Guide to the Albert Dickerman scrapbooks MS.007
University of California, Santa Cruz
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz 95064
speccoll@library.ucsc.edu
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Santa Cruz
Title: Albert Dickerman scrapbooks
Creator:
Dickerman, Albert, 1840-1917
Identifier/Call Number: MS.007
Physical Description:
5 Linear Feet
5 boxes
4 flats, 1 document box
Date (inclusive): 1894-1912
Language of Material:
English .
Collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased
Watsonville, CA - "A. Dickerman Enters Last Slumber"
Albert Dickerman, the well known attorney and Civil War veteran, died at his home on East
Third street yesterday afternoon after a comparatively brief illness, his death coming after
the Pajaronian had been issued.
He had been failing for the past few months but up to a few days ago had been able to walk
to and from his office.
A first class account of his life is contained in the "Dickerman Ancestry," a history
complied by a member of his family, and "The Story of the Thousand," both books being in
Judge Dickerman's library. The account is as follows: Albert Dickerman was born March 26,
1840, at Masonville, Delaware County, New York, and was a descendant of Thomas Dickerman who
came to America from England in 1635. His grandfather was a soldier of the Revolutionary
War. His father was Nathaniel Dickerman, and his mother was Mary Ann Ferry Dickerman. Mr.
Dickerman was reared on a farm among the hills of Delaware County. His father having died
when he was five years of age he assisted his mother, brothers and sisters in obtaining a
livelihood, attended the district school until he was sixteen years of age. At that time he
attended an academy for two terms.
At the age of seventeen he moved with his people to Cleveland, Ohio. From that time until
he went into the army he was studying and teaching, a part of the time in Ohio and Missouri,
where he was when the war broke out and he witnessed a good deal of feeling and
excitement.
In July, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Co. "E- 105th Regiment of Ohio Infantry. On
reaching camp he was appointed sergeant major, after about four months second lieutenant, in
which capacity he served until the close of the war, twice declining captains' commission.
His regiment was in the Fourteenth Army Corps under General Thomas and later under Sherman,
participating in the movements of that corps through Kentucky and Tennessee; in the Atlanta
campaign; the March to the Sea; through the Carolinas to Goldsboro; to Raleigh, Richmond and
Washington and taking part in the Grand Review. The regiment was mustered out and disbanded
in June 1865.
After he was mustered out he studied law at Union College in Cleveland, and was admitted to
practice in June, 1866. In August of that year he located at Hillsdale, Michigan. While
living there he served for three years as Director of Public Schools, for four years as
Probate Judge, and represented the county in the state Senate, during 1881 and 1882
practicing profession in the meantime.
In the spring of 1882 he moved to Muskegon, Michigan. There he served in that capacity for
six years. At the close of his term he declined to be a candidate for re-election and in
1894 moved to Watsonville.
After his arrival in Watsonville Mr. Dickerman began the practice of law and was associated
for a time with H. A. von C Torchiana, now in San Francisco. He was successful in the law
and was known in this city as a man of high ideals, of fertile intellect and of Christian
character. He was a prominent member of the R. L. McCook Post G.A.R., of this city and was
respected and esteemed by all that knew him. Judge Dickerman was one of this community's
most estimable citizens and his death will be mourned by all that knew him.
He is survived by his wife, who resides here; a daughter, Mrs. Marcus Snow [Katherine
Dickerman Snow] of Muskegon, Mich., a granddaughter, Miss Marcia Snow and a sister, Mrs.
Charles E. Palmer [Mary Elizabeth Dickerman Palmer] of Fostoria, New York.
The funeral will be held from the family residence tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with
interment in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Obituary from the Watsonville Pajaronian (1917)
Albert Dickerman scrapbooks. MS 7. Special Collections and Archives, University Library,
University of California, Santa Cruz.
This finding aid was revised in the Reparative Archival Redescription Project in 2021-2022.
Previous versions of this finding aid are available upon request.
Old Soldiers: Santa Cruz County Civil War Veterans by Robert L. Nelson.
This collection consists of scrapbooks of clippings from California and Michigan newspapers
from 1894-1912 compiled by Albert Dickerman, Civil War veteran, G.A.R. Member, Watsonville
attorney and judge.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Scrapbooks
Box 1
Scrapbook 1894-1896
Box 2
Scrapbook 1896-1898
Box 3
Scrapbook 1898-1900
Box 4
Scrapbook 1901-1908
Box 5
Loose materials 1894-1912