According to the death certificate he was born in Turin, New York to Richard Dickinson and Bessie Rea both of Massachusetts. His occupation was listed as Retired Vault Keeper however newspaper reports from Chicago indicate he was the President of the Memphis and Pensacola Railroad and census records indicate farmer in 1900 and Broker and Banker in 1910. He appears in several Memphis City Directories as a Broker and then in 1912 it shows (W.P. Dickinson & C0.) Pres Memphis and Pensacola Railroad with his residence at 186 S. Belvedere Blvd. He was married first to Sadie M. Mertage February 15, 1886 in Chicago Illinois. According to a newspaper story in the Chicago Tribune, September 23, 1913, Sadie Mertage Dickinson divorced her husband twenty years previous. They had a daughter named Grace. His second wife was Maude Belcher, they married on Oct 28, 2897 in Chicago Ill.
According to the death certificate he was born in Turin, New York to Richard Dickinson and Bessie Rea both of Massachusetts. His occupation was listed as Retired Vault Keeper however newspaper reports from Chicago indicate he was the President of the Memphis and Pensacola Railroad and census records indicate farmer in 1900 and Broker and Banker in 1910. He appears in several Memphis City Directories as a Broker and then in 1912 it shows (W.P. Dickinson & C0.) Pres Memphis and Pensacola Railroad with his residence at 186 S. Belvedere Blvd. He was married first to Sadie M. Mertage February 15, 1886 in Chicago Illinois. According to a newspaper story in the Chicago Tribune, September 23, 1913, Sadie Mertage Dickinson divorced her husband twenty years previous. They had a daughter named Grace. His second wife was Maude Belcher, they married on Oct 28, 2897 in Chicago Ill.
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