William Scott Dickson, 18421913 (aged 71 years)

Name
William Scott /Dickson/
Given names
William Scott
Surname
Dickson
Birth
January 23, 1842 29 23
McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Latitude: 39.932235 Longitude: -77.999244
Christening
June 3, 1843 31 24 (aged 1 year)
Occupation
Druggist
Occupation
Postmaster
McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Latitude: 39.932235 Longitude: -77.999244
Citation details: Fulton County, PA. Page 355, image 16 of 546.
Date: February 16, 2019
Note: Served two terms (of uncertain duration) starting in 1888 and 1893.
Birth of a brother
1844 (aged 1 year)
Death of a brother
1844 (aged 1 year)
Shared note: Died at one month
Birth of a sister
1844 (aged 1 year)
Birth of a brother
Christening of a brother
Death of a brother
Birth of a sister
1849 (aged 6 years)
Census
1850 (aged 7 years)
McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Latitude: 39.932235 Longitude: -77.999244
Citation details: Census Place: McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_783; Page: 1B; Image: 8
Date: February 16, 2019
Note: Mark Dickson (father's) household. Age 8. Attended school this year.
Birth of a sister
1851 (aged 8 years)
Birth of a brother
1853 (aged 10 years)
Birth of a sister
1855 (aged 12 years)
Death of a paternal grandfather
January 4, 1856 (aged 13 years)
Birth of a sister
1857 (aged 14 years)
Birth of a sister
1860 (aged 17 years)
Death of a paternal grandmother
Marriage of a sister
Census
1870 (aged 27 years)
Todd Township, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Latitude: 39.966667 Longitude: -77.958056
Citation details: Census Place: Todd, Fulton, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1347; Page: 100B; Family History Library Film: 552846
Date: February 16, 2019
Note: Mark Dickson (father's) household. Age: 27. Occupation: Farming.
Census
1880 (aged 37 years)
Todd Township, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Latitude: 39.966667 Longitude: -77.958056
Citation details: FHL Film 1255133; National Archives Film T9-1133; Page 55C
Date: November 16, 2002
Note: Living with parents. Occupation: "Works on Farm." Age of 34 conflicts with birth year on tombstone and other sources.
Marriage

According to Mamam's Notebook:
"The wedding guests danced in the barn. Married by the Rev. Elliot."
"Residence: McConnellsburg, PA. they went to housekeeping in the little frame house just next the Henry home on West Lincoln Way. Here all the children except William Scott were born. Later they moved to the house where Fulton County Bank now stands. Mary Dickson died here in 1905."

Rev. George Elliott as per "Into the Valleys Came Presbyterians."

Death of a father
Birth of a daughter
February 7, 1882 (aged 40 years)
McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Latitude: 39.932235 Longitude: -77.999244
Christening of a daughter
Baptism of a daughter
Birth of a son
January 17, 1884 (aged 41 years)
McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Latitude: 39.932235 Longitude: -77.999244
Christening of a son
Birth of a daughter
Christening of a daughter
Death of a daughter
Birth of a daughter
September 1887 (aged 45 years)
McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Latitude: 39.932235 Longitude: -77.999244
Marriage of a sister
Citation details: p. 52, p. 73
Date: March 4, 2008
Note: Two conflicting years are given: 1888 and 1889. The former seems more likely since it comes from a chronological marriage register, rather than a register of church communicants.
Christening of a daughter
Birth of a son
July 23, 1889 (aged 47 years)
McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Latitude: 39.932235 Longitude: -77.999244
Death of a mother
February 16, 1899 (aged 57 years)
McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Latitude: 39.932235 Longitude: -77.999244
Census
1900 (aged 57 years)
McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Latitude: 39.932235 Longitude: -77.999244
Citation details: Year: 1900; Census Place: Mcconnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1412; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0072; FHL microfilm: 1241412
Date: May 25, 2015
Note: Occupation: Druggist. Age: 56 but born in Jan. 1854?? Married for 18 years. Owns this house, which includes his household as well as a second household with his wife's unmarried sisters Anna and Jessie. His household also includes servant Topsy Darts, black, 18 years old.
Marriage of a daughter
Death of a wife
October 4, 1905 (aged 63 years)
McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Latitude: 39.932235 Longitude: -77.999244
Birth of a granddaughter
February 24, 1906 (aged 64 years)
McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Latitude: 39.932235 Longitude: -77.999244
Birth of a grandson
October 10, 1907 (aged 65 years)
McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Latitude: 39.932235 Longitude: -77.999244
Birth of a granddaughter
July 21, 1909 (aged 67 years)
McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Latitude: 39.932235 Longitude: -77.999244

Johnston's book indicates a birthdate of 20 July 1909

Census
1910 (aged 67 years)
McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Latitude: 39.932235 Longitude: -77.999244
Citation details: Census Place: Mcconnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania. Roll: T624_1348; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0052; FHL microfilm: 1375361.
Date: November 7, 2018
Note: Living in son-in-law Merrill Nace's household. Occupation is "own income."
Death of a sister
1910 (aged 67 years)
Marriage of a son
about 1910 (aged 67 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
September 5, 1911 (aged 69 years)
McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Latitude: 39.932235 Longitude: -77.999244
Death of a brother
1912 (aged 69 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
February 10, 1913 (aged 71 years)
McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Latitude: 39.932235 Longitude: -77.999244
Birth of a grandson
1913 (0 after death)
New York, USA
Latitude: 42.843751 Longitude: -74.94873
Burial of a father
Burial of a mother
Death
May 15, 1913 (aged 71 years)
McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Latitude: 39.932235 Longitude: -77.999244
Citation details: #48545, signed by George M. Robinson, MD on 15 May 1913.
Date: February 15, 2019
Burial
May 17, 1913 (2 days after death)
Family with parents
father
18121881
Birth: May 10, 1812 35 33 Cross Keys Hotel, McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: September 13, 1881
mother
Maria Clingan Scott
18181899
Birth: December 22, 1818 37 23 Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: February 16, 1899McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Marriage MarriageDecember 26, 1839McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
1 year
elder brother
2 years
himself
William Scott Dickson as a boy
18421913
Birth: January 23, 1842 29 23 McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: May 15, 1913McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
3 years
younger brother
1 year
younger sister
18441927
Birth: 1844 31 25
Death: 1927
4 years
younger brother
18471849
Birth: July 1847 35 28
Death: March 2, 1849
3 years
younger sister
18491924
Birth: 1849 36 30
Death: 1924
3 years
younger sister
18511928
Birth: 1851 38 32
Death: 1928
3 years
younger brother
18531912
Birth: 1853 40 34
Death: 1912
3 years
younger sister
18551910
Birth: 1855 42 36
Death: 1910
3 years
younger sister
18571934
Birth: 1857 44 38
Death: 1934
4 years
younger sister
18601915
Birth: 1860 47 41
Death: 1915
Family with Mary Rebecca Sloan
himself
William Scott Dickson as a boy
18421913
Birth: January 23, 1842 29 23 McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: May 15, 1913McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
wife
Nace/MR_Sloan.jpg
18511905
Birth: January 31, 1851 25 26 Todd Township, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: October 4, 1905McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Marriage MarriageMay 5, 1881Sloan Home, Todd Township, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
9 months
daughter
Nace/AD_Dickson_Older.jpg
18821968
Birth: February 7, 1882 40 31 McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: July 10, 1968Rising Sun, Cecil, Maryland, USA
2 years
son
18841948
Birth: January 17, 1884 41 32 McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 1948
18 months
daughter
18851886
Birth: July 15, 1885 43 34
Death: December 24, 1886
2 years
daughter
1887
Birth: September 1887 45 36 McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Death:
23 months
son
18891967
Birth: July 23, 1889 47 38 McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: July 1967Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA
Christening
Citation details: p. 34
Date: March 4, 2008
Census
Citation details: Census Place: McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_783; Page: 1B; Image: 8
Date: February 16, 2019
Census
Citation details: Census Place: Todd, Fulton, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1347; Page: 100B; Family History Library Film: 552846
Date: February 16, 2019
Census
Citation details: FHL Film 1255133; National Archives Film T9-1133; Page 55C
Date: November 16, 2002
Marriage
Citation details: p. 73
Date: March 5, 2008
Census
Citation details: Year: 1900; Census Place: Mcconnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1412; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0072; FHL microfilm: 1241412
Date: May 25, 2015
Census
Citation details: Census Place: Mcconnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania. Roll: T624_1348; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0052; FHL microfilm: 1375361.
Date: November 7, 2018
Occupation
Citation details: Fulton County, PA. Page 355, image 16 of 546.
Date: February 16, 2019
Death
Citation details: #48545, signed by George M. Robinson, MD on 15 May 1913.
Date: February 15, 2019
Source citation
Citation details: p. 9
Source citation
Census

Mark Dickson (father's) household. Age 8. Attended school this year.

Census

Mark Dickson (father's) household. Age: 27. Occupation: Farming.

Census

Living with parents. Occupation: "Works on Farm." Age of 34 conflicts with birth year on tombstone and other sources.

Marriage
Shared note

According to Mamam's Notebook:
"The wedding guests danced in the barn. Married by the Rev. Elliot."
"Residence: McConnellsburg, PA. they went to housekeeping in the little frame house just next the Henry home on West Lincoln Way. Here all the children except William Scott were born. Later they moved to the house where Fulton County Bank now stands. Mary Dickson died here in 1905."

Rev. George Elliott as per "Into the Valleys Came Presbyterians."

Census

Occupation: Druggist. Age: 56 but born in Jan. 1854?? Married for 18 years. Owns this house, which includes his household as well as a second household with his wife's unmarried sisters Anna and Jessie. His household also includes servant Topsy Darts, black, 18 years old.

Census

Living in son-in-law Merrill Nace's household. Occupation is "own income."

Occupation

Served two terms (of uncertain duration) starting in 1888 and 1893.

Shared note

From Mamam's Notebook: "William Dickson was born in the old Cross Keys Tavern which stood where the First National Bank is now. It was then owned by his uncle and aunt-Mark and Elizabeth Dickson. He was raised on the Dickson farm north of town-the brick farmhouse now owned by the Woodals- but most of his boyhood was spent with an uncle, George C. Scott, a merchant in Jacksonville, Ill. Returning to McConnellsburg, he bought a drug store and was in that business until he retired about 1910. He served two appointments as postmaster in McConnellsburg. He had many friends, was ready to trust anyone--had a quick ready wit, was generous and kind. He was a life long member and trustee of the Presbyterian Church. After his retirement he made his [home] with his daughter Alice Dickson Nace. It was here he died in 1913."

From David Scott Nace, writing about the Nace home in McConnellsburg: "Grandfather Dickson died in the back bedroom. He had lived with Mother and Dad, how long I do not know. I do know that it was long enough that Mother said for years she could smell cigar smoke in the clothes closet of that room."

Residence in 1860 (age 18) has not been located. He is living neither with his parents nor with George C. Scott.

Shared note

(Research):http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=76786026

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4HF-16L : 12 April 2016), William S Dickson in household of Mark Dickson, McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 9, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZP4-W5Z : 12 April 2016), William S Dixon in household of Marko Dixon, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 8, family 55, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,846.

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWFX-RNF : 15 July 2017), William S Dickson in entry for Mark Dickson, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 210, sheet 55C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1133; FHL microfilm 1,255,133.

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3SP-G6D : accessed 23 January 2019), William S Dickson, Todd Township McConnellsburg borough, Fulton, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 72, sheet 8B, family 161, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,412.

Media object
William Scott Dickson as a boy
William Scott Dickson as a boy
Media object
William Scott Dickson
William Scott Dickson
Note: Found in a 1878 letter to his future wife, Mary.