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.

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