First Family: Joseph Dickson
©Linda R.F. Arnold, 2008
contributed by Linda R. F. Arnold
The Joseph Dickson Family
Also see Welsh, Chisholm and Killam Families
Joseph Dickson
b. 1784 (WPA)
Kirkcudbrightshire or Dumfries, Scotland (LRA)
d. 26 Sept 1842, age 58 yrs. (WPA) [TR gives d. 1842]
Buried Killam Cemetery (WPA)
m. abt 1825 Scotland
Margaret (Derby) Welsh (widow of William Welsh) (LRA) [TR gives
Margaret Dickson]
b. Nov 1793 (LRA)
Scotland (LRA)
d. 17 Oct 1845, age 51y 11m (TR)
Buried Killam Cemetery (TR)
Child:
1. Ellen Dickson b. c1825 Scotland “of Castle
Douglas” Scotland (LRA)
m. 26 May 1844 Macoupin County, Illinois (LRA)
James Miller Lair (son Samuel W. Lair & Elizabeth Miller) (LRA)
Their children: (LRA)
1. Margaret Lair b. 27 Oct 1846
2. Joseph Dickson Lair b. 15 Dec 1848
3. Samuel Thomas Lair b. 9 Mar 1851
4. William Welsh Lair b. 5 June 1853
5. Isabelle Susan Lair b. 31 Dec 1855
6. Benjamin Franklin Lair b. 10 Apr 1858
7. Serena Jane Lair b. 25 Jun 1861
8. Lavinia Ann Lair b. 23 Mar 1866
1841 Census Parish of Urr, Village of Springholm, Kirkcudbrightshire,
Scotland (June 6, 1841) (LRA)
Joseph Dickson
b. 1791
Kirkcudbrightshire (possibly Dumfries), Scotland
d. 25 Aug 1842, age 58 yrs.
(South Palmyra Twp., Macoupin County, Illinois)
Joseph Dickson, prob. born 1791 and was "of Knockwalloch, Durham (or
Culshan) Scotland" according to one descendant. He was later of the
parish of Kirk Patrick-Durham, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.
He married sometime between 1815-1824, Margaret (Derby) widow of
William Welsh. They were listed in the 1841 Census in Springholm,
Parish of Urr, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.
He died, according to "Tombstone Revelations of Macoupin County
Illinois", in 1842. The record in the book, reads: "Oldest grave found
was listed on the deed records made by the WPA in 1938. It was that of
Joseph Dickson in 1842. A later listing of the cemetery made in 1979
says, "but we were unable to find the stone of Joseph."
His wife, Margaret was born September 1794 Scotland, died 17 October
1845 and her stone remains.
Margaret Dickson
Margaret Derby Welsh-Dickson
b. Nov 1793
Scotland
d. 17 Oct 1845, age 51y 11m
(South Palmyra Twp.) Macoupin County, Illinois
Margaret Derby Welsh-Dickson was born about November 1793 in Scotland.
Her first husband, William Welsh died about 1815. They were either from
Dumfries or Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.
She married before 1825, Joseph Dickson. They were listed in the 1841
Census in Springholm, Parish of Urr, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.
They came to America sometime after the 1841 Census (June 1841) and
before September 1842 when her husband died.
(LRA) Earlier research by Linda R.F. Arnold; sources available upon
request.
(M) Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1800
(PBR) Portrait & Biographical Record. George M. Killam p.366,
William Chisholm p.637-8.
(TR) Tombstone Revelation Macoupin County, Illinois (vol. 1)
(WPA) WPA Listing of Killam Cemetery. Macoupin County
Archives, Carlinville.
Family Index
Macoupin County main page