Dickson of Scotland - Part II
Thom Dickson of the 15th century was a famous man, was lord of two baronies, and a governor of Douglas castle. The family includes several clergymen and professors of Edinburgh University. Robert Dickson of Bouchtrig, County Berwick, was one of those who fell on the Field of Flodden in 1513. Robert Dickson, another descendant, the paternal grandfatherof Myron Dickson, came to America in 1773 with a Scotch Colony from Glalsgow and purchased a tract of land at Ryegate, Vt. on the Connecticut River, where he settled with his family. He was a soldier of the War of 1812. He married Jean Lindsay (paternal grandmother of Myron Dickson) a descendant from the Iord King of Sweden (B. C. 40), deduced from the Danish and Swedish archives, has been fully compiled by Harrison, the historian of the West Riding of York.
Dr. James Clarke Dickson, the father of Myron Dickson, married Sibyl Kendall at Bosotn, Mass., and located in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1830. He moved from there to Indianpolis, Indiana about 1840, and then removed to Fulton, Ill.There the family lived for a number of years and there most of the children were born. He later returned to Indianapolis for several years before going to Paola, Kansas where the family resided until after the close of the Civil War.Coming again to Indianapolis, aned giving up the practice of medicine, he entered into a partnership with his son Carlos, in the firm of C. Dickson & Co., engaging in selling agricultural implements and woolen mill findings. He made Indianaplis his home during the rmainder of his life, his deeath, however, occuring in Martinsville, at the age of seventy-six years. His wife died in Indianapolis some years previously at the age of fifty-eight years.Until the outbreak of the Civil War, Myron Dickson remained with his parents, attending school in the various localities where the family was established. As a member of Co. "F", 14th Kanas Cavalry, he served three years in the war, taking an active part in many battles, and in the constant skirmishing and acting as scout for eight months. His brother Wallace served three years and was killed in battle. After the close of the war, Myron went to Indianapolis and entered business college and afterward took a possition as bookkkeper in the firm of W. P. & E. P. Gallup, later embarking in the grain trade at Martinsville, Indiana. On 27 Dec., 1871, hje married Miss Catherine Mitchell (dau of Samuem M. & Anne (Sandy) Mitchell of Martinsville...
[see the rest of this extensive biography in: Commemorative Biographical Record of Prominent and Representative Men of Indianapolis and Vicinity..... J. H. Beers & Co., Chigago, Illinois, 1908 (pg. 160-162)
[see the rest of this extensive biography in: Commemorative Biographical Record of Prominent and Representative Men of Indianapolis and Vicinity..... J. H. Beers & Co., Chigago, Illinois, 1908 (pg. 160-162)Hope this helps someone... Thought I would take the time to type it up...[email protected]
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