Dickson, Calvin

DICKSON, CARSON

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Date: 12/4/2008 at 09:34:25

DICKSON, Calvin
Farmer; Sec. 2; P. O. Grinnell; born in Ohio, July 19, 1841, and came to this county Sept., 1856. Owns 270 acres of land, valued at $35 per acre. He is a member of the Methodist Church; politics, Greenbacker. He married Mary Elizabeth in 1860; their children's names are William M., Mary E. Married second wife, Sarah Ellen CARSON in 1870; names of children are Dora E., Della D. Mr. DICKSON has been Township Trustee and Road Supervisor. ~ "Rock Creek Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)