Thursday, March 8, 1917 Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Alabama)
Wife of Former Chief Of U.S. Army Is Dead
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NASHVILLE TENN. March 7- Martha Overton Dickinson, wife of former Secretary of War J.M. Dickinson, died here early this afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. W.G. Ewing. Her husband and their two sons, Henry Dickinson of Memphis and Jacob M. Dickinson Jr. of Chicago, have been here since Thursday.
Mrs. Dickinson was born in Nashville June 3, 1853, the daughter of Col. John Overton a wealthy land owner. She has been residing in Chicago in recent years. Mr. Dickinson having his headquarters there as receiver of the Rock Island Railroad system.
Wife of Former Chief Of U.S. Army Is Dead
{Associated Prss}
NASHVILLE TENN. March 7- Martha Overton Dickinson, wife of former Secretary of War J.M. Dickinson, died here early this afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. W.G. Ewing. Her husband and their two sons, Henry Dickinson of Memphis and Jacob M. Dickinson Jr. of Chicago, have been here since Thursday.
Mrs. Dickinson was born in Nashville June 3, 1853, the daughter of Col. John Overton a wealthy land owner. She has been residing in Chicago in recent years. Mr. Dickinson having his headquarters there as receiver of the Rock Island Railroad system.
Thursday, March 8, 1917 Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Alabama)
Wife of Former Chief Of U.S. Army Is Dead
{Associated Prss}
NASHVILLE TENN. March 7- Martha Overton Dickinson, wife of former Secretary of War J.M. Dickinson, died here early this afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. W.G. Ewing. Her husband and their two sons, Henry Dickinson of Memphis and Jacob M. Dickinson Jr. of Chicago, have been here since Thursday.
Mrs. Dickinson was born in Nashville June 3, 1853, the daughter of Col. John Overton a wealthy land owner. She has been residing in Chicago in recent years. Mr. Dickinson having his headquarters there as receiver of the Rock Island Railroad system.
Wife of Former Chief Of U.S. Army Is Dead
{Associated Prss}
NASHVILLE TENN. March 7- Martha Overton Dickinson, wife of former Secretary of War J.M. Dickinson, died here early this afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. W.G. Ewing. Her husband and their two sons, Henry Dickinson of Memphis and Jacob M. Dickinson Jr. of Chicago, have been here since Thursday.
Mrs. Dickinson was born in Nashville June 3, 1853, the daughter of Col. John Overton a wealthy land owner. She has been residing in Chicago in recent years. Mr. Dickinson having his headquarters there as receiver of the Rock Island Railroad system.
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