Col. Silas Dickerson

Col. Silas Dickerson
BIRTH 3 Oct 1771
DEATH 7 Jan 1807 (aged 35) Stanhope, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
BURIAL First Presbyterian Churchyard, Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
MEMORIAL ID 74199002, Picture by Alicia [1]

"On Wednesday last a most shocking accident happened at Stanhope, (N. J.) Colonel SILAS DICKERSON, owner of the different works at that place, was viewing some improvements he had been making in his Nail Factory, and on turning round to go out, his coat caught in some part of the machine, and in one instant he was drawn through and crushed into atoms, his skin was completely taken off, every bone in his body broken and very much mangled and torn to pieces. He was a valuable member of society and his death much lamented.[2]

Parents
Jonathan Dickerson 1747–1805
Mary Coe Dickerson 1752–1827

Spouse
Julia Ford Dickerson
1772–1794

Siblings
Mary Dickerson Canfield unknown–1830
John B. Dickerson 1786–1822
Philemon Dickerson 1788–1862

Half Siblings
Mahlon Dickerson 1770–1853
Jonathan Elmer Dickerson 1781–1789

References

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74199002/silas-dickerson

[2] Orange County, Gaz.", The Connecticut Courant newspaper (Hartford, Connecticut), Wednesday, January 28, 1807, p. 3, col. 5.

[3] WHO'S WHO IN THE GRAVE YARD, THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN MORRISTOWN, Compiled By Scott Shepherd, Morristown, New Jersey Updated Spring 2002

Dickerson, Silas—29/7—Husband of Julia Dickerson, b. 3 Oct 1771, d. 7 Jan 1807, age 35. [Ed. Note: CR60, 61, & 278 show 1st m. Julia Ford, Daughter of Jonathan & Eunice Ford, 7 Nov 1792. See Dickerson, Julia. Silas 2nd m. 21 May 1795 to Electa Beach, Daughter of Captain Enoch Beach & his 1st Wife Susan Darling (Day) Beach. No children found in The Combined Registers for either marriage [3]