Amos J. Dickson hails from Champaign County, Illinois, where he was born on May 6, 1861. His parents are Andrew S. and Henrietta (Boggs) Dickson, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of Ohio. They located at an early day in Illinois, where the father was a prosperous farmer until 1869, when the family moved to Kansas and after a residence of twenty years in the Sunflower state came to Colorado and located at Colorado Springs, moving from there to Glenwood Springs in 1902.
Born and reared in Connecticut and endowed by nature with the native ingenuity, thrift and shrewdness of the New Englander,…
After many years of toil, in which the elements of danger, hardship and privation have often been present in large…
It was on June 14, 1857, and at the busy little mart of Sunbury, Pennsylvania, that the useful life of…
Living on a fine ranch of one hundred and sixty-one acres which he originally took up as a preemption claim,…
William V. Heaton was born near Indianapolis, Indiana on March 28, 1852 and passed beyond this life on January 15,…
Horace Greeley Brown, of Garfield county, who was one of the earliest settlers on Rifle creek and is now one…
The career of Alfred George, of the Rifle neighborhood, in Garfield county, is full of interest and valuable suggestions, and…
Born and reared on a farm, with only the school advantages common to country boys who have to work for…
Alfred George, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred George, was born in Fulton, Missouri, October 1, 1851 and passed away…
