History of Allen and Woodson counties, Kansas : embellished with portraits of well known people of these counties, with biographies of our representative citizens, cuts of public buildings and a map of each county . ing hogs, cattle, corn, wheat, oats, hay andflax. He is the proprietor of one of the best business enterprises in hisline in the State of Kansas. On the 22nd of March, 1S79, Mr. Pickell wedded Miss Jessie Wei-ner,a native of Greene County, Illinois, who came to Kansas in 1878 with herparents. Unto our subject and his wife have been born seven children:James Ralph, Catharine Maud, A
History of Allen and Woodson counties, Kansas : embellished with portraits of well known people of these counties, with biographies of our representative citizens, cuts of public buildings and a map of each county . ing hogs, cattle, corn, wheat, oats, hay andflax. He is the proprietor of one of the best business enterprises in hisline in the State of Kansas. On the 22nd of March, 1S79, Mr. Pickell wedded Miss Jessie Wei-ner,a native of Greene County, Illinois, who came to Kansas in 1878 with herparents. Unto our subject and his wife have been born seven children:James Ralph, Catharine Maud, Archie Benson, Mo.^es F., Ray Caswell,Mark Weisner and Loren Clifford. The eldest son has completed the highschool course and for two years has been a student in Baker University atBaldwin. Mr. Pickell votes with the Republican party, but aside from castinghis franchise in support of its men and measures he takes no active part inpolitics, preferring that his attention shall be given in an undivided man-ner to his business affairs. He started out in life with a very limited capi-tal, but the years have brought him success as a reward for his efforts andprominence in commercial circles is assured and ^ ^^-^A^ WOODSON COUNTIES. KANSAS. 335 JOHN P. DICKEY has been the architect of his own fortunes and has? builded wiselj- and well. His life affords an illustration of the viccisi-tudes of business under modern conditions; it emphasizes the importance ofdoing the right thing at the right time and it teaches a lesson of patienceunder difRculties and perseverance against obstacles,—a lesson that might beprofitablj- followed bj many. Mr. Dickey was born in Scott County, Indiana, on the 26th of Febru-ary, 1S24, and is a representative of one of th& old families of the father, Rev. John Dickey, was a native of North Carolina, and re-moved to Kentucky when ten years of age, being there reared to was licensed to preach in the Presbytery of that State, and i
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