History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . and Martha, widow ofCharles Haywood, are residents of Amherst. Prom the timehe was old enough to work Waitstill Dickinson was em-ployed on his fathers farm, receiving only a common-schooleducation. When fourteen years old he drove a four-horseteam to Boston, and followed the business of teaming for themost part till he was twenty-one years of age. He was married, April 20, 1837, to Mercy J. Dickinson,daughter of Enos and Joanna Dickinson, of Amherst. Mrs.
History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . and Martha, widow ofCharles Haywood, are residents of Amherst. Prom the timehe was old enough to work Waitstill Dickinson was em-ployed on his fathers farm, receiving only a common-schooleducation. When fourteen years old he drove a four-horseteam to Boston, and followed the business of teaming for themost part till he was twenty-one years of age. He was married, April 20, 1837, to Mercy J. Dickinson,daughter of Enos and Joanna Dickinson, of Amherst. Mrs. Dickinson was born in Amherst, April 7, 1816. They haveeleven children, as follows : Lyman Enos, born Aug. 9, 1839. Died March 26, Thankful, born Feb. 17, 1841. An invalid for fourteenyears, occasioned by being thrown from a wagon. Living athome. Henry Clay, born Feb. 14,1843. A soldier in the latewar. Married Nellie Andrews. Three children, viz., StellaF., Isadore L., and Katie I. Employed in the store with hisfather. Julia L., born May 3, 1844. Died Aug. 29, E., born Jan. 21, 1846. Married Henrietta One child,—Walter. A filmier in Amherst. Lucy M., bornOct. 22, 1847. Living at home. Edward M., born Oct. 14,1849. Married Bell Schoficld. One child,—Grace E. Clerkin grocery-store in Hartford, Conn. Daniel Webster, bornDec. 6, 1851. Married Jennie Prince. Employed in a storeat Rocky Hill, Conn. George Washington, born July IG,1854. Married Ella Shumway. A farmer in Oliver, born Sept. 19, 1858. Clerk in post-office atAmherst. Robert Martin, born July 12, 1860. Living athome. Mr. Dickinson followed teaming four years after 1842 commenced merchandising on a small .scale in SouthAmherst, and continued in that business for six years. Hecarried on a farm the next seven years. From that time tothe present he has kept a grocery-store in South Amherst, oc-cupying his present red-brick store since 1863. Mr. Dickinson has s
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