John Lincoln Dickey

in 1882 entered Delaware Ohio College In November 1884 he was stricken with an attack of erysipelas and compelled to return to his home but April 30 1885 went to Xenia to take an examination for appointment to Vest Point In the same year he went to Washington Court House where he began the study of law with Hon AR Creamer but after two weeks read in the list of appointments that he had passed the examinations with a percentage of 7 2 higher than any of his competitors and accordingly was appointed to Vest Point June 14 1885 He remained there nineteen months leaving in January 1887 when he returned to Washington Court House and again took up the study of law this time with Robert C Miller prosecuting attorney in the meantime teaching school In 1889 he attended Ann Arbor Law School Michigan and in 1890 was appointed adjutant to the Ohio Military Academy at Portsmouth Ohio under Col AL Bresler He held the rank of captain of Company E Sixth Ohio National Guard at Washington Court House which was later transferred to the Fourteenth Regiment under Col AB Coit At this time Captain Dickey was teaching mathematics etc at Portsmouth and as he could not keep up with his company resigned in the fall of 1890 In 1891 he was appointed commandant of cadets at Griswbld College Kemper Hall Davenport Iowa under Bishop Perry and was holding this position June 9 1892 when he was admitted to the Ohio bar.

On June 22 1892 Mr Dickey married Mary Katherine Evans of Adams County Ohio daughter of Edward Patton and Amanda Jane King Evans Her brother Capt NW Evans was a member of the Constitutional Convention and during the Civil war commanded a company of Ohio Volunteer Infantry Following his marriage at Portsmouth Ohio Mr Dickey removed to Davenport Iowa where he served for a time as aide de camp on the staff of Horace E Boies going then to Columbus Ohio where he practiced law until October 1896 He then accepted a position as traveling collector for the Deering Harvester Company remaining therewith three and one half years after which he formed a connection with the Piano Manufacturing Company of Chicago Illinois and engaged in the same kind of work until October 1 1907 Resigning his position he returned to Columbus Ohio where he was engaged in the life and accident insurance business until moving to South Charleston where he practiced law for two years Mr Dickey then decided to go to Denver but when he had gotten as far as Springfield allowed himself to be persuaded to remain in this city as manager in charge of insurance credits collections and general correspondence for the Foos Gas Engine Company After seven and one half years he severed his connections with this firm and became a traveling salesman for the National Equipment Company selling automatic sprinklers He resides at No 1515 North Belmont Avenue where he has a comfortable home and maintains an office at No 703 Fairbanks Building He is the owner of a thirty Jersey dairy one of the leading establishments of its kind in this section of the state and one that will stand comparison with the best in Clark County Mr Dickey is a member of the Covenant Presbyterian Church He is not a politician and takes only a good citizen's interest in public matters Fraternally he is affiliated with St Andrew's Lodge No 619 F and AM of Springfield and Antioch Shrine AAONMS of Dayton.

Source: A Standard History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development By Benjamin F. Prince, American Historical Society, American Historical Society - http://books.google.com/books?id=SzgVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA385&lpg=PA385&dq...