Shawnee County KS Archives Biographies.....Dickey, John 1842 - 
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Author: James L. King (1905)

JOHN DICKEY.

    JOHN DICKEY, an honored survivor of the great Civil War and a pioneer in
Auburn township, Shawnee County, where he owns a fine farm of 160 acres known as
"Seven Oaks Farm," located in section 30, township 13, range 14, was born in
Fayette County, Ohio, near Washington Court House, September 23, 1842, and is a
son of William and Eleanor (Ghormley) Dickey.

    The father of our subject was born in South Carolina. He was educated for
the Presbyterian ministry and preached for 55 years. He organized a church at
Bloomingburg, Ohio, in which he preached for 40 years to a day. His death took
place there at the age of 83 years. For military service in the War of 1812, he
received a grant of 160 acres of land. He married Eleanor Ghormley, who was born
in Pennsylvania and died in Ohio, aged 60 years. They had five children, those
who reached maturity being: William W., of Johnson County, Kansas, who served
three years during the Civil War in Company C, 20th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf.; Sarah
Jane, wife of Tracy Down, of Chalk Mound, Kansas; John, of this sketch; and
Amanda, wife of H. H. Davis, of this county. By a former marriage with Rebecca
Ross, he had 10 children.

    Our subject remained on his father's farm in Ohio until he was 16 years old,
too young by far to don a soldier's uniform, but this he did on August 6, 1861,
when he enlisted in Company A, First Reg., Ohio Vol. Cav., under Capt. John H.
Robinson. Companies A and C of this regiment were sent to Virginia and took a
prominent part in the battles of Cheat Mountain, Green Brier River, Winchester,
Port Republic, Mine Run, Fredericksburg, Chantilla, Slaughter Mountain, Second
Bull Run, Gettysburg, Monterey, Falling Water, Brandy Station, Antietam, and the
Wilderness. This troop of cavalry was then transferred to the Army of the
Tennessee, being intended for General Kilpatrick's body-guard.

    On August 22, 1862, Mr. Dickey was taken prisoner, with 300 companions, at
the time that General Stuart made a raid on General Pope's wagon train. He was
confined in Castle Thunder, Libby Prison and Belle Isle, but was paroled before
long. During his three years of arduous service, he participated in 23 regular
battles and many minor engagements. At the close of his army life, he returned
to Ohio and engaged in farming for four years, coming then to Kansas and
settling on his present farm in 1868.

    When Mr. Dickey located here, he found a great tract of unimproved land in
his part of the county. From the very first he took a deep interest and genuine
pride in his possessions and has given the best years of his life to developing
his farm, now one of the finest in his locality, devoted to the raising of grain
and stock.

    In 1879 Mr. Dickey was married to Sadie Reed, who was born in Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania, July 7, 1856, and is a daughter of H. H. and Eliza
(Fisher) Reed. They have two children: Guy Thompson and Earl Fisher, both of
whom still remain under the parental roof.

    In political sentiment, Mr. Dickey has always been a Republican. He has
acceptably filled a number of the township offices, being trustee for five years
and clerk for seven years and is justly looked upon as one of the reliable
representative men of this section.


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HISTORY OF SHAWNEE COUNTY, KANSAS
AND
REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS

EDITED AND COMPILED BY
JAMES L. KING
TOPEKA, KANSAS 

"History is Philosophy Teaching by Examples"

PUBLISHED BY
RICHMOND & ARNOLD,
GEORGE RICHMOND; C. R. ARNOLD.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,
1905.

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