Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Dickinson, John 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

John Dickinson, a farmer on section 8, Jordan Township, was born in England, 
Jan. 9, 1841. His parents emigrated with their family to the United States 
when he was a child, and made a settlement in Rush, Monroe Co., N. Y. His 
father, Thomas Dickinson, died when he was five years of age, and he was 
afterwards cared for by John P. Furry (whose sketch is given on another page), 
by whom he was brought up, and with whom he lived through his minority. He was 
married Dec. 22, 1869, to Diana Pierce. She was born Dec. 22, 1844, in East 
Mendon, Monroe Co., N. Y. She was two years of age when her parents came to 
Illinois and lived with them in Jordan Township until she was married. She 
died Nov. 13, 1883, at her home in Jordan Township. Mr. Dickinson entered into 
a second matrimonial alliance March 24, 1885, with Alma I. Gordon. Her 
parents, James W. and Mary A. (Orr) Gordon, were respectively of Scotch, 
English and French descent, and were born in the province of Ontario, Canada. 
Their daughter was born March 14, 1856, in Durham Co., Ont. Her parents came 
when she was about 14 years of age to Sterling, Ill. She and a younger sister 
went back to Canada, where she was mostly educated, and afterwards moved to 
Vinton, Iowa. The parents reside at the latter place. Mr. Dickinson earnestly 
indorses the views of the party known as Anti-monopolists. He is at present a 
School Director. In the spring of 1863 he made a purchase of 40 acres of land 
on section 8, Jordan Township. It had been somewhat improved, and Mr. 
Dickinson added 20 acres to his estate by a later purchase. His farm is all 
under tillage, with necessary farm buildings.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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