Biddy Barnard

Biddy married Thomas Dickinson on 17 May 1836 in Lincolnshire, England. Thomas was born on 25 Dec 1810 in Bicker, Lincolnshire, England; died in 1845 in Rush, Monroe County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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.

John married Diana Pierce on 22 Dec 1869. Diana was born on 22 Dec 1844 in Mendon, Monroe County, New York; died on 13 Nov 1883 in Jordan Twp, Whiteside County, Illinois; was buried in Maple Ridge Cemetery, Jordan, Whiteside County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Alma I. Gordon on 24 Mar 1885. Alma was born on 14 Mar 1856 in Durham, Grey County, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Harness Maker
• Military Service: 10 Aug 1864, Avon, Livingston County, New York; American Civil War (North) 1st New York Light Artillery Regiment, Battery C Battle of Petersburg,VA Discharged - 17 Jun 1865

Notes:

Living in Naples in 1870 as a Shoemaker, with wife Caroline H. aged 23. 1880 in Middlesex, Yates Co., NY as a shoemaker with wife Nellie and son Claud. In 1890 he is back in Naples. In 1900 shown as living in Davenport,Iowa (Harnessmarker, single, born NY, parents born Eng). In 1910 still in Davenport (with wife Mary). 1925 living in the Iowa Soldiers Home in Marshall Co.,Iowa (1925 Iowa soldiers home records show parents as Thomas and Laura (Pixley) McMichael, of New York).

Buried:
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George married Caroline H. Pierce about 1870 in Naples, Ontario County, New York. Caroline (daughter of James Pierce and Louisa) was born on 8 Feb 1847; died on 13 Mar 1875 in Naples, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Rose Ridge Cemetery, Naples, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Helen Garfield about 1877. Helen (daughter of Solomon Samuel Garfield and Harriette Rowell) was born on 18 Mar 1851 in Naples, Ontario County, New York; died on 1 Dec 1921 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York; was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Mary Albrecht on 20 Aug 1904 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. Mary (daughter of John Albrecht and Charlotte Beyer) was born on 13 Jun 1862 in Germany; died on 11 Jul 1912 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Pianist and Piano Tuner

Notes:

Claude L. McMichael, only son of Mrs. Helen McMichael, of Rochester, died in the Homeopathic Hospital, in that city, Sunday evening, aged 28 years. He was stricken with cerebrospinal meningitis at 3 o'clock the preceding Thursday morning, became unconscious almost immediately and was removed to the hospital the same day. A trained nurse was put in charge and everything possible was done, but the case was hopeless from the start and he died three days later without regaining consciousness. Claude was born in Wayland, NY, October 30, 1876, and spent his school days in Naples; he had also resided in Canandaigua, and after moving to Rochester too a course in the Business Institute graduating with honors on May 22, 1893. The funeral was held Tuesday at 1:30pm. The casket was covered with choice flowers, the gifts of relatives and friends, and the body was laid to rest in Mt.Hope Cemetery. Besides his mother he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Hattie Sleight, of Livonia; his grandmother, Mrs. Garfield, and two aunts, Mrs. George A. Brown and Mrs. John Reese, all of Naples.

Claude married Nathalie Weisberger on 24 Dec 1896 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York. Nathalie was born in Sep 1878 in Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]