Dickson family papers, 1834-1851.

Skidmore family.

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Dickson family.

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Residents of York County, Pa., and York County, S.C.; Matthew Dickson (b. 1731) immigrated from Ireland, arriving in U.S. in 1762, and served in the cavalry for Revolutionary Army. From the description of Dickson family papers, 1762-1932. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 42640940 Abishai M. Dickson, an Alabama native, joined the Alabama Red Rovers in response to the events of the Texas Revolution, and was killed in the Goliad massacre. ...

Lucas family

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Alabama Red Rovers

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Scudder family.

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Dickson, Abishai M., 1803-1836

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Born in 1804 in Dublin County, North Carolina, Abishai Dickson came to Texas from Alabama to fight in the Revolution as a member of the Red Rovers under the command of Dr. Jack Shackelford. Joining with the army of James Fannin at Goliad, the Red Rovers surrendered to General José Urrea on March 19, 1836. All but Shackleford were executed on March 27, 1836. Dickson's widow, Ann Margaret Lucas Dickson, and three children eventually came to Texas where she married John Sut...

Hamilton, William Scudder, 1815-1873

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Methodist minister William Scudder Hamilton (1815-1873) was born to John Ross and Sarah Ellen Scudder Hamilton in Princeton, New Jersey. After attending Princeton College, Hamilton served as a United States District Attorney before he and his parents moved to Cedar Bayou in the Republic of Texas. In 1842, Hamilton became a minister in the Methodist Church, later teaching at Rutersville College and directing a Methodist school in Seguin. In 1846, he married Louisa McIntosh Dickson, daughter of Te...

Hamilton Family

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Family patriarch James Clay Hamilton, 1838-1925, was a regionally prominent wharf boat proprietor, grain dealer, and insurance salesman from Uniontown, Kentucky, whose associates included businessmen from Morganfield, Paducah, Evansville, Tell City, and Louisville. His correspondence consists of legal, insurance, receipt, order, transportation, and grain trade documents. The Hamilton family was connected to several notable persons via marriage and business. A loose scrapbook includes newspaper c...