Francis Asbury Dickins married Margaret Harvie Randolph (d. 1891) in 1839. Although Dickins maintained his law office in Washington, the newlyweds' official residence was Ossian Hall Plantation in Fairfax County, Va. Margaret Harvie Randolph Dickins was the daughter of Harriot Wilson and Thomas Mann Randolph (1792-1848) of Tuckahoe, Goochland County, Va. Margaret's uncle, her father's half-brother who was also named Thomas Mann Randolph (1769-1828), lived at Edgehill in Albemarle County, Va., married Thomas Jefferson's daughter, Martha, and was governor of Virginia. He was more widely known than Margaret's father, but there are no papers of Governor Randolph in this collection.
Francis Asbury and Margaret Harvie Randolph Dickins had nine children. Five lived to maturity: Francis Asbury, Jr. (called Frank) (1841-1890); Frances Margaret (called Fanny) (1842-1914); Harriot Wilson (1844-1917); Thomas Mann Randolph (called Randolph) (1853-1914); and Albert White (1855-1913).
During the Civil War, Ossian Hall was within U.S. army lines, but the Dickins family were southern sympathizers. Francis Asbury was imprisoned three times on suspicion of aiding the South and ultimately left home to spend the final days of the war behind Confederate lines. Frank served in the Confederate army, and both daughters moved to Richmond during the war. Fanny was employed by the Confederate Treasury Department in 1862 at Richmond, and, in 1863, she moved to Columbia, S.C., to work with a branch of the Confederate Treasury there.
After the Civil War, Francis Asbury Dickins returned to Ossian Hall and reopened his Washington law office. His sons Frank and Albert worked on railroads in the west. Randolph attended Virginia Military Institute and became a colonel in the Marine Corps. Harriot Wilson married Dr. Henry Theodore Wight and had two daughters. Fanny continued to live with her mother after the death of Frances Asbury in 1879. The two women left Ossian Hall and divided their time among family in Virginia, Washington, D.C., and New York.
(Excerpted by Jack Davison from information provided by Charlotte Ann Price)
Per the Federal Census Mortality Schedule for 1880, he died in Dover, Goochland Co. Va as a result of a fractured femur in October 1879.
Francis Asbury and Margaret Harvie Randolph Dickins had nine children. Five lived to maturity: Francis Asbury, Jr. (called Frank) (1841-1890); Frances Margaret (called Fanny) (1842-1914); Harriot Wilson (1844-1917); Thomas Mann Randolph (called Randolph) (1853-1914); and Albert White (1855-1913).
During the Civil War, Ossian Hall was within U.S. army lines, but the Dickins family were southern sympathizers. Francis Asbury was imprisoned three times on suspicion of aiding the South and ultimately left home to spend the final days of the war behind Confederate lines. Frank served in the Confederate army, and both daughters moved to Richmond during the war. Fanny was employed by the Confederate Treasury Department in 1862 at Richmond, and, in 1863, she moved to Columbia, S.C., to work with a branch of the Confederate Treasury there.
After the Civil War, Francis Asbury Dickins returned to Ossian Hall and reopened his Washington law office. His sons Frank and Albert worked on railroads in the west. Randolph attended Virginia Military Institute and became a colonel in the Marine Corps. Harriot Wilson married Dr. Henry Theodore Wight and had two daughters. Fanny continued to live with her mother after the death of Frances Asbury in 1879. The two women left Ossian Hall and divided their time among family in Virginia, Washington, D.C., and New York.
(Excerpted by Jack Davison from information provided by Charlotte Ann Price)
Per the Federal Census Mortality Schedule for 1880, he died in Dover, Goochland Co. Va as a result of a fractured femur in October 1879.
Francis Asbury Dickins married Margaret Harvie Randolph (d. 1891) in 1839. Although Dickins maintained his law office in Washington, the newlyweds' official residence was Ossian Hall Plantation in Fairfax County, Va. Margaret Harvie Randolph Dickins was the daughter of Harriot Wilson and Thomas Mann Randolph (1792-1848) of Tuckahoe, Goochland County, Va. Margaret's uncle, her father's half-brother who was also named Thomas Mann Randolph (1769-1828), lived at Edgehill in Albemarle County, Va., married Thomas Jefferson's daughter, Martha, and was governor of Virginia. He was more widely known than Margaret's father, but there are no papers of Governor Randolph in this collection.
Francis Asbury and Margaret Harvie Randolph Dickins had nine children. Five lived to maturity: Francis Asbury, Jr. (called Frank) (1841-1890); Frances Margaret (called Fanny) (1842-1914); Harriot Wilson (1844-1917); Thomas Mann Randolph (called Randolph) (1853-1914); and Albert White (1855-1913).
During the Civil War, Ossian Hall was within U.S. army lines, but the Dickins family were southern sympathizers. Francis Asbury was imprisoned three times on suspicion of aiding the South and ultimately left home to spend the final days of the war behind Confederate lines. Frank served in the Confederate army, and both daughters moved to Richmond during the war. Fanny was employed by the Confederate Treasury Department in 1862 at Richmond, and, in 1863, she moved to Columbia, S.C., to work with a branch of the Confederate Treasury there.
After the Civil War, Francis Asbury Dickins returned to Ossian Hall and reopened his Washington law office. His sons Frank and Albert worked on railroads in the west. Randolph attended Virginia Military Institute and became a colonel in the Marine Corps. Harriot Wilson married Dr. Henry Theodore Wight and had two daughters. Fanny continued to live with her mother after the death of Frances Asbury in 1879. The two women left Ossian Hall and divided their time among family in Virginia, Washington, D.C., and New York.
(Excerpted by Jack Davison from information provided by Charlotte Ann Price)
Per the Federal Census Mortality Schedule for 1880, he died in Dover, Goochland Co. Va as a result of a fractured femur in October 1879.
Francis Asbury and Margaret Harvie Randolph Dickins had nine children. Five lived to maturity: Francis Asbury, Jr. (called Frank) (1841-1890); Frances Margaret (called Fanny) (1842-1914); Harriot Wilson (1844-1917); Thomas Mann Randolph (called Randolph) (1853-1914); and Albert White (1855-1913).
During the Civil War, Ossian Hall was within U.S. army lines, but the Dickins family were southern sympathizers. Francis Asbury was imprisoned three times on suspicion of aiding the South and ultimately left home to spend the final days of the war behind Confederate lines. Frank served in the Confederate army, and both daughters moved to Richmond during the war. Fanny was employed by the Confederate Treasury Department in 1862 at Richmond, and, in 1863, she moved to Columbia, S.C., to work with a branch of the Confederate Treasury there.
After the Civil War, Francis Asbury Dickins returned to Ossian Hall and reopened his Washington law office. His sons Frank and Albert worked on railroads in the west. Randolph attended Virginia Military Institute and became a colonel in the Marine Corps. Harriot Wilson married Dr. Henry Theodore Wight and had two daughters. Fanny continued to live with her mother after the death of Frances Asbury in 1879. The two women left Ossian Hall and divided their time among family in Virginia, Washington, D.C., and New York.
(Excerpted by Jack Davison from information provided by Charlotte Ann Price)
Per the Federal Census Mortality Schedule for 1880, he died in Dover, Goochland Co. Va as a result of a fractured femur in October 1879.
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He was the son of Asbury Dickins and Lilias and Hugo Abnot.
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