William Dickman (b. 1837)

DICKMAN, SCHOTT

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 7/4/2002 at 14:03:50

Dickman, William, farmer, Section 9 (Fremont township); PO Mill; born in Wayne Co., Ohio, Jan. 29, 1837; came to this county in 1856; remained until 1861, when he returned to Ohio, where he married Martha Schott in Defiance, Feb. 8, 1862; Mrs. Dickman was born in Hamburg, Germany, Dec. 20, 1841; have seven children, four girls and three boys. Mr. D., who was in early life a cooper by trade, built and occupied the first cooper shop in West Union; on the site where he at present resides, in 1866; their residence, in point of size and appearance, will compare most favorably with that of any other in the county. Mr. Dickman is a Republican; he has held various township offices, such as Town Clerk, Collector, Trustee, &c. He assisted very liberally in the construction of a chruch for the Evangelical Association, of which denomination he and his wife are members.

Page 743, "1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa"