Dickey, Theophilus Lyle

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    Full name
    Theophilus Lyle Dickey
    Place of Birth
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    Exact
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    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Slave State
    No. of Spouses
    1
    Family
    Juliet Evans (wife, 1831)
    Education
    Other
    Other Education
    Miami (Ohio) University
    Occupation
    Military
    Attorney or Judge
    Educator
    Journalist
    Relation to Slavery
    Slaveholder who freed slaves
    Political Parties
    Democratic
    Whig
    Republican
    Government
    Johnson Administration (1865-69)
    State supreme court
    State judge
    Other state government
    Local government
    Military
    US military (Pre-Civil War)
    Union Army

    Theophilus Lyle Dickey (Bateman, 1907)

    Reference
    DICKEY, Theophilus Lyle, lawyer and jurist, was born in Bourbon County, Ky., Nov. 12, 1812, the grandson of a Revolutionary soldier, graduated at the Miami (Ohio) University, and removed to Illinois in 1834, settling at Macomb, McDonough County, where he was admitted to the bar in 1835. In 1836 he moved to Rushville, where he resided three years, a part of the time editing a Whig newspaper. Later he became a resident of Ottawa, and, at the opening of the Mexican War, organized a company of volunteers, of which he was chosen Captain. In 1861 he raised a regiment of cavalry which was mustered into service as the Fourth Illinois Cavalry, and of which he was commissioned Colonel, taking an active part in Grant's campaigns in the West. In 1865 he resigned his commission and resumed the practice of his profession at Ottawa. In 1866 he was an unsuccessful candidate for Congressman for the State-at-large in opposition to John A. Logan, and, in 1868, was tendered and accepted the position of Assistant Attorney-General of the United States, resigning after eighteen months' service. In 1873 he removed to Chicago, and, in 1874, was made Corporation Counsel. In December, 1875, he was elected to the Supreme Court, vice W. K. McAllister, deceased; was re-elected in 1879, and died at Atlantic City, July 22, 1885.
    Newton Bateman and Paul Selby, eds., Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois (Chicago: Munsell Publishing Company, 1905), 133.

    Theophilus Dickey (Chicago Tribune)

    Obituary

    JUDGE DICKEY.

    OTTAWA, Ill., July 23. – [Special.] – The death of Judge Dickey, who was so many years identified with Ottawa, adds to the general mourning. A public meeting of citizens, called at Mayor Allen’s request, was held this evening relative to the funeral, which is announced for Sunday at 3 p. m. The body of the deceased Judge is expected to reach here Saturday, and he will be buried in the family cemetery on the north bluff, where lie other members of his family, including W. H. L. Wallace.

    “Judge Dickey,” Chicago (IL) Tribune, July 24, 1885, p. 6: 6.
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