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Excerpt from Hawaiian Society of the Sons of the American Revolution: Register for Nineteen Hundred and Twelve With Roll of Members and Their Revolutionary Ancestors, and Other Information of Interest to the Society We are new American citizens, and there can be no better lesson for the youth of the country than to study the life of Washington. I wish the new generation of Hawaii would make his life their lesson of patriotism. 1 cannot imagine Washington pulling wires to retain office; he took office from a sense of duty to his country. Such an example is an entirely wholesome one, and one which if lived up to must be followed by the greatest results. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Theophilus Lyle Dickey was born on October 2, 1811 at Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky, United States. He was the son of James Henry Dickey, a Presbyterian minister, and Polly De Pew of Halifax County, Virginia, United States. He was descended from John Dickey, a native of northern Ireland, who, early in the eighteenth century, emigrated to Virginia and settled in North Carolina. James Henry Dickey was John Dickey’s grandson. The family moved to Ohio in 1814.
Dickey’s early education was received in the country schools there and in Kentucky.
In 1826 he entered Ohio University at Athens where he spent four years, proceeding thence to Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, and graduating there with honors in 1831. He then taught school in Ohio and Kentucky for two years.
In 1834 he removed to Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois, and studied law, being admitted to the bar in 1835.
For a short time Dickey practised law at Macomb, but in 1836 went to Rushville, where, in addition to his legal work, he edited a newspaper and became largely interested in real estate. The following year, owing to a financial panic, he lost everything, in addition to being saddled with a heavy debt which embarrassed him for many years, but which he finally paid in full.
In 1839 he moved to Ottawa, Illinois, which became his permanent home. Here he built up a large practise, acquiring a wide reputation as a skilful advocate and sound lawyer.
At the outbreak of the war with Mexico he raised a company for the 16th Illinois Infantry, was commissioned captain, and saw service in Mexico, but was compelled to retire on account of ill health, whereupon he resumed practise in Ottawa.
In 1848 he was elected judge of the circuit court for his district, and remained on the bench four years, resigning in 1852, and opening an office in Chicago in 1854.
In the latter year he was a delegate to the first Republican state convention at Bloomington, and in 1856 was an Independent candidate for Congress, but withdrew. During this period he retained his residence in Ottawa, and resumed practise there in 1858, having finally paid off his old debts.
In 1861 when the Civil War broke out, he raised the 4th Illinois Cavalry and became its colonel. Joining Grant at Cairo in December, he took part in the capture of Fort Henry, led the advance at Fort Donelson, and was present at Shiloh.
He suggested and organized Grierson’s Raid in 1863, but in the latter part of that year resigned his command and returned to Ottawa.
In 1866 he was nominated for congressman-at-large for Illinois against Gen. Logan. In 1868 he became assistant attorney-general of the United States, having the conduct of all suits in the Court of Claims, and in the course of his duties appeared frequently in the United States Supreme Court.
In this capacity he displayed great ability and efficiency, but was compelled to resign in 1870 owing to ill health. He thereupon resumed practise at Ottawa but in 1873 moved again to Chicago, where he was in August 1874 appointed corporation counsel.
In December 1873 he was elected a judge of the supreme court of Illinois to fill a vacancy and in 1879 was reelected as an Independent, remaining on the bench till his death, which occurred at Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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In 1858 and 1860 Dickey was an ardent supporter of Steplien A. Douglas against Lincoln, speaking throughout the state on behalf of the former.
A contemporary describes him as “a man of very superior legal ability, without very great learning, but who is a natural lawyer”. A brilliant advocate, he achieved his success by means of a singular forcefulness and simplicity of appeal, never attempting oratory. He possessed a remarkably retentive memory and great resource. On the bench he exhibited clearness of perception and an independence of thought which did not detract from the soundness of his opinions—very few of them being reversed on appeal. Possessing great charm of manner, kindly, considerate and generous to a fault, he was extremely popular with all classes.
Dickey was married twice: first, on December 6, 1831, Juliet Evans of Hillsboro, Ohio, who died on December 31, 1854; and second, in the summer of 1870, Mrs. Beulah Hirst.
