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Oliver James Dickey was born on April 6, 1823 in Old Brighton, in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, where his father, John Dickey, was postmaster and later sheriff. The older Dickey also served in the State senate and was a Whig member of the U.S. Congress in two terms during the 1840s. The son began...
Birth: April 28, 1825; Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania
Death: May 7, 1874 (age 49); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Military Service: USA, 1861-65
Unit: 142nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; 208th Pennsylvania Infantry
Alma Mater: Allegheny College, (non-graduate...
William McFunn Penrose, the eldest son of Charles Bingham and Valeria Fullerton Biddle Penrose, was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on March 29, 1825; Richard Alexander Fullerton Penrose was his younger brother. Their father was a well-known lawyer in the town. In 1840, William entered the...
