Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Dickson, John
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Durham Township


JOHN DICKSON retired, P.O. Riegelsville, was born February 
3, 1793, in Durham township, where he was educated and has 
always resided.  He is a son of Thomas and Annie Dickson, 
natives of Pennsylvania.  In 1818 Mr. Dickson married Miss 
Annie Rockafellow.  They are the parents of the following:  
Hannah, Elizabeth, Charity, Mary, Annie, and William, 
deceased.  His first wife died August 15, 1831, and he was 
again married November 6, 1832, to Catharine Lambert, by 
whom he has two children, Sarah and Ellen.  The second wife 
died March 30, 1869.  Mr. John Dickson, who on the 3rd of 
February, 1887, will celebrate his 94th  birthday, served in 
the war of 1812, and draws a pension to this day.  In 1847 
he was elected to the legislature and served with credit.  
He was also supervisor for three terms, and a member of the 
school board some years ago.  He is a member of the Lutheran 
church, and was an old time whig, but is now a republican.  
Mr. Dickson was a blacksmith by trade, and for twenty years 
was proprietor of the Riegelsville hotel.