George Calvin Dickey

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• Name	George Calvin Dickey  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	Abt 1842 Pennsylvania, USA [9, 10]
  Born	8 Apr 1847 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
  Gender	Male
  Military	​ Pennsylvania, USA [1, 11, 16, 17]  –  LengthOfService: 10 Mos 9 Days; MilitaryCompany: C; Regiment: 201st Infantry Pennsylvania Vol.; Rank: Private
  Ethnicity	American [14]
  Findagrave Profile	234534795 [18]
  Military Enlistment	16 Aug 1864 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 16]  –  Private Co. C 201st PA Vol
  Military Discharge	25 Jun 1865 [16]  –  Private Co. C 201st PA Vol
  Race	White [3, 9, 10, 14, 15]
  Role	Veteran [16]
  Veteran	Civil War: Co. C 201st PA Volunteers [11, 16]
  Name	C. Deckey [17]
  Name	Calvin Dickey [3, 4]
  Name	Calvin George Dickey [2, 3, 4, 7, 12, 14, 15]
  Name	Geo Calvern Dickey [9, 10]
  Name	Geo. C. Dickey [7]
  Name	George Calvern Dickey [7, 10, 11, 13, 16]
  Residence	1877 Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA [3]  –  Calvin Dickey returned to Virginia for Lucy after the war. They lived in Winchester several years before returning to Harrisburg.
  Residence	1880 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [15]  –  Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son
  Residence	7 Feb 1888 Pennsylvania, USA [8]  –  Relation to Head: Soldier; Claim: Invalid; Filing Date 7 Feb 1888; Application #638704; Certificate #477141
  Residence	Jun 1890 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [16]  –  EnumerationDistrict: 49
  Residence	1900 1144 Cameron street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [12, 14]  –  Age: 52; Occupation: Painter; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; CityWard: 7; EnumerationDistrict: 0069; HomeOwnership: Rent; MonthsUnEmployedPastYear: 4; OwnsFarm: H; YearsMarried: 23; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head
  Residence	1907 1413 Marion, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [3, 4]
  Died	27 Feb 1907 1413 Marion, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11]  –  Cause: Shot himself through the side of a head with a rifle.
  	65 Age: 65
  Buried	​ 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [6, 11, 18]
  	Lincoln Cemetery
  Notes	A tragic story. Calvin Dickey's Third Attempt on His Life Was Successful After having been frustrated in two attempts at suicide, Calvin Dickey, a white man, of 1413 Marion street, killed himself yesterday afternoon by pressing the trigger of a gun, held between his knees, with a cane. The charge entered his skull, causing instant death. Despondency because of the death of his wife, a Virginia Negress, was the cause. Dickey twice before attempted suicide, but each time his son, Charles, prevented him from accomplishing his Intent. The first attempt was two weeks ago, when Charles happened into his father's room just in time to snatch a razor away from his throat. Last Monday he returned home and found the door locked. He entered from the rear and found that Dickey had heated a poker red hot nearly to the handle and was about to force it down his throat. He begged to be let kill himself. Yesterday Charles and his wife went to a funeral. On their return they found Dickey on a chair with a wound in his head. A shot gun stood between his knees, muzzle upward, and In one hand there still was clutched a cane, with which he evidently had pressed down the trigger. Dickey's wife has been dead three years, but he never entirely recovered from his grief. He married her thirty years ago, returning to Virginia for her, having met her when South with the Union army in the Civil war. They lived at Winchester for several years, then came North. Dickey was 60 years old when his wife died. Soon after he suffered a stroke of paralysis, and was prevented from working. This also preyed upon his mind and he took to drink. Clipped from Harrisburg Daily Independent Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 28 Feb 1907, Thu • Page 1 DESPONDENT OLD MAN KILLS HIMSELF Despondent over the death of his wife, a Negress, Calvin Dickey, white, a long sufferer with paralysis, yesterday shot himself to death, using a cane to press the trigger of a shotgun, the barrel of which Dickey had placed against his head. The shot entered the temple, causing almost instant death. Dickey committed suicide at the home of his son, Charles, 1413 Eleventh - and - a - half street. His body was found late yesterday afternoon. This was the third attempt Dickey made on his life. Two weeks ago he tried to cut his throat with a razor and last Monday a son found him trying to force a red - hot poker down his throat. Five sons survive, Harry, Charles, Clarence, Walter and Howard. The funeral arrangements will be announced later. Clipped from Harrisburg Telegraph Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 28 Feb 1907, Thu • Page 1 Name: George C Dickey Enlistment Date: 19 Aug 1864 Enlistment Rank: Private Muster Date: 19 Aug 1864 Muster Place: Pennsylvania Muster Company: C Muster Regiment: 201st Infantry Muster Regiment Type: Infantry Muster Information: Enlisted Muster Out Date: 21 Jun 1865 Muster Out Place: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Muster Out Information: Mustered Out Side of War: Union Survived War?: Yes Residence Place: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Title: History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865 George Calvern Dickey was born in April 1848 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He fought on the side of the Union, as a Private in Co. C 201st PA Vol. Infantry Regiment in the US Civil War. He had four sons with Lucy McGill between 1878 and 1888. He died on February 27, 1907, in his hometown at the age of 58, and was buried in Penbrook, Pennsylvania.
  Person ID	I3106 SOALsearch
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024

  
  
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  Father	George Larue Dickey (Age 63 years) b. 17 May 1820, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 28 Apr 1884, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah E Etter (Age 68 years) b. Abt 1827, Pennsylvania, USA d. 11 Mar 1895, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F1043 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lucy McGill (Age 52 years) b. 17 Dec 1851, Luray, Page, Virginia, USA d. 26 Aug 1904, 1411 North Cameron, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 52 years)
  Married	1877 Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA [3, 12, 14]
  	Calvin Dickey returned to Virginia for Lucy after the war. They lived in Winchester several years before returning to Harrisburg.
  Children	1. Clarence Calvin Dickey b. 5 Apr 1882, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA  [natural]   2. Walter Dickey b. 5 Apr 1885, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA  [natural]   3. Howard Dickey b. 12 Jul 1888, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA  [natural]   4. Charles F Dickey (Age 45 years) b. 12 Jun 1878, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 13 Jan 1924, Susquehanna, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 45 years)  [natural]   5. Harry Augustus Dickey (Age 71 years) b. 28 Aug 1875, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1 Mar 1947, 1306 Cowden street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 71 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F1039 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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