Hon. John McVicker Dickey and Jane Coleman

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Husband Hon. John McVicker Dickey ^{1 2}

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           Born: 13 Nov 1827 - Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co, PA 2
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           Died: 17 Jul 1893 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 2
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         Father: William Dickey (      -1856) 2
         Mother: Ellen McVicker (      -1877) 2

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       Marriage: 27 Nov 1841 2

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Wife Jane Coleman ²

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         Father: Joshua Coleman (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Mary Montgomery (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Mary Ellen Dickey ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1 Nov 1852 2
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           Died: 12 Mar 1930
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA

         Spouse: Howard David Campbell (1850/1851-1889/1890) 1 3 4
           Marr: 22 Aug 1876 2

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2 F Sarah J. Dickey ²

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3 F Belle Dickey ²

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General Notes: Husband - Hon. John McVicker Dickey

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His life was a stirring one from boy­hood. Until the age of seventeen he work­ed on his father's farm in the wilderness where the village of Mechanicsville, Irwin township, now stands. Then he took a trip to Kentucky and Mississippi, where he chop­ped wood for a dollar a cord; returned to Venango County, worked at furnacing, coal mining and lumbering for several years, returning at last to his father's new home in Mercer coun­ty. There he engaged in farming and soon owned one of the best farms in the county. In 1860 Mr. Dickey engaged in oil production on Oil Creek. and in 1863 removed to Petro­leum Center. His success was good, but the bursting of a tank and a fire swept away his accumulations and left him several thousand dollars in debt. Undismayed, in partnership with his nephew, Isaac N. Patterson, he kept on drilling, and in 1867 he was square with the world and in possession of a profitable busi­ness. In 1872 Mr. Dickey removed to Frank­lin. In May, 1873, in company with Mr. Patterson, E. W. Echols, and others, he was one of the organizers of the Savings Bank of Franklin. In 1874 he was elected a mem­ber of the assembly, and reelected in 1876, serving four years.
His business in his later years was en­grossing and various. At the time of his death he was the general superintendent of the Nor­folk, Albemarle & Atlantic railroad, and the Princess Anne Hotel, Virginia Beach, in both of which he was financially interested. To all of his many business concerns he brought an energy of character and a tact of management which stamped him as peculiarly fitted for whatever he undertook. His friends were limited only by the number of those with whom he came in contact, socially or in business affairs. His enterprise and public spirit were not the least notable traits of his career. An attack of the grip undermined his health, and a recurrence of that insidious disease made him more or less a permanent invalid. His death was the result of a general breaking down of his once vigorous constitution. Yet he bore up bravely, attending to his business to the last. After being confined to his room at Vir­ginia Beach for several weeks he came home in the hope of finding relief in the bosom of his family, but only to fade slowly away and die among his kindred. [GPHAV, 808]

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 586.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 808.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 701.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 807.