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Capt. John W. Dickinson died at his home in Shaboken in this town on the morning of Wednesday, June 28, of myletia, after a painful illness of ten weeks. His age was 46. He was the eighth child of the late Willard and Lois (Willard) Dickinson, and brother to Samuel, Daniel and Granville Dickinson. A little previous to his death he had purchased and commenced modernizing the place where he died adjoining the old homestead. Previous to the breaking out of the rebellion he engaged in various business transactions but at the first call for troops hastened to join the 15th Massachusetts Regt., and was present with them in 22 battles, receiving injuries from which he never recovered. For bravery in discharge of duty he received the brevet of captain. After returning from war we find him a station agent at Oakdale. At this time he became acquainted with and afterward married Miss Hattie A. Parker of Swanzey, N. H., by whom he leaves a family of four young boys. After marriage he resided at Ayer, laboring as a mechanic; afterward at Fitchburg as foreman on the farm of the late Lyman Nichols; then after a few years in New Hampshire, he returned, as it would seem, to be comforted in the last period of life by the associations he had loved so well in youth, and in his last distressing sickness by the sympathy and tender care of devoted friends. And at last to be laid with those he had loved in the familiar ground of the old church-yard. Those who knew him best loved him most and will never forget his deep attachment for family and friends. Pity for the helpless or oppressed and a desire to contribute to the happiness of others were marked characteristics |