Samuel Cotton Dickinson
BIRTH 16 Aug 1827 Ohio, USA
DEATH 7 Jan 1907 (aged 79) California, USA
BURIAL Cottonwood Cemetery Cottonwood, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
PLOT C/437
Parents
Zadock Dickerson 1774–1859
Mary "Polly" Williams Dickerson 1789–1855
1st Spouse
Adline Green Dickinson 1818–1851 (m. 1849)
Children
Charles Dickinson 1853–1926
2nd Spouse
Nancy Jane Green Dickinson 1836–1916 (m. 1860)
Children
Margie Ann Dickinson Back 1862–1926
Sam C Dickinson 1864–1864
Mariah May Dickinson Hawkins 1864–1889
Frank Lee Dickinson 1867–1925
William Green "Willy" Dickinson 1868–1931
Alfred "Alf" Dickinson 1870–1940
Edward Virgil Dickinson 1872–1958
Siblings
David Dickerson 1806–1886
William Thorn 1807–1888
Harriet Dickerson Sanford 1810–1886
David Thorn 1811–1899
Zadock Dickerson 1812–1855
Rhoda Dickerson Harward 1814–1892
Elizabeth Dickerson Haney 1821–1908
Mary Ann Dickinson Brown 1826–1914
Grew up in Bristol Township, Morgan County, Ohio.
Married Adeline Green Jones February 1849. Nancy Jane Green was the bridesmaid.
Went to California during the Gold Rush then traveled to New York by ship.
Samuel and Adeline had a son, Charles, in August 1853.
After Adeline died Samuel married Nancy Jane Green, June 2, 1860.
Moved his family to Missouri before the 1870 Census.
1870 Census Samuel listed his birthplace as New Jersey.
April 26, 1875 left Missouri to join a wagon train heading to Arizona.
August 23, 1875 arrives on Beaver Creek at the Wales Arnold Ranch Arizona
After 1876 the family changed their name from Dickerson to Dickinson.
August 20, 1885 Samuel received land patent #507 in the Lower Oak Creek area near Cornville. 30-acre farm; hay, grain, vineyard.
1877 Samuel and 5 other men started digging the O.K. Ditch.
April 2, 1887 – July 13, 1905 Samuel C Dickinson became postmaster and stage stop operator Cornville, Arizona.
Post Master Samuel Cotton Dickinson submitted forms to Washington which came back naming the town of Cornville, AZ.
1885 mail route adds Cottonwood, Aultman, Cornville
Glenda Farley Jul 11, 2023
