Brief Life History of Moses True
When Moses True Dickerson was born on 17 March 1862, in Bunker Hill, Macoupin, Illinois, United States, his father, Solon Wood Dickerson, was 36 and his mother, Amanda Melvina Hoyt, was 32. He married Rosetta Catherine Harshner on 12 September 1888, in Jasper, Jasper, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons. He lived in Springfield, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States in 1880 and Newton Township, Jasper, Iowa, United States in 1900. He died on 25 April 1920, in Newton, Jasper, Iowa, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Newton Union Cemetery, Newton, Jasper, Iowa, United States.
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- Moses T Dickerson in household of Solou W Dickerson, "United States Census, 1870"
- M. True Dickerson, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- Moses True Dickerson, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1871
In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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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