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AUGUST DICKMAN

, Owner of ninety acres of fertile farm land in Drury township, stands high among his neighliors as an agriculturist for he is a man who understands his work thoroughly, and on his property, known as the Rolling Valley Farm, be curries on general farming, and raises cattle, hogs and horses. He was born in Germany , son of Charlie and Meua (Rentz) Dickman, natives of Germany , who sailed from their native land in 1862. and coming direct from New York city , where they landed, they located in Rock Island county, buying laud in Drury township. There were eleven children in the family. William, and two who are deceased; Mary, Mrs. Matthew Stewart; an unnamed child, deceased: August; Christiana, Mrs. Fred Mewes of Drury township; Malinda: Mrs. Pat McKillip: John, deceased; Caroline, Mrs. William Pietsch. of Drury township, and Gusta, deceased. The father of this family died in 1896, and the mother in 1902.

While assisting his father on the farm, August Dickman attended the neighborhood school, and remained at home until he was twenty-two years old. Mr. Dickman remembers many interesting facts relative to the earlier history of the town ship, and has in his possession two relics of the old mill which once stood near his farm, consisting of the millstones which ground the grain he took to the mill in his boyhood. One he uses as a platform for his front gate, and the other is used for the same purpose at the back.

In 1878. Mr. Dickman married Honor Matthews, born in Cornwall . England , daughter of Edward and Honor (Edwards) Matthews, and granddaughter of Matthew Edwards, who participated in the battle of Trafalgar. The father was a farmer in England , who went to Australia to prospect for gold, and was drowned. The mother went to join her children in Australia , These children were: William, George. Lizzie and Mary Jane, all of whom probably are still living there now. Mrs. Dickman came to the United States as a young woman, and made her home among the farmers in Drury township until her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Dickman have one son—Charles William, born December 26, 1883, at home with his parents. Mr. Dickman is a man of substance, and his hard work and thrifty habits in the past are being rewarded by his present prosperity

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