El Dorado County Biographies


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DAVID P. DICKINSON
 
            Of Mosquito canyon, was born in Amherst, Masaschusetts, May 13, 
1824.  His father was David and mother Hannah (nee Dana) Dickinson.  His father 
died when he was about 8 years old.
            He remained at home on the farm until he was twenty-one years old, 
then emigrated to Brighton, Livingstone county, Michigan, where he engaged in 
farming.  After 7 years spent here he crossed the plains in 1852 to California 
in search of a fortune in the gold fields.  He began mining on Rock creek.  In 
the autumn of the same year he came to the place he now lives and put up a small 
cabin, in which he lived for four years.  He never was what was known as �the 
lucky miner,� and has of later years given his attention more to the care of his 
farm, which is one of the best of mountain homes.  
            In 1856 he erected a large barn.  In 1858 he built a house, after 
having batchelored [sic] for eight years in the State he decided to make it a 
permanent home and sent for his family, who joined him in 1860.  He was married 
on the 4th of March, 1842, to Jane Doyen, of Michigan. They have had four 
children born to them, viz.:  Loren P., born in Michigan; Martha A., born in 
Michigan; Elmore E. and Abbie L., each born in El Dorado county, California.  
The last two are deceased.
 
Historical Souvenir of El Dorado County, California with Illustrations & 
Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men & Pioneers - Oakland, Cal. - Paolo 
Sioli, Publisher, 1883. p - 238
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler