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John Ralph Dickinson

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John Ralph Dickinson

Birth
Guilford, Chenango County, New York, USA
Death
6 Jan 1885 (aged 76)
District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Burial
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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John Ralph Dickinson and Julia Ann Booth married January 13, 1831, at Fabius, N. Y. Ann is the daughter of Anson and Sally Wooster Booth.

Louisa Almyra, only child.

In 1831 he went to Binghamton and studied law. In 1837 he was admitted to the bar, and for the next thirty years practiced in partnership with his elder brother, Daniel S. Dickinson, one of the most distinguished men of the day. John, the younger brother, was not less able, but was more unassuming, and quieter in his tastes. He was elected County Judge in 1851, and served his term of office with marked ability. During his residence in Binghamton he was also owner and editor of the leading newspaper of Broome County and southern New York — The Binghamton Democrat — still in existence. peculiarly fit. He filled the position, which was con genial to his tastes as he grew advanced in years, with marked ability until his last sickness. His decisions in complicated land-title cases were regarded as final. Daniel S. Dickinson, the more distinguished brother, once said at a complimentary state banquet, in New York City, "My brother John, the modest, unassuming one of us, who stays at home and does the hard work, while I make the fuss and get the honors."

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John Ralph Dickinson and Julia Ann Booth married January 13, 1831, at Fabius, N. Y. Ann is the daughter of Anson and Sally Wooster Booth.

Louisa Almyra, only child.

In 1831 he went to Binghamton and studied law. In 1837 he was admitted to the bar, and for the next thirty years practiced in partnership with his elder brother, Daniel S. Dickinson, one of the most distinguished men of the day. John, the younger brother, was not less able, but was more unassuming, and quieter in his tastes. He was elected County Judge in 1851, and served his term of office with marked ability. During his residence in Binghamton he was also owner and editor of the leading newspaper of Broome County and southern New York — The Binghamton Democrat — still in existence. peculiarly fit. He filled the position, which was con genial to his tastes as he grew advanced in years, with marked ability until his last sickness. His decisions in complicated land-title cases were regarded as final. Daniel S. Dickinson, the more distinguished brother, once said at a complimentary state banquet, in New York City, "My brother John, the modest, unassuming one of us, who stays at home and does the hard work, while I make the fuss and get the honors."

https://play.google.com/books/reader?printsec=frontcover&output=reader&id=sQUVEf3Y9oMC&pg=GBS.PA79



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