Philemon Dickerson Sr.:
Born: January 11, 1788
Birthplace: Succasunna New Jersey
Father: Jonathan Dickerson 1747 – 1805
(Buried: First Presbyterian Church Succasunna New Jersey)
Mother: Mary Coe 1752 – 1827
(Buried: First Presbyterian Church Succasunna New Jersey)
Wife: Sydney Maria Stotesbury 1788 – 1853
(Buried: Cedar Lawn Cemetery Paterson New Jersey)
Children:
John H. Dickerson 1818 – 1855
(Buried: Cedar Lawn Cemetery Paterson New Jersey)
Mary Dickerson Gould 1820 – 1900
(Buried: Cedar Lawn Cemetery Paterson New Jersey)
Edward Nicoll Dickerson Sr. 1824 – 1889
(Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery Brooklyn New York)
Philemon Dickerson Jr. 1829 – 1862
(Buried: Cedar Lawn Cemetery Paterson New Jersey)
Education:
1808: Graduated from University of Pennsylvania
Occupation before War:
1813 – 1816: Attorney in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
1816 – 1821: Attorney in Paterson New Jersey
1821 – 1822: Member of New Jersey State Assembly
1822 – 1833: Attorney in Paterson New Jersey
1833 – 1836: United States Congressman from New Jersey
1836 – 1837: Governor of New Jersey
1837 – 1839: Attorney in Paterson New Jersey
1839 – 1841: United States Congressman from New Jersey
1840: Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress
1841 – 1862: Judge of United States District Court of New Jersey
Civil War Career:
1841 – 1862: Judge of United States District Court of New Jersey
Died: December 10, 1862
Place of Death: Paterson New Jersey
Age at time of Death: 74 years old
Burial Place: Cedar Lawn Cemetery Paterson New Jersey
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