legislative commissions, etc. His public addresses include "Legislation on the Hour of Labour" (to the Legislature), "A Centennial Address" (given at Amherst Mass in 1897) and the dedication of the "Joshua Hyde Library" (at Sturbridge in 1897).
He was married on Nov 23, 1864 at Easthampton, Mass. to Cecilia Risk Williston, foster daughter of the Hon. Samuel Williston, founder of the Williston Seminary, and a prominent manufacturer of Western Mass. They had 3 children: Williston (Feb 1869-Aug1872), Charles (born July 17, 1872 and graduated from Harvard in 1896, then completed a course at the Harvard Law School) and Florence (Feb 10, 1875-Aug 27, 1875). They also had a foster daughter, Jean Couden Dickinson (born Jan 22, 1884, daughter of Rev Henry Noble Couden, the blind chaplain of the US House of Reps at Washington, and Lydia Jane Dickinson, his wife/M.F. Dickinson's eldest sister who died in Feb 1884). Mr Dickinson had two younger brothers: Col Asa W Dickinson (a graduate of the Mass Agricultural College at Amherst, of the well-known law firm Dickinson, Thompson and McMaster of Jersey City, NJ who died Jan 9, 1899) and Walter M Dickinson (who graduated from West Point in 1880, Capt of the 17th US Infantry, military instructor at Mass Agricultural College from 1892-1896), who fell mortally wounded in the battle of El Coney, July 1898, and died in the field the following night.
Mother: Hannah Williams
Wife: Cecilia Risk Williston
After attending public schools, and Amherst and Monson Academies, he entered the Williston Seminary at Easthampton, from which he graduated in 1858. He then entered Amherst College and graduated in 1858 with highest honors, having given special attention to the studies of history, English, literature and the classics. During the next 3 years he was a teacher of the classics at Williston Seminary. Resigning from this position he entered into his leagal studies in the office of Judge John Wells and judge Augusts Lord Soule, at Springfield. He studied afterwards at the Harvard Law School and with Hon. George S Hillard of Boston, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1868. He practiced in Boston. Soon after he became assistant US attorney under Mr Hillard and Henry D Hyde (under the firm Hillard, Hyde and Dickinson). Upon the death of Mr Hillard in 1879, the firm became Hyde Dickinson and Howe until the death of Mr Hyde in 1897. In 1871 and 1872 he was a member of the Boston Common Council, serving as president in 1872. He was also a trustee of the Boston Public Library and a member of the Boston School Committee. He was one of the overseers of the Charity Fund of Amherst college, president of the Board of trustees of Williston Seminary, and was officially connected with the management of several important manufacturing corporations (being president of the Whitcomb Envelope Co of Worcester, and of the Nashawannuck Manufacturing Co of Easthampton Mass) He was a member of the Summer Street Fire Commission since its organization after the great Boston fire of 1872. For several years he gave a series of lectures at the Mass Agricultural College at Amherst (entitled "Law as applied to Rural Affairs"). As a public speaker he gave a number of public addresses before agricultural fairs, Memorial Day gatherings, legislative commissions, etc. His public addresses include "Legislation on the Hour of Labour" (to the Legislature), "A Centennial Address" (given at Amherst Mass in 1897) and the dedication of the "Joshua Hyde Library" (at Sturbridge in 1897).
He was married on Nov 23, 1864 at Easthampton, Mass. to Cecilia Risk Williston, foster daughter of the Hon. Samuel Williston, founder of the Williston Seminary, and a prominent manufacturer of Western Mass. They had 3 children: Williston (Feb 1869-Aug1872), Charles (born July 17, 1872 and graduated from Harvard in 1896, then completed a course at the Harvard Law School) and Florence (Feb 10, 1875-Aug 27, 1875). They also had a foster daughter, Jean Couden Dickinson (born Jan 22, 1884, daughter of Rev Henry Noble Couden, the blind chaplain of the US House of Reps at Washington, and Lydia Jane Dickinson, his wife/M.F. Dickinson's eldest sister who died in Feb 1884). Mr Dickinson had two younger brothers: Col Asa W Dickinson (a graduate of the Mass Agricultural College at Amherst, of the well-known law firm Dickinson, Thompson and McMaster of Jersey City, NJ who died Jan 9, 1899) and Walter M Dickinson (who graduated from West Point in 1880, Capt of the 17th US Infantry, military instructor at Mass Agricultural College from 1892-1896), who fell mortally wounded in the battle of El Coney, July 1898, and died in the field the following night.
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