Chilon Ford DICKERSON

Father: // DICKERSON
Mother: Unknown

Family 1: Susan HOWDER

(1) Source: Letter from J. Kirk Seaton to I. Richard Reed (Niagara Co. Historian), March 27, 1978.

  1. Don C. DICKERSON
  2. Ellis Ann DICKERSON
  3. Albina F. DICKERSON
  4. Leonidas DICKERSON
  5. Weattha Adelaide DICKERSON
  6. Helen Jane DICKERSON
  7. Arabelle DICKERSON
  8. Mary E. DICKERSON
  9. Viola Almaretta DICKERSON
  10. George Willard DICKERSON

Family 2: Malinda STODDARD

(1) Source: Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records via Ancestry.com. 
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Notes

Updated September 18, 2026. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Letter from J. Kirk Seaton to I. Richard Reed (Niagara Co. Historian), March 27, 1978.

Provides date/location for the marriage of Chilon DICKERSON and Susan(na) HOWDER: 6 Aug 1831; Niagara Co., New York

(2) Application for probate of the last will and testament of Christian HOWDER, Niagara Co., NY, May 28, 1832.

(3) U.S., General Land Office Records via Ancestry.com

- Name: CHILLION F DICKERSON
- Land Office: DETROIT
- Sequence #: 1
- Document Number: 2415
- Total Acres: 160
- Signature: Yes
- Canceled Document: No
- Issue Date: August 16, 1837
- Mineral Rights Reserved: No
- Metes and Bounds: No
- Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
- Multiple Warrantee Names: No
- Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
- Multiple Patentee Names: No
- Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
- Land Description: 1 NE MICHIGAN-TOLEDO STRIP No 7 N 12 E 2

(4) 1850 United States Census for Michigan, Lapeer Co., Almont Twp.: Household 170, July 26, 1850.

Chilion DICKERSON is head of household, married to Susana [HOWDER] DICKERSON. Chilon is 52 years old, born in New Jersey and is a farmer. Children in the household are Don C., Elisa A., Albina, Leonidas, Weatthha A., Hellen J., Arabella and Mary E. DICKERSON.

(5) 1860 United States Census for Michigan, Lapeer Co., Twp. of Almont (Almont Post Office): Page 127; July 7, 1860.

Chilon DICKINSON is head of household, married to Susan [HOWDER] DICKINSON. He is 51 years old, born in New York, and is a farmer with real estate valued at $4,000 and personal estate valued at $1,000. Children in the household are Ellis, Leonardis, Adalaide, Helen, Arabella, Mary, Viola and Willard DICKINSON.

(6) 1870 United States Census for Michigan, Lapeer Co., Almont (Almont Post Office): page 36; dwelling 271; family 282; August 21, 1870.

Chilon DICKERSON is head of household, married to Susana [HOWDER] DICKERSON. He was born in New Jersey, is 61 years old and is a farmer with real estate valued at $5,100 and personal estate valued at $1,500. He is eligible to vote. Children listed in the household are: Adelaide, Mary, Retta, and Willard G. DICKERSON.

(7) Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records via Ancestry.com: Lapeer County, 1878

- Record Number: 2084
- Date: 22 Sep 1878
- Place of Marriage: Imlay
- Full Name of Bridegroom: Chilon F. DICKERSON
- Residence: Imlay
- Age: 70
- Birthplace: New Jersey
- Occupation: Farmer
- Full Name of Bride (and maiden name): Malinda SANDERSON (STODDARD)
- Residence: Imlay
- Age: 39
- Birthplace: Michigan
- By Whom Married: N. D. GLIDDEN, Minister of the Gospel
- Witnesses: Charles P. MALESOM (of Imlay) and Eliza MINARD (of Imlay)

(8) 1880 United States Census for Michigan, Lapeer Co., Goodland Twp.: Supervisor's District 3; Enumeration District 167; page 2; June 1-2, 1880.

C. F. DICKERSON is head of household, married to Married to Malinda [STODDARD, SANDERSON] DICKERSON. He is 72 years old and was born in Pennsylvania. He is a farmer. Malinda's children from a previous marriage are included in the household: Benjamin H., George L. and Thomas E. SANDERSON. Next door is C. F.'s son George W. DICKERSON and family.

(9) 1880 United States Agricultural Census for Michigan, Lapeer Co., Goodland Twp.: Supervisor's District 3; Enumeration District 167; page 2; June 1-2, 1880.

- Name: C. F. DICKERSON (owner)
- Tilled Land (acres): 45
- Pasture (acres): 6
- Woodland (acres): 45
- Other Unimproved Land (acres): 30
- Value of Farm: $3,300
- Value of Implements: $275
- Value of Live Stock: $524
- Value of Farm Production: $400
- Grass Lands, Mown (acres): 11
- Hay (tons): 16
- Horses: 5
- Milch Cows: 4
- Other Cattle: 2
- Calves Dropped: 1
- Held Living: 1
- Died: 1
- Butter (pounds): 350
- Swine: 2
- Barn-Yard Poultry: 20
- Eggs (dozens): 30
- Barley (acres/bushels): 16/23
- Buckwheat (acres/bushels): 1/6
- Oats (acres/bushels): 2/53
- Wheat (acres/bushels): 7/100
- Potatoes, Irish (acres/bushels): 4/25
- Apples (acres/trees/bushels): 4/40/40
- Total Value of Orchard Products: $20
- Wood (cords/value): 30/$30

(10) Pioneer Families and History of Lapeer County, Michigan. J. Dee Ellis, compiler. Ellis Publishing Co., Lapeer, MI, 1978, pages 98-99 & corrections page.

Spells his name Chilion F. DICKERSON. "Went 1829 to Niagara Co., NY, came 1839 to Almont twp [Lapeer Co., MI] and in 1874 moved to Sec 32, Goodland [Lapeer Co., Michigan]. Source lists date and location of birth, marriage info.

(11) "The History of Lapeer County, Michigan: with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers." H. R. Page (Chicago: 1884), via The University of Michigan Digital Library Text Collections.

"CHILION F. DICKERSON was born in Morris County, N. J., in 1808, and, in connection with his father's family, settled in Washington County, Pa., in 1811, and moved to Greene County, Pa., in 1816, thence to Beaver County, same State, in 1820. In 1829 he settled in Niagara County, N. Y., where he remained till 1839, when he settled in Almont, Lapeer County, Mich., and in 1874 settled on section 32, Goodland, where he now resides. He has been twice married. First, Aug. 6, 1831, to Susanna HOWDER, who was born in Niagara County, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1812, and died June 3, 1873, having ten children, all of whom are still living, viz: Don C., born in 1832; Ellis A. Blackmore, 1834; Albina Seaton, 1836; Leonidas, 1837; Adelaide Soper,1841; Helen Waller, 1843; Arabelle Whittiker, 1845; Mary Mackey, 1848; Almaretta Lovelace, 1851; George Willard, 1854. Second marriage, Sept. 22, 1878, to Mrs. Thomas Sanderson, who was born in Washtenaw County, Mich., May 1840. Her maiden name was Malinda Stoddard and she was married to Sanderson in 1861. He died Jan. 31, 1878. leaving three children, Benjamin H., born 1862; George L., born 1865, and Thomas E., born 1873." (Page 177)

(12) Moore, Charles, 1855-1942. "The History of Michigan." Lewis Publishing Company (Chicago: 1915), via The University of Michigan Digital Library Text Collections, pages 919-920.

"...Chilon Ford and Susan (HOWDER) DICKERSON, natives respectively of New York and Pennsylvania. The DICKERSON family is one of the old and honored ones of Lapeer county, having been founded here in 1832 by [Chilon]... DICKERSON, a shoemaker by trade. After spending four years here at his trade, he returned to New York, where he had left his wife and three children, and brought his family back to Almont, then little more than a scattering settlement in the wilderness. He was an honest, industrious workman, and in spite of primitive conditions managed to give his children good educations, so that his seven daughters all became school teachers of Lapeer county. He died at the age of eighty-six years, honored and esteemed by all who knew him. Mr. DICKERSON managed to accumulate considerable farming property, although he never engaged actively as a farmer himself. He took some interest in local political affairs, and his opinion had much to do in influencing others. In New York he had received a military training in his youth, but saw no active service as a soldier, being rejected when he volunteered, because of a physical disability."

(13) Find a Grave

- Name: Chilon F DICKERSON
- Birth: 26 Oct 1808
- Death: 17 Oct 1894 (aged 85)
- Burial: Ferguson Cemetery; Almont, Lapeer County, Michigan, USA
- Plot: A12 6
- Memorial ID: 66917938

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General notes:

- Also spelled DICKINSON in some sources
- Nephew of John H. DICKISON/DICKERSON