Samuel "Sam" and Elizabeth Dickinson: Carbon and Hanna Old Timers
Page by Bob Leathers
Life Story
Sam Dickinson was born July 27, 1865 and died July 15, 1937. He was buried in the Carbon, Wyoming cemetery.
Elizabeth Jackson was born July 2, 1869 and died Nov. 19, 1929. She is buried in the Carbon, Wyoming cemetery with her husband Sam Dickinson.
1906
Sam Dickinson worked in the Hanna mines in the early years but retired from the Hanna coal mines in 1906. He later returned to Hanna and operated the Dickinson Dry Good store on Front Street.
The reception honored Sam Dickinson, who was gone to Big Muddy, where he will take charge of the company store. Mr. Dickinson carries a handsome gold watch presented by the miners. Both Mr. Brooks and Mr. Dickinson are well known in Rock Spring. (Rock Springs Miner, December. 1906)
1925
Mr. Sam Dickinson--a Carbonite
Mr. Sam Dickinson, of Hanna, by whose courtesy we reproduce this old picture of Carbon, came from England to this country in 1886 and was City Clerk in Carbon when it was incorporated as a town. He, in common with the other Carbonites, enjoys talking about the old town’s glories. “There never was such a town—we never had cliques or factions, we were Carbonites and if anything needed to be done for Carbon, we all pulled together to do it,” is the way Mr. Dickinson tells about it. Carbon is now deserted, but the old timers of Carbon have formed a Cemetery Association, have purchased the cemetery site and every year the members resident in Hanna go out to the old town and care for the graves there. There are some forty-nine members of the Association, many of them resident in Hanna, but others now reside in Rock Springs and other parts of Wyoming and in the states of Colorado and California. But whether near enough to visit or not they all remember the annual cemetery day and the graves are all cared for by the members who do live in the vicinity. (UPCCEM, March 1926)
Carbon Coal Camp in 1875. (S. Dickenson, Union Pacific Coal Company Employe's Magazine, March 1925)
1931
Sam Dickinson was a regular speaker for the Hanna Memorial Day services. Even after his move from Hanna to California he traveled to Hanna for the celebration.
Hanna Memorial Day
Memorial Day services were held under the auspices of different organizations. A parade of ex-service men, followed by the Boy and Girl Scouts and led by the Hanna Band marched from the Band Hall to the Mine office, where the procession was continued by cars to the monument at old No. 1 Mine, where services were held and a talk was given by Mr. T.H. Butler, of Rock Springs. The procession continued to Carbon Cemetery, where a volley was fired by The American Legion Firing Squad, and taps were sounded. A talk was given by Mr. Sam Dickinson, of Berkeley, California. In the afternoon, the procession marched to the Soldiers’ Monument at the School House, where services were held after which all proceeded to the Hanna cemetery, where a volley was fired, taps sounded, Rev. W.R. Kessler speaking. It was a beautiful day and there was a large attendance at all services. (UPCCEM, July 1931)
1937
Mr. Sam Dickinson and daughter, Mrs. Sam While, and daughters, arrived from California to spend several weeks visiting relatives and friends. Shortly after arriving Mr. Dickinson had the misfortune of falling and breaking a rib. He was taken to the hospital, where he died of pneumonia on July 15th.
Mr. Clifford Dickinson, of Oakland, California, arrived here by plane, being called here by the critical illness of his father, Sam Dickinson. (UPCCEM, August 1937)
Dickinson, Elizabeth
Cemetery: Carbon
Monument: "July 27, 1865, July 15, 1937": Shares a headstone with Samuel "Sam" Dickinson.
Born: July 2, 1869
Died: Nov. 19, 1929
Age: 60 y's, 4 m's, 17 d's
Note: Mrs. Samuel Dickinson died in Berkeley, California. She lived in Carbon and Hanna for many years before moving to Berkley. The funeral was held in the Methodist Church in Hanna on Saturday, November 23, and interment made at Carbon cemetery. Sympathy is extended to the relatives in their great bereavement. Out of town people who attended the funeral of Mrs. Samuel Dickinson were Mr. And Mrs. T.H. Butler of Rock Springs, Mrs. James Morgan of Cheyenne, Mr. and Mrs. Alf Cheesborough, and Mrs. Myrlie of Laramie. Mr. Samuel Dickinson and son Clifford accompanied the body of Mrs. Samuel Dickinson to Hanna for burial. (UPCCEM, January 1930)
Cemetery: Carbon
Monument: "July 27, 1865, July 15, 1937": Shares a headstone with Samuel "Sam" Dickinson.
Born: July 2, 1869
Died: Nov. 19, 1929
Age: 60 y's, 4 m's, 17 d's
Note: Mrs. Samuel Dickinson died in Berkeley, California. She lived in Carbon and Hanna for many years before moving to Berkley. The funeral was held in the Methodist Church in Hanna on Saturday, November 23, and interment made at Carbon cemetery. Sympathy is extended to the relatives in their great bereavement. Out of town people who attended the funeral of Mrs. Samuel Dickinson were Mr. And Mrs. T.H. Butler of Rock Springs, Mrs. James Morgan of Cheyenne, Mr. and Mrs. Alf Cheesborough, and Mrs. Myrlie of Laramie. Mr. Samuel Dickinson and son Clifford accompanied the body of Mrs. Samuel Dickinson to Hanna for burial. (UPCCEM, January 1930)
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Dickinson, Samuel "Sam"
Cemetery: Carbon
Monument: "July 27, 1865, July 15, 1937": Shares a headstone with Elizabeth Dickinson.
Born: July 27, 1865
Died: July 15, 1937
Age: 71 y's, 11 m's, 18 d's
Note: The death of Samuel Dickinson occurred at the Hanna Hospital on Thursday morning, July 15th. He was one of the pioneers of that district, having resided in Carbon County some fifty years. Seven years since, he removed to Berkeley, California, where his son and daughter live, and made the journey each Memorial Day to Hanna and took part in the exercises at the old Carbon Cemetery, where the remains of several loved ones, relatives and friends, were interred. It was his want each year to organize a Committee to clean up the cemetery and have things in readiness. Employed by the Company at one time, he quit its service and entered into business on his own account, selling out to The Union Pacific Coal Company about 1928. Interment was made in the old Carbon burial grounds on July 17th, the Masonic fraternity conducting the services. Mr. Dickinson had reached his 72nd year. The sympathy of the community is extended to the surviving members of the family. (UPCCEM, August 1937)
Cemetery: Carbon
Monument: "July 27, 1865, July 15, 1937": Shares a headstone with Elizabeth Dickinson.
Born: July 27, 1865
Died: July 15, 1937
Age: 71 y's, 11 m's, 18 d's
Note: The death of Samuel Dickinson occurred at the Hanna Hospital on Thursday morning, July 15th. He was one of the pioneers of that district, having resided in Carbon County some fifty years. Seven years since, he removed to Berkeley, California, where his son and daughter live, and made the journey each Memorial Day to Hanna and took part in the exercises at the old Carbon Cemetery, where the remains of several loved ones, relatives and friends, were interred. It was his want each year to organize a Committee to clean up the cemetery and have things in readiness. Employed by the Company at one time, he quit its service and entered into business on his own account, selling out to The Union Pacific Coal Company about 1928. Interment was made in the old Carbon burial grounds on July 17th, the Masonic fraternity conducting the services. Mr. Dickinson had reached his 72nd year. The sympathy of the community is extended to the surviving members of the family. (UPCCEM, August 1937)
Carbon Cemetery: Elizabeth and Samuel "Sam" Dickinson (Gary Beaver Collection).
2018
Carbon Cemetery: Sam Dickinson Plot (image by Bob Leathers)
2018
Carbon Cemetery: Sam Dickinson Plot (image by Bob Leathers)
2021
Carbon Cemetery: Sam Dickinson Plot. 2021. (image by Bob Leathers)