Sacramento County
Biographies
CHARLES
DICKSON
CHARLES DICKSON was born July 2, 1818, in Brunswick, Germany, a son of Anton and Catherine Dickson. He was raised on a farm in Germany, where he made his home until 1850, when he came to America, sailing on the 1st of July, landing in Baltimore; he went to Pittsburg, thence to St. Louis, then to Illinois, where he was engaged in farming and gardening for a year. He then came overland with ox teams and stock to California, landing in San Joaquin County, where he remained eighteen months. From there he came to Sacramento County, and in 1856 purchased his present property of 160 acres, situated about fifteen miles from Stockton and three miles from Elk Grove on the upper Stockton road. It is choice land under a fine state of cultivation. He is a practical farmer and gardener. His farm is devoted principally to wheat and stock. His building are of the most substantial. He was married in 1850 to Miss Frederika Staples, a native of Germany. They have six children living, three deceased. The living are: George, Charley, Frederika, Henry, Anna and Fred.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Davis, Hon. Win. J., An Illustrated History of
Sacramento County, California. Pages 683-684. Lewis
Publishing Company. 1890.
© 2007 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.