Brief Life History of John W
When John W Dickinson was born on 23 December 1835, in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Willard Dickinson, was 49 and his mother, Lois Willard, was 37. He married Harriet Arvilla Parker on 27 February 1867, in Swanzey, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons. He lived in Harvard Station, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1865 and Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1870. He died on 25 June 1882, in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 46.
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- John W Dickinson, "Massachusetts State Census, 1865"
- John W. Dickinson, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- John W. Dickinson, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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