Luren Dudley Dickinson

Male 1859 - 1943  (84 years)


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  • Name Luren Dudley Dickinson  [1
    Born 12 Apr 1859  Niagara Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 22 Apr 1943  Charlotte, MI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried DK Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I09384  Am Anc of MI Gov
    Last Modified 28 Mar 2017 

    Father Daniel Dickinson,   b. 1 Dec 1828, Orleans Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1903, Charlotte, MI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Hannah Elizabeth Leavens,   b. 17 Apr 1830, Orleans Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Apr 1917, Charlotte, MI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 3 Apr 1853  Albion, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F4515  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Zora Della Cooley,   b. 1865, Eaton Twp, MI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1940, Charlotte, MI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 16 Oct 1888  [1
    Children 
     1. Rilla Ethel Dickinson,   d. Bef 1939
    Last Modified 28 Mar 2017 
    Family ID F4513  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Thirty seventh Governor of MI 1939-1940

      Biographical Director of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol II (Iowa-MO), edited by Robert Sobel and John Raimo, 1978 Meckler Books, page 764.

      First Ladies of MI by Wildah Weddon, NOG Press, 1977, pages 104-105.

      MI Governors Their Life Stories by Wildah Weddon, NOG Press, 1994, pages 130-135.

      A biographical sketch of Governor dickinson's family by Debra Stadel Eddy, published in the MMGS Newsletter, Winter 1995, page 6-7.
      Sources included an interview with Frank Dickinson of Dimondale, MI, 24, Feb. 1988, obituaries and many other sources.
      Daniel's family moved to Niagara Co., NY, when he was eight years old.
      Luren and Della had no children of their own, but they adopted his niece, Ethel Dickinson after her mother's deaht, and they raised her as their own child.

  • Sources 
    1. [S145737] Gilbert.FTW.
      Date of Import: Apr 27, 2003