Dickson, Searight

DICKSON, MCKEE, BAINE

Posted By: Mary H. Cochrane, Volunteer
Date: 6/29/2019 at 14:00:16

Biographical and Historical Record of Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa, (Lewis Publishing Company (1887)), p. 692:

"SEARIGHT DICKSON, farmer and stock-raiser, lives on section 36, Richland Township, where he owns 140 acres of land. He was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, in 1817, son of Samuel and Nancy Dickson, also natives of Ohio, and of Irish descent. He was reared in his native State, partly on a farm, and spending a portion of his time on the river. He came to Decatur County in 1854, and was married here, in 1856, to Clarinda McKee, born in Ohio, in1834, daughter of John and Mary A. (Baine) McKee. Mr. Dickson has made all his property by his own exertion. Politically he is a Democrat. Postoffice, Grand River."

(Submitted to the Decatur County GenWeb site by Christy Jay, email: Jaygenie@aol.com)