John Potter Dickinson

Brief Life History of John Potter

When John Potter Dickinson was born on 13 March 1885, in Hillsdale, Michigan, United States, his father, Alfred Hezekiah Dickinson, was 42 and his mother, Ann Findley, was 33. He married Minni Dickinson on 28 October 1920, in Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States. He lived in Litchfield, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States in 1900. He died on 20 June 1948, in Fremont, Sandusky, Ohio, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Fremont, Sandusky, Ohio, United States.

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John Potter Dickinson
1885–1948
Minni Dickinson
1873–
Marriage: 28 October 1920

Sources (10)

  • John P Dickenson, "United States Census, 1930"
  • John P Dickenson, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
  • John Potter Dickinson, "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1887 · The Bagley Memorial Fountain

"The Bagley Memorial Fountain was erected in 1887 with funds from the estate of John Judson Bagley. Bagley's will ordered the construction of the drinking fountain which would provide the people of Detroit ""water cold and pure as the coldest mountain stream."" H.H. Richards was the architect for the Romanesque-style, pink granite, lionhead fountain. It is engraved with the words, ""TESTAMENTARY GIFT FOR THE PEOPLE FROM JOHN JUDSON BAGLEY A.D. MDCCCLXXXVII""."

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Dickenson , a patronymic from the Middle English personal name Dicun a pet form of Richard (see Dicken ) + son.

History: Jonathan Dickinson, the first president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton), was born in Hatfield, MA, in 1688. Both his parents came from pioneer Connecticut Valley stock.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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