Brief Life History of John F
When John F Dickerson was born in 1864, in Jackson, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States, his father, Hiram Thomas Dickerson, was 30 and his mother, Francais Swift, was 29. He lived in Byrd Township, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States in 1880.
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- John F Dickerson in household of H T Dickerson, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: John F Dickerson - Published information: birth-name: John F Dickerson
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English (East Anglia): post-medieval form of Dickeson , a shortened form of Dickenson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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