James Dickson and Mary Hamilton

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Husband James Dickson ^{1 2}

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           Born: 30 Apr 1822 - Prince Edward Island, Canada 2 3
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           Died: Aft 1904
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         Father: William Dickson (Abt 1791-1875) 2 3
         Mother: Jane Patterson (      -Abt 1828) 2 3

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       Marriage: 13 Oct 1842 2

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Wife Mary Hamilton ^{2 3}

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           Born: 15 Oct 1822 - Neville Island, Allegheny Co, PA 2
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           Died: Aft 1904
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         Father: David Hamilton (Abt 1772-1854) 3
         Mother: Mary Gibbs (1773-1855) 3

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Children

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1 M William Dickson ^{2 3}

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2 M David Dickson ^{2 3}

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           Born: 13 Oct 1852 - Neville Island, Allegheny Co, PA 3
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           Died: Aft 1904
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         Spouse: Nellie Turley (      -1879) 3
           Marr: Abt 1873

         Spouse: Isabella Kane Brown (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 13 Apr 1882 4

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3 M John Dickson ^{2 3}

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4 M Algernon Bell Dickson ^{2 3}

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           Born: 12 Nov 1863 - Neville Island, Allegheny Co, PA 5
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           Died: Aft 1904
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         Spouse: Lida S. Means (      -Aft 1904) 5
           Marr: 28 Jun 1893 5

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5 M Finley Smith Dickson ^{2 3}

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6 F Mary Anne Dickson ^{2 6}

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         Spouse: Augustus P. Cole (1836-      ) 6 7
           Marr: 1870 - Manchester Hill, Allegheny Co, PA 6

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7 F Jane P. "Jennie" Dickson ^{2 3}

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         Spouse: Robert Hayes (      -      ) 3

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8 F Elizabeth "Lizzie" Dickson ^{2 8}

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         Spouse: Alexander Larmour Phillips (1855-      ) 8
           Marr: Oct 1876 9

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9 F Emma J. Dickson ^{2 3}

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           Died: Aft 1904
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         Spouse: William Parker (      -      ) 3

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10 F Margaret Lavina "Maggie" Dickson ^{2 3 10}

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           Born:  - Neville Island, Allegheny Co, PA
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           Died: Aft 1904
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         Spouse: Charles H. Stevenson (1861-      ) 11
           Marr: 29 Dec 1890 10

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11 M Wilson Jay Carnahan Dickson ^{2 3}

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General Notes: Husband - James Dickson

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He came to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with his parents in July, 1822, and when he was ten years of age he came to Neville Island, where he thereafter resided, and became the heaviest shipper of garden produce on the island.

His family were members of the Presbyterian Church, of which he was one of the principal leaders and supporters. He was a member of the F. & A. M., of which he stated he had attained the 42d degree, and all the degrees in I. O. O. F. He was a stanch republican, and for nine years was supervisor, six years school director; was treasurer and collector of the school board for at least twenty-six years. He was a supporter of William Henry Harrison. He was successful in business and had a farm of thirty-two acres with two houses.

As of 1889: he had twenty-five grandchildren and one great-grandchild, and a death had never yet occurred among his children or grandchildren.

He began to work at gardening on Neville Island at an early age, and afterwards went into business for himself. The firm of James Dickson & Sons, gardeners, did the most extensive business of the kind in Allegheny County, making large shipments to New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. They grew the finest asparagus in the market, and had the honor of supplying the asparagus for Prince Henry's banquet in Chicago in 1902. Their other principal products were rhubarb, lettuce and cucumbers.
He held all the offices in his township. He began as an ardent whig, a supporter of Henry Clay and William H. Harrison, and after the death of the whig party was a loyal republican. He was a Presbyterian in religious belief, and, with his wife, was a charter member of the Neville Island Presbyterian church. He was a prominent and enthusiastic member of the Masonic fraternity, in which he attained the thirty-second degree, and was a Knight Templar and Shriner. [MAC I, 199]

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General Notes: Wife - Mary Hamilton

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Her grandparents were of Irish de­scent, and on coming to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, opened a farm where East Liberty now is.

1 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 590, 634.

2 Editor, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. I (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 199.

3 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 634.

4 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 635.

5 Editor, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. I (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 200.

6 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 590.

7 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 160.

8 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 634, 755.

9 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 755.

10 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 189.

11 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 188.