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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889

[page 446]

    JOHN P. DICKEY, President of the Cherokee State Bank, and dealer in
    lumber and coal, is the subject of this biographical sketch.  In 1874
    J. P. DICKEY with Dubuque parties established themselves in the lumber
    and coal trade at Cherokee, and since that time he has been closely
    connected with every public interest of the town and county.  He is
    a native of Livingston County, New York, born August 20, 1838, and is
    the youngest son of JOHN P. and ELIZABETH (WELLER) DICKEY.  His father
    was a merchant and farmer in Western New York, having settled there in
    1818.  He was born in Londonderry County, New Hampshire, in 1796, the
    son of JOHN DICKEY, of Scotch-Irish descent. ELIZABETH WELLER, the
    mother of our subject, removed from Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to
    Livingston County, New York, where she and her husband lived the re-
    mainder of their days.  He died in 1875, and she in 1845.  They were
    the parents of ten children, seven of whom grew to maturity. John P.
    is the youngest of the family.  He was first sent to the common school,
    and later he entered Genesee Seminary, where he spent three terms.
    After leaving his studies he went to Wisconsin, where he was engaged
    in the sale of fanning-mills for a period of two years.  Thence he
    went to Delaware County, Iowa, where he farmed very successfully for
    nine years.  In the spring of 1874 he came to Cherokee County and
    entered into the lumber business in company with Dubuque parties.
    Mr. DICKEY was married in 1863 to Miss KEZIAH STILWELL, a native of
    Genesee County, New York, and a daughter of HIRAM STILWELL.  Mr. and
    Mrs. DICKEY are the parents of three sons: JAMES H., engaged in the
    lumber business at Storm Lake; ROY W., who has charge of the Cherokee
    yards, and JOHN W., at Evanston College.  In October, 1888, Mr. DICKEY
    organized the Cherokee State Bank, of which he is president, E. D.
    HUXFORD being the cashier.  They do a general banking business, and
    have one of the finest bank buildings in Northwestern Iowa. The firm
    of J. P. DICKEY & Co. have three lumber yards — one at Cherokee, one
    at Storm Lake, and another at Aurelia.  In his political belief Mr.
    DICKEY is a Republican, and has frequently been called to fill local
    offices.  He was instrumental in the erection of the large public
    school building, and has been a member of the School Board, in which
    he has taken a great interest.  He has also served as a councilman for
    the city.  He belongs to the Congregational Church, of which he is one
    of the deacons.  His wife is also a member of the same denomination.
    Mr. DICKEY is a man of excellent judgement and of noble public spirit.
    While he has been liberal in his contributions to all public enter-
    prises, he has amassed a comfortable competence.

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