Background
Dickey, Marcus was born on September 26, 1859 in near Longwood, Fayette Company, Indiana, United States. Son of Hugh A. and Harriet (Powell) Dickey.
Dickey, Marcus was born on September 26, 1859 in near Longwood, Fayette Company, Indiana, United States. Son of Hugh A. and Harriet (Powell) Dickey.
Student Indiana State Normal School, Terre Haute, Indiana, 1880-1883. Studied history and literature, Boston, 1886. Attended lectures on American history, by John Fiske.
Formerly teacher common schools. Instructor in history and literature, Fairmount (Indiana) Academy, 1887-1889. Principal public schools, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1890-1892.
Director Rocky Mountain Lyceum, Denver, Colorado, 1892-1896. Platform manager for James Whitcomb Riley, 1896-1901, his secretary 1901-1906. Author: Columbus and His Monument Columbia, 1893.
The Youth of James Whitcomb Riley, 1919. The Maturity of James Whitcomb Riley, 1922. Life of James Whitcomb Riley (2 vols.), 1923.
Home: Nashville, Indiana.
Married Anna Mason, of Hackleman, Indiana, 1887 (died 1889). Married second, Isabelle E. Whyte, of Madison, Connecticut.
