John Calhoun Dickenson
| John Calhoun Dickenson | |
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| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the Grayson county district |
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In office December 5, 1853 – December 4, 1859 |
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| Preceded by | William C. Parks |
| Succeeded by | Samuel McCamant |
| Member of the Virginia Senate from the Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, Montgomery and Pulaski Counties district |
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In office December 5, 1859 – September 6, 1863 |
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| Preceded by | Harvey Deskins |
| Succeeded by | James Craig Taylor |
| Member of the Virginia Senate from the Carroll, Grayson and Wythe Counties district |
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In office December 1, 1875 – December4, 1883 |
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| Preceded by | Abner W. C. Nowlin |
| Succeeded by | Peyton G. Hale |
| Personal details | |
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December 4, 1815 Oldtown, Grayson County, Virginia |
| Died | July 18, 1890 (aged 74) Grayson County, Virginia |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Rosamond Bourne Hale, Margaret Ellen Andis |
| Children | many |
| Occupation | farmer, merchant |
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| Allegiance |
 Virginia Confederate States
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| Service/branch |
Virginia Militia
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| Rank |
 Colonel |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
John Calhoun Dickenson (December 4, 1815 - July 18, 1890) was a Virginia planter and politician who served in both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly, including in the Virginia Senate during the American Civil War and after Congressional Reconstruction ended,and is usually referred to with the honorific "Colonel", perhaps alluding to his service with the Home Guard during the American Civil War.
He was born in Old Town in Grayson County, Virginia to merchant Martin Dickenson (d. 1834) and his wife Mary, who survived her husband by 25 years. He had two brothers and six sisters, and farmed both on Elk Creek and near Oldtown in Grayson County. Martin Dickenson had worked for merchant and Grayson County's first clerk, William Bourne Sr. and served as the county's deputy clerk and later succeeded Bourne as clerk, serving from 1793 until his death in 1834.
John Dickenson married Rosamond Bourne Hale (1816-1854) on October 14, 1839, and they had several children before her death in 1854. Two sons would fight for the Confederacy: William Martin Dickenson (1841-; who was wounded in combat), and James P. Dickenson (1843-; who spent 18 or 20 months in a Yankee prison).They also had daughters Bettie S (b. 1844), Lucy (b. 1845) and Mary (b. 1848) and sons Benjamin Rush Floyd Dickenson (1846-1865) and Thomas Jefferson Dickenson (1849-1913), as well as at least two children who died as infants. After Rosamund's death, J.C. Dickenson remarried in 1856, to Margaret Ellen Andis Dickenson (1835-1887) with whom he raised Sarah (Sallie) Josephine Dickenson Edwards (1857-1929), Robert Lee Dickenson (1862-1936), Sue Blanche Dickenson and John Calhoun Dickenson (1869-1960) to adulthood. Margaret Dickenson also predeceased her husband, dying in October 1887 in Boone County, Indiana while visiting relatives.
John Dickenson owned a large estate on the New River and also with Ezra Nuckolls operated stores at Old Town, Elk Creek and Bridle Creek, all in Grayson County. The merchants hauled provisions from Lynchburg using the James River Canal as well as wagons. By the 1860 U.S. census, he was one of the county's richest men, with real estate worth $35,500 and personal property (including slaves) worth $28,750.
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