Eighth Generation

14. Albert A. DICKINSON was born on 7 April 1847 in New York.^{6,7,10,12,13,14} His birth parents were probably Martha and her first husband, surname Bacon. After her first husband died, Martha married Hubbard Dickinson and apparently Hubbard adopted Albert and he was given the surname Dickinson.

(The 1880 Census record listed his age as 32, indicating that he was born in 1847, with a birth place of New York. The 1900 Census record for his daughter Eva indicated that he was born in Wisconsin. The 1910 Census listed his age as 63 and his birth place as New York.) About 1879 he was a farmer in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.^10,15 He owned a 140-acre farm in the east portion of Section 4. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³ Albert appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴ He died appoplexia on 4 November 1923 at the age of 76 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^{7,11,12,16,17} (An article in the Monroe County Heritage Book lists the year of his death as 1940, but the Greenfield Township Cemetery gravestone list indicates it as 1923. He was not listed in the 1930 Census in Monroe County, so he may have died in 1923, not 1940.) He was buried on 7 November 1923 in Tunnel City, Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.^7,11,16,18 in the Greenfield Township Cemetery.

CENSUS 1880 Federal June, Greenfield, Monroe Co, Wisconsin
DICKINSON, Albert age 32, head of household, Farmer, Born NY, Father born NY, Mother born Mass
Mary wife age 30, wife, keep house, Born NY, Father born NY, Mother born NY
Ernest, male, age 8, son, Born WI, father and mother born NY
Eva, female, age 6, daughter, born WI, father and mother born NY
? female, age 2, born WI (must be Myrtle), father and mother born NY
Martha, female, age 63, mother, disabled, born Mass,
Father born Mass, Mother born Mass (Albert's Mother)
CENSUS 1870 Federal July 12, Greenfield, Monroe Co, Wisconsin
34-34 DICKINSON, Hubbxxx, male, white, age 60, farmer labor, 400-350, born NY
Male citizen of US over 21
Martha, female, white, age 55, keep house, born NY
Albert, male, white, age 28, farm labor, born NY, Male citizen of US over 21

Albert A. DICKINSON and Mary Elizabeth PURDY (`) (~) were married on 18 May 1871 in Monroe County, WI.<sup>7,12,19,20,21</sup> Mary Elizabeth PURDY (`) (~), daughter of Daniel Crane PURDY and Susan Lucretia SAVAGE, was born on 4 September 1849 in Royalton Township, Niagara County, NY.^{12,16,22,23,24} (The Greenfield Cemetery gravestone list has her birth year as 1850.) She appeared in the census in 1860 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.²³ She appeared in the census in 1900 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³ Mary died pulmonary tuberculosis on 1 May 1922 at the age of 72 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^{11,12,16,24,25} She was buried on 4 May 1922 in Tunnel City, Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.^11,18 in the Greenfield Cemetery.

Albert A. DICKINSON and Mary Elizabeth PURDY (`) (~) had the following children: