Hon. Joshua Dickerson and Cornelia Craig

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Husband Hon. Joshua Dickerson ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 3 May 1781 - Washington Co, PA 2
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           Died: 30 Apr 1853 2
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         Father: Henry Dickerson (      -1823) 2 3 4
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   Other Spouse: Margaret McPherson (      -      ) 1 2

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Wife Cornelia Craig ²

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - Hon. Joshua Dickerson

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He was for the most part a self-educated man, making himself well acquainted with the ordinary branches of education, and he made a special study of surveying, a profession in which he had no superior in the whole of Washington County, Pennsylvania. He was well versed in wood craft and was considered one of the best hunters of his time; his business as surveyor naturally brought him in contact with a large number of citizens, and he became a popular man. He early identified himself with the leading party, was elected auditor of his native county, and so well did he discharge the duties of his office that he was nominated for, and elected, representative to the legislature from Washington and Greene counties, a position he filled eight consecutive years. He was then elected to the State Senate, in which he served six years, and then resigned to accept the secretaryship of the land office, which he filled until 1830. In 1831 he was chosen to the constitutional convention of the state, and took an active and zealous part in the labors of the same. In these many years of public life and prominence, Mr. Dickerson was totally unpretentious, his home being all along in the old log cabin where he was born. He was a man of magnificent physique, stalwart and active, and the very beau ideal of a Nimrod. At the time of La Fayette's visit to Washington, Pennsylvania, he furnished the carriage which conveyed the illustrious visitor, and he took a prominent part in the reception.

He was an active politician in his day, and represented Washington County in the Pennsylvania legislature, from 1812 to 1817. Afterwards he was elected for two terms to the State senate from the district composed of Washington and Greene counties; during his second term of service as senator, he accepted the secretaryship of the land office, which position he held from 1821 to 1828. His last public service was rendered as a member of the State Constitutional Convention of 1837. He was an anti-Jacksonian democrat and opposed the War of 1812. [BPCFC, 440]

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 799.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1301.

3 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1189.

4 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 798.