John Dickson and Mary Jane Adair

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Husband John Dickson ¹

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           Born: 15 Jun 1820 - near St. Thomas [Franklin Co, PA?] 2
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         Father: James Dickson (1781-1848) 1
         Mother: Jane Bratten (      -1840) 1

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       Marriage: 14 Nov 1848 2

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Wife Mary Jane Adair ²

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         Father: William Adair (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Agnes [Unk] (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M William Adair Dickson ²

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           Born: 19 Aug 1849 2
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         Spouse: Emma Kuhn (      -      ) 2

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2 M John Dunlop Dickson ²

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           Born: 19 Dec 1852 2
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Cowan (      -      ) 2

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3 M Charles Hoke Dickson ²

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           Born: 31 Oct 1855 2
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4 M Clarence B. Dickson ²

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           Born: 24 Apr 1858 2
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         Spouse: [Unk] Rosecrans (      -      ) 2

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5 F Margaret "Madge" Dickson ²

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           Born: 1 Apr 1860 2
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         Spouse: Rev. R. M. Mateer (      -      ) 2

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6 F Mary Alice Dickson ²

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           Born: 24 Oct 1863 2
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         Spouse: Prof.  Loos (      -      ) 2

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7 F Jennie May Dickson ³

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           Born: 11 Jun 1867 3
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         Spouse: J. C. Oyler (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - John Dickson

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He was reared on a farm and received his education in the common schools. In 1840 he entered the Galesburg (Illinois) Academy, but after a short stay there a severe attack of fever and ague compelled him to abandon his studies. He then returned to his native county and became a teacher in the public schools. Although brought up a Presbyterian he embraced the tenets of the United Brethren in Christ, in 1843, and was licensed to exhort in January, 1844, and to preach Aug. 9, 1845. His first circuit was in Perry County, Pennsylvania. He continued in the itinerancy during the first six years of his ministry. He was ordained Jan. 26, 1850. His first station was Chambersburg, 1851-54. The first church building was in a very dilapidated condition when he began his work in Chambersburg, but he succeeded in building a new church. In 1862 he was appointed to Chambersburg for the second time, and he at once went to work to secure a parsonage for the congregation, in which he succeeded. In the meantime he had been for four years a presiding elder. He also built a church for the Mechanicsburg congregation before returning to Chambersburg. Altogether he served twenty-three years before he was elected bishop, in 1869. He was re-elected annually for twenty-four years. He eventually lived in retirement after sixty years in the ministry.

1 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 137.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 138.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 139.