OBITUARY:
F. A. Dickinson, Taylor Settlement Farmer is Found Dead
Fred A. Dickinson, 68, a farmer on the Taylor Settlement road three miles southwest of Adams, was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in his car in a hay field near his house Monday morning.
Mr. Dickinson was last seen alive Sunday evening at the farm. He had not been well for five years, and had been arthritic.
Mrs. Willard Patten, a neighbor, noticed the car parked in a field Monday, and about noon, becoming suspicious, she told the tenant, Donald A. Murray. Mr. Murray discovered the body.
Dr. Carl B. Alden was called and pronounced the man dead. He was appointed coroner's physician by District Attorney Milton A. Wiltse of LaFargeville.
The doctor said he had apparently taken his own life. A hose led from the exhaust pipe through the left-hand window of the car. The ignition key was still turned on, the gas tank was empty. Windows were stuffed with rags.
Mr. Dickinson's dog was found dead beside him on the seat of the 1939 coupe.
Cpl. Charles Cook and Trooper R. C. Van Benschoten of the Adams substation, state police, investigated.
The body was taken to the Piddock Funeral Home here[Adams].
Private funeral services were held from the funeral home today at 2 p.m., with Rev. William F. Burton of Adams Village Baptist Church, officiating. Burial was in Elmwood cemetery, Adams.
Mr. Dickinson was born Dec 8, 1883 in the Taylor Settlement homestead, son of Austin and Carrie Miller Dickinson. He lived on the farm, which is in the Town of Ellisburg, all his life. He was known locally for his Brown Swiss herd.
He married Miss Nettie Chrysler of Zoar near Rodman at the home of her sister, Mrs. Norris Thomas. The couple always had lived on the home farm.
He was a member of the Union Grange of Belleville.
] Surviving, besides his wife, are one daughter, Mrs. Charles Minnick of Adams; a son, James A. Dickinson of Mannsville, and seven grandchildren.
OBITUARY SOURCE: Unidentified newspaper clipping (copy)... among family memorabilia.
Notes:
Fred Austin Dickinson and Nettie Florence Chrysler were married on Feb. 12,1908, in Adams; she was a daughter of Jacob Henry & Ellen (Nettleton) Chrysler
They had two children:
Eva May Dickinson Minnick, born 1909; died 1973.
James Arthur Dickinson, born 1913; died 1989.
F. A. Dickinson, Taylor Settlement Farmer is Found Dead
Fred A. Dickinson, 68, a farmer on the Taylor Settlement road three miles southwest of Adams, was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in his car in a hay field near his house Monday morning.
Mr. Dickinson was last seen alive Sunday evening at the farm. He had not been well for five years, and had been arthritic.
Mrs. Willard Patten, a neighbor, noticed the car parked in a field Monday, and about noon, becoming suspicious, she told the tenant, Donald A. Murray. Mr. Murray discovered the body.
Dr. Carl B. Alden was called and pronounced the man dead. He was appointed coroner's physician by District Attorney Milton A. Wiltse of LaFargeville.
The doctor said he had apparently taken his own life. A hose led from the exhaust pipe through the left-hand window of the car. The ignition key was still turned on, the gas tank was empty. Windows were stuffed with rags.
Mr. Dickinson's dog was found dead beside him on the seat of the 1939 coupe.
Cpl. Charles Cook and Trooper R. C. Van Benschoten of the Adams substation, state police, investigated.
The body was taken to the Piddock Funeral Home here[Adams].
Private funeral services were held from the funeral home today at 2 p.m., with Rev. William F. Burton of Adams Village Baptist Church, officiating. Burial was in Elmwood cemetery, Adams.
Mr. Dickinson was born Dec 8, 1883 in the Taylor Settlement homestead, son of Austin and Carrie Miller Dickinson. He lived on the farm, which is in the Town of Ellisburg, all his life. He was known locally for his Brown Swiss herd.
He married Miss Nettie Chrysler of Zoar near Rodman at the home of her sister, Mrs. Norris Thomas. The couple always had lived on the home farm.
He was a member of the Union Grange of Belleville.
] Surviving, besides his wife, are one daughter, Mrs. Charles Minnick of Adams; a son, James A. Dickinson of Mannsville, and seven grandchildren.
OBITUARY SOURCE: Unidentified newspaper clipping (copy)... among family memorabilia.
Notes:
Fred Austin Dickinson and Nettie Florence Chrysler were married on Feb. 12,1908, in Adams; she was a daughter of Jacob Henry & Ellen (Nettleton) Chrysler
They had two children:
Eva May Dickinson Minnick, born 1909; died 1973.
James Arthur Dickinson, born 1913; died 1989.
OBITUARY:
F. A. Dickinson, Taylor Settlement Farmer is Found Dead
Fred A. Dickinson, 68, a farmer on the Taylor Settlement road three miles southwest of Adams, was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in his car in a hay field near his house Monday morning.
Mr. Dickinson was last seen alive Sunday evening at the farm. He had not been well for five years, and had been arthritic.
Mrs. Willard Patten, a neighbor, noticed the car parked in a field Monday, and about noon, becoming suspicious, she told the tenant, Donald A. Murray. Mr. Murray discovered the body.
Dr. Carl B. Alden was called and pronounced the man dead. He was appointed coroner's physician by District Attorney Milton A. Wiltse of LaFargeville.
The doctor said he had apparently taken his own life. A hose led from the exhaust pipe through the left-hand window of the car. The ignition key was still turned on, the gas tank was empty. Windows were stuffed with rags.
Mr. Dickinson's dog was found dead beside him on the seat of the 1939 coupe.
Cpl. Charles Cook and Trooper R. C. Van Benschoten of the Adams substation, state police, investigated.
The body was taken to the Piddock Funeral Home here[Adams].
Private funeral services were held from the funeral home today at 2 p.m., with Rev. William F. Burton of Adams Village Baptist Church, officiating. Burial was in Elmwood cemetery, Adams.
Mr. Dickinson was born Dec 8, 1883 in the Taylor Settlement homestead, son of Austin and Carrie Miller Dickinson. He lived on the farm, which is in the Town of Ellisburg, all his life. He was known locally for his Brown Swiss herd.
He married Miss Nettie Chrysler of Zoar near Rodman at the home of her sister, Mrs. Norris Thomas. The couple always had lived on the home farm.
He was a member of the Union Grange of Belleville.
] Surviving, besides his wife, are one daughter, Mrs. Charles Minnick of Adams; a son, James A. Dickinson of Mannsville, and seven grandchildren.
OBITUARY SOURCE: Unidentified newspaper clipping (copy)... among family memorabilia.
Notes:
Fred Austin Dickinson and Nettie Florence Chrysler were married on Feb. 12,1908, in Adams; she was a daughter of Jacob Henry & Ellen (Nettleton) Chrysler
They had two children:
Eva May Dickinson Minnick, born 1909; died 1973.
James Arthur Dickinson, born 1913; died 1989.
F. A. Dickinson, Taylor Settlement Farmer is Found Dead
Fred A. Dickinson, 68, a farmer on the Taylor Settlement road three miles southwest of Adams, was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in his car in a hay field near his house Monday morning.
Mr. Dickinson was last seen alive Sunday evening at the farm. He had not been well for five years, and had been arthritic.
Mrs. Willard Patten, a neighbor, noticed the car parked in a field Monday, and about noon, becoming suspicious, she told the tenant, Donald A. Murray. Mr. Murray discovered the body.
Dr. Carl B. Alden was called and pronounced the man dead. He was appointed coroner's physician by District Attorney Milton A. Wiltse of LaFargeville.
The doctor said he had apparently taken his own life. A hose led from the exhaust pipe through the left-hand window of the car. The ignition key was still turned on, the gas tank was empty. Windows were stuffed with rags.
Mr. Dickinson's dog was found dead beside him on the seat of the 1939 coupe.
Cpl. Charles Cook and Trooper R. C. Van Benschoten of the Adams substation, state police, investigated.
The body was taken to the Piddock Funeral Home here[Adams].
Private funeral services were held from the funeral home today at 2 p.m., with Rev. William F. Burton of Adams Village Baptist Church, officiating. Burial was in Elmwood cemetery, Adams.
Mr. Dickinson was born Dec 8, 1883 in the Taylor Settlement homestead, son of Austin and Carrie Miller Dickinson. He lived on the farm, which is in the Town of Ellisburg, all his life. He was known locally for his Brown Swiss herd.
He married Miss Nettie Chrysler of Zoar near Rodman at the home of her sister, Mrs. Norris Thomas. The couple always had lived on the home farm.
He was a member of the Union Grange of Belleville.
] Surviving, besides his wife, are one daughter, Mrs. Charles Minnick of Adams; a son, James A. Dickinson of Mannsville, and seven grandchildren.
OBITUARY SOURCE: Unidentified newspaper clipping (copy)... among family memorabilia.
Notes:
Fred Austin Dickinson and Nettie Florence Chrysler were married on Feb. 12,1908, in Adams; she was a daughter of Jacob Henry & Ellen (Nettleton) Chrysler
They had two children:
Eva May Dickinson Minnick, born 1909; died 1973.
James Arthur Dickinson, born 1913; died 1989.
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