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Author: Bowen & Co. (1903)

JAMES H. DICKEY.

   James H. Dickey, the popular manager of the Mountain Trading Co.'s stores at
Diamondville, Wyoming, was born in Kirkwood, St. Louis county, Mo., on July 30,
1862, his grandparents on the paternal side being John and Mary Dickey, natives
of Ireland, who were for years residents of Pennsylvania, where they settled on
coming to this country. Their son, James Dickey, was a native of the Keystone
State and married Miss Sarah F. Chandler, who was born in Havre De Grace,
Maryland, and of their four children James H. Dickey was the second in order of
birth. He received his educational training in the schools of St. Louis, and in
1880, when about seventeen years old, he entered the employ of the Rock Island
Railroad, with his headquarters in St. Louis and after remaining with that
company about seven months he resigned his position and came to Evanston,
Wyoming, where for the ensuing seven and one-half years he was a clerk for
Beckwith, Quinn & Co. After this long and faithful service Mr. Dickey went to
Montana where he was for two years the capable manager of the Anaconda Copper
Co.'s mercantile department at Belt, Mont., and he subsequently acted in the
same capacity for large corporations of a similar character until 1900 when he
came to Diamondville and took the management of the Mountain Trading Co., the
duties of which position he has since most efficiently discharged. The three
stores over which he exercises supervision do a large business and are among the
most successful establishments of the kind in this section of the state. In
their management, he displays not only familiarity with every detail of
commercial life but an executive ability of high order and a soundness of
judgment eminently fitting him for leadership in commercial life. He has
capacity and aptitude for great undertakings and from the beginning of his
career to the present time his straightforward course has proven highly
satisfactory to the several companies with which he has been identified. His
sterling integrity, energy and perseverance has raised him to a high position
among his fellow men and he has become not only a leader in business circles but
a potential factor in social life. Mr. Dickey was married on June 19, 1886, with
Miss Elizabeth Abrahams, daughter of Griffiths and Maria Abrahams, the ceremony
taking place at Rock Springs, Wyo. Mrs. Dickey's parents are natives of Wales
who came to the United States a number of years ago, settling in Utah. Three
children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Dickey, Clifford W., James H. and
Charles C., the first named dying at the age of six and a half years.
Fraternally Mr. Dickey is a Freemason of high standing, for he has taken a
number of degrees including those of A. F. and A. M., R. A. M., K. T. and Sir
Knight, and is an enthusiastic worker in the various organizations of the
fraternity. He is also identified with the Pythian Brotherhood, in which he has
been honored with important official positions. He has a strong constitution, a
strong mind and clear brain and is now in the prime of physical and mental
manhood. Temperate in his habits, a genial companion, a trusted friend and a
popular citizen, he is eminently worthy the high esteem in which he is held and
deserves to be classed with the representative men of his community.


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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF THE STATE OF WYOMING

ILLUSTRATED

A people who take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors, will
never achieve anything worthy to he remembered with pride by remote
generations.—.MACAULAY.

CHICAGO, ILL.
A. W. BOWEN & CO.
PUBLISHERS AND ENGRAVERS
1903


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