Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
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Rev. Ebenezer Dickey, D.D. and Jane Miller




Husband Rev. Ebenezer Dickey, D.D. 1

           Born: 12 Mar 1771 or 1772 - near Oxford, Chester Co, PA 1
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           Died: 31 May 1831 1
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         Father: Samuel Dickey (      -      ) 1 2 3
         Mother: Mary Jackson (      -      ) 1 2


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• Residence: : Oxford, Chester Co, PA.

• Biographical Sketch: J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881).
To read this brief biographical sketch of his life and career, click here.




Wife Jane Miller 1

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         Father: John Miller, Esq. (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Margaret Irvin (      -      ) 5




Children
1 M Rev. John Miller Dickey, D.D. 1




           Born: 16 Dec 1806 - Oxford, Chester Co, PA 1
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           Died: Abt Apr 1878
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         Spouse: Sarah Emlen Cresson (      -1878) 6
           Marr: 1834 6


2 M Rev. Samuel Dickey 1

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3 M Dr. Ebenezer V. Dickey 1




           Born: 15 Dec 1821 - Oxford, Chester Co, PA 1
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           Died: 31 Jul 1858 1
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         Spouse: Frances G. Ralston (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 1845 1


4 M David Dickey 1

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. Ebenezer Dickey, D.D.


He graduated with great credit at the University of Pennsylvania, of which Dr. John Ewing was then the provost, in the year 1792. He was licensed in 1794 as a minister of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, and in 1796 became pastor of the Associate Reformed congregations of Oxford and Octorara. His connection with Octorara was continued until 1800, and with Oxford until his death. His father and grandfather had both served as elders in the latter church.
In 1822 a union took place between a part of the Associate Reformed Synod and the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, and the Oxford congregation, with their pastor, came under the care of the General Assembly. Mr. Dickey had taken an active part in bringing about this union. In 1819 and 1820 he traveled extensively in Europe for the benefit of his health. He possessed eminent intellectual endowments, a clear, comprehensive, and well-disciplined mind, and was a clear, strong, solemn, and impressive preacher. He was a man of great prudence and sincerity, and an eminently safe counselor. His advice was frequently sought and seldom disregarded. He was also characterized by amiability and simplicity of character was cheerful, social, and affectionate, and enjoyed the confidence of his congregation and of the community in which he lived. He was an earnest advocate of every cause promising to advance the interests of man for this life as well as the future. The cause of education, temperance, and agriculture in his native county found encouragement at his hands. He was free from sectarian bigotry, and his views were far in advance of the general opinions and feelings of his day. He seemed to have caught the first dawning light of the world's progress, and his only desire to live was that he "might see the great changes which would take place in the next twenty years."
He was a prominent actor in the affairs of the church, and exercised a commanding influence in her judicatories. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by the College of New Jersey, at Princeton, in 1823.


General Notes: Wife - Jane Miller


Of her, as a pastor's wife for forty years, her brother-in-law, Rev. William Finney, wrote,
"She possessed a strength of nerve and a spirit of enterprise that carried her beyond the narrow circle of home. She hesitated not over what she believed to be her duty, but efficiently and at every hazard performed it. Her whole soul was thrown into all her undertakings. She was qualified to lead rather than to be led, to govern rather than to obey, and while manifesting in various forms the humble spirit of a Christian, she possessed in an eminent degree all the essential elements of a mind and heart of the highest order. She was a friend to all, especially to those in need."

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Sources


1 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 519.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 879.

3 Hugh R. Fulton, Genealogy of the Fulton Family (Lancaster, PA: Privately published?, 1900), Pg 146.

4 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 520.

5 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 415.

6 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 521.


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