STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1902, page 8, column 3

LUCRETIA (SCOTT) DICKINSON, 28 Feb 1832 - 26 Feb 1902

   Lucretia Dickenson died Feb. 26, 1902, at the home of Mr. 
Metzgar at Angola.  Funeral was held here at the home of her 
sister, Mrs. F. Salisbury, Friday, at two p.m., Rev. Neal, pastor 
of the M. E. church in Angola, officiating.  Burial in Green Lawn 
cemetery.  The floral tributes were many and beautiful.  Deceased 
was seventy years old on the day of her burial.  She was a former 
resident of Orland.  She was mother to Mrs. Frank Spitz, of 
Indianapolis, who, with her family, attended the funeral, and a 
sister to Samuel Scott and Mrs. F. A. Salisbury.

ADDITIONAL INFOFMATION:

   Lucretia (Scott) Dickinson, 28 Feb 1832 - 26 Feb 1902, married J. 
Milton Dickinson, 24 Jun 1841 - 15 May 1863, aged 21 years, 10 months and 
21 days.  Lucretia is not listed in the Cemetery Book but is supposed to 
be buried at Greenlawn Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.  J. Milton was 
the son of Bateman Betts Dickinson who died 13 Aug 1870, and Rosina (____)
Dickinson, 04 Feb 1807 - 15 Aug 1891.  J. Milton and his parents are 
buried at Memorial Grove Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.  Rosina 
married Adam Patterson on 30 Nov 1871.
   Daughter, Minnie E. (Dickinson) 25 Aug 1863 - 26 Jun 1941, married 
Sylvester F. Spitz, dates and burial place unknown.  Minnie is buried at 
Greenlawn Cemetery.

Lucretia's parents:  Victor Scott, no information available.  Roxana L. 
(Lowery) Scott, 04 Feb 1807 - 24 Jan 1883, is buried at Jackson Prairie 
Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.
   Siblings:
   Samuel V. Scott, 30 Jul 1837 - 17 Mar 1912, married 1st, Mary A. 
(_____)Scott, born about 30 Apr 1842 - 30 Oct 1885, aged 43 years and 6 
months.  They are buried at Jackson Prairie Cemetery.  He married 2nd, 
Jennie (Cosper) Wilder Scott, 1845 - 1925, who is buried at Greenlawn
Cemetery.
   Fidelia (Scott) Salisbury, born about 1840 per 1880 census, was alive 
in 1902, married Frank A. Salisbury, 1837, no date of death of burial 
place known.
   Melvin Emerson Scott, 19 Jul 1841 - 07 Apr 1890, never married.  Buried 
at Jackson Prairie Cemetery.
   Olive M. (Scott) Beigh, 1843 - 14 May 1925, married Silas Beigh, 14 Nov 
1846 - 21 Oct 1934, son of John and Mary (Gooding) Beigh.  Olive and Silas 
are buried at Block Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.

Obituary of brother, Melvin Emerson Scott, 19 Jul 1841 - 07 Apr 1899.
"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990" by Audree Siebel Lewis, Vol. 
1, pages 123, 498, 499; Vol. 2, pages 1581, 1606, 1730, 1949.
Submitted by:  Mona Hildfen-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net