Charles Loring Dickey and (Effie) Etta (Estes) Dickey

  My great-grandparents were Charles Loring Dickey (1858 - 1942) and (Effie) Etta (Estes) Dickey,(1866 - 1950). They were both from Clinton and were married on Aug. 18, 1881 in Clinton by Everett Hammons, Esq.
They moved from Clinton to Canaan during the winter of 1889-1890 and had a sixty acre farm on what is now known as the Old Dickey Road.  When they moved to Canaan they already had eight children.  Following the move they had fourteen more children.  A list of all the children is as follows:

   1. (Emma) Maye (Dickey) Bowman 1882 - 1913
   2. (Ada) Alice (Dickey) Ricker 1883 - 1978
      " " " Raymond (2nd husband)
      " " " Drost (3rd husband)
   3. Arthur Ernest Dickey 1884 - 1965
   4. (Everlina) Maude (Dickey) Chase 1885 - 1958
   5. Fannie Blossom (Dickey) Brooks 1886 - 1962
   6. Nina Eudora (Dickey) Davis 1887 - 1970
   7. George Elwin Dickey 1888 - 1972
   8. Faye Edna (Dickey) Moore 1889 - 1977
       " " " Spencer (2nd marriage)
   9. Everett Onward Dickey 1890 - 1958
  10. Merritt Carnot Dickey 1891 - 1972
  11. Lema Inez (Dickey) Starbird 1894 - 1970
  12. Margaret Ellen (Dickey) Bickford 1896 - 1988
  13. Charles Loring Dickey Jr. 1897 - 1984
  14. Effie Etta (Dickey) Merrithew 1898 - 1957
  15. Mildred Hortense (Dickey) Webb 1900 - 1960
  16. Ivan Thomas-Nye Dickey 1901 - 1982
  17. Floyd Merton Dickey 1903 - 1990
  18. Arline Beatrice (Dickey) Gordon 1904 - 1991
  19. Theodore Royden Dickey 1906 - 1984
  20. Jessie Alberta (Dickey) Roundy 1908 - 1995
  21. Ila Pearl (Dickey) Pelton 1909 - 1985
  22. Hilda Bernice (Dickey) Bean 1911 - 1988

  The children attended the Ramsdell school on the corner of the Pease Rd. and Salisbury Rd., then later the Brock school. The family sold blueberries, butter, eggs and wood to supplement what they couldn't raise themselves on the farm.  Charles and Etta moved from Canaan to Fairfield in the spring of 1935 but several of their children including their sons Merritt and Charlie called Canaan home for the rest of their days.