Dickey, John (1827-1900)

DICKEY

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 12/3/2008 at 16:12:58

John Dickey
born July 1827, died after 1900

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.19, Council Bluffs)
J. Dickey, grocer, Council Bluffs, was born in Lawrence, Ohio, in 1827, and, in 1839, came to Van Buren County, Iowa. He was a member of the State Militia. In 1869, Mr. Dickey came to Council Bluffs and opened a grocery store in his present building, which was erected that year. He was married in 1849. Mr. Dickey is in partnership with his son, A. D. Dickey, who was born in Van Buren County, Iowa in 1855. They have met with good success in business, their annual sales amounting to $30,000. Mr. Dickey has a dwelling house on Fourth avenue, a house and lot on Main street, and four lots in Casady's Addition.