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JAMES DICKSON, gardener, stalls 56 and 57 Market street, Pittsburgh, was born in April, 1822, on Prince Edward island, son of William and Jane (Patterson) Dickson. His father was born in Scotland. He was a carpenter by trade and died Oct. 21, 1875, aged eighty-four years; his mother died when James was but six years old. James came to Pittsburgh with his parents in July, 1822, and when he was ten years of age he came to Neville island, where he has since resided, and became the heaviest shipper of garden produce on the island. He was married, in 1842, to Mary, a daughter of David and Mary (Gibbs) Hamilton, natives of Pennsylvania, east of the mountains. Her father died in 1854, aged eighty-two years; her mother was born in Carlisle, Pa., in 1773, and died in 1855. Her grandparents were of Irish descent, and oncoming to this county opened a farm where East Liberty now is. Eleven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Dickson: William, David, John, Algernon Bell, Finley Smith, Mary Ann (Mrs. A. P. Cole), Jennie P. (Mrs. Robert Hayes), Elizabeth (Mrs. Alexander Phillips), Emma J. (Mrs. William Parker), Maggie Lavina (at home) and Wilson Jay Carnahan. The eldest three boys are married. The family are members of the Presbyterian Church, of which Mr. Dickson is one of the principal leaders and supporters. He has twenty-five grandchildren and one great-grandchild, and a death has never occurred among his children or grandchildren. He is a member of the F. & A. M., of which he says he has attained the 42d degree, and all the degrees in I. O. O. F. He is a stanch republican, and has been nine years supervisor, six years school director; was treasurer and collector of the school board for twenty-six years, and still holds the same office. He was a supporter of William Henry Harrison. He has been successful in business and has a farm of thirty-two acres with two houses.