Bio of Frederick C. DICKMAN (b.1837 d.1869), Wabasha Co., MN

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Frederick C. Dickman, an early settler in Zumbro Township, was born in 
Germany, June 13, 1837, son of George Christian and Phoebe Dickman. The 
parents were married about 1831, and came to the United States about 1853, 
settling in Illinois for a time, owning a farm on the site of the present 
city of Chicago. In 1856 they came with their family to Wabasha County, 
Minn., taking land on Greenwood Prairie, near Millville, in the western 
part of Oakwood Township. There they farmed until about 1865, when they 
turned the farm over to their third son, P. G. Dickman, who had just 
returned from the war, and retired, taking up their residence in Winona, 
where George C. Dickman died September 23, 1895, at the age of 89 years 
and 6 months, and his wife about 3 years before, at the age of 89 years. 
Frederick C. Dickman was about 19 years old when he accompanied his 
parents to Wabasha County. He assisted his father in the pioneer labor 
of clearing land, erecting buildings, and planting crops, and remained 
at home for some six years. Then, ambitious to establish a home of his 
own, he married, in 1862, Mary M. Scherenbouken, and took 160 acres of 
land in Zumbro Township. There he farmed until February 3, 1869, when 
death called him from his labors. His wife, Mary, born December 14, 1842, 
had come to this country from Hanover, Germany, when ten years old with 
her only brother, who, when the Civil War broke out, enlisted in the 
army and was killed. She resided first in Sheboygan, Wis., subsequently 
moving from that place to Fountain City, Wis, and thence to Winona, Minn.,
being married to Frederick C. Dickman in 1862, as previously mentioned. 
By him she had three children: George H., born February 9, 1863; 
Dorothy W., July 9, 1865; Matilda A., November 3, 1867. Of these children, 
George H. is now a prominent merchant of Plainview. 
Dorothy W. was married in 1884 to John L. Petrich, and has had eight 
children, namely: Matilda A., Linda (now Mrs. Ed Dickman), Mollie, 
Claudena, twin daughters, who died in infancy, and twin sons, Alvin and 
Elmer. Matilda Dickman, who became the wife of Adolph Timm, died February 
19, 1891, leaving one child, Emma, now the wife of William Peterson of 
Huron, S. D. 
On March 26, 1870, Mrs. Mary M. Dickman, widow of Frederick C. Dickman, 
married for her second husband, Hans Eggers, who was born in Germany, 
December 7, 1843, and they resided on the Dickman farm in Zumbro Township 
until 1877, when they moved to the township of Elgin. In 1898 they moved 
to Plainview Village, where they are still living. Mr. and Mrs. Eggers 
have been the parents of eight children: Frederick W., born February 3, 
1871 (died at the age of three years and eight months); Jurgen H., born 
February 7, 1873; Theresa C., born February 2, 1876; Emma L., born 
December 31, 1877; Adelia E., born June 28, 1880; Ernest L., July 20, 1882
(died June 26, 1883); Edwin E., born January 8, 1885; and Nettie L., born 
May 5, 1888 (died May 16, 1889). Of the surviving members of the Eggers 
family the following is a further record: 
Jurgen H. Eggers, who worked some time for F. J. Cornwell & Co., later 
started in the jewelry business which he is now conducting in Plainview. 
He married Maggie Burnham, and they have one son, Everett. Theresa C. 
Eggers married John R. Johnson and is now in the millinery business in 
Huron, S. D. Emma L. Eggers, who married William Dobrenz, of Elgin, Minn.,
has three children: Lloyd, Leslie and Margaret. Adelia E. Eggers is the
wife of Fred Petrich and resides at Owatonna, Minn. Mr. Petrich for a 
number of years worked for F. J. Cornwell & Co., but is now a travelling 
salesman for Marshall Field & Co., of Chicago. Edwin E. Eggers is 
residing with his father and mother in Plainview.

Note: This biography was taken from the book "History of Wabasha County" 
copyrighted in 1920.