Jesse C. Dickey

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Early life

Jesse Column Dickey was born on February 27, 1808, in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He moved with his parents to New London, Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1812. He graduated from New London Academy.[1][2]

Career

Dickey began teaching school at Hopewell Academy in 1828. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits.[1]

Dickey was elected as a Whig to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing Chester County. He served from 1843 to 1845.[3][4] He elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Thirty-second Congress. During the American Civil War, he served under Cassius M. Clay during the Defense of Washington. He then was quartermaster and later paymaster in the United States Army. He served until June 1866. He traveled extensively in his role as paymaster and worked in St. Louis and New Orleans.[1][2]

Personal life

On December 11, 1834, he married Margaret J. Dickey, the daughter of Col. David Dickey of Hopewell Cotton Mill, near Oxford. They had nine children.[1] His daughter Letitia married Aaron B. Storey.[2]

Dickey died in New London in 1891, and was interred in New London Presbyterian Church Cemetery.[1]

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