Crawford County, Pennsylvania
History & Biography
1885
Part V: Biographical Sketches
FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP
pages 864-65
JOSEPH H. DICKSON, farmer, P. O. Cochranton, was born August 10, 1832,
in this township, and is a son of George and Rachel (McQuiston) Dickson. The
father was a native of Fairfield Township, this county, where he lived
all his life, dying March 1, 1845; the mother, after the decease of Mr. Dickson,
married John Crouch, with whom she now resides on the old homestead. Mr.
and Mrs. Dickson had a family of eleven children, of whom five are now
living. Our subject was married, December 23, 1858, to Mary E., daughter
of Johnson and Eliza A. (Larimer) Brich. They have one daughterlNettie,
who was married, May 30, 1883, to Andrew J. Baughman, and one son,
George, deceased aged fourteen months. Mrs. Dickson is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Dickson is a Democrat, and has held the
offices of Collector, Constable, and Judge of Elections.
