Dickey, Mabel Anna - 1926

Samuel Edward Dickey.
One of the most prominent of the successful business men of Johnstown is Samuel Edward Dickey, civil mining and consulting engineer, with offices in the Johnstown Trust Building.  He was born in Kittanning Township, Armstrong County, Pa., March 30, 1880, and is the son of Samuel A and Lucetta (Gray) Dickey.

Samuel A. Dickey was born in Armstrong County, Pa., June 22, 1855, and his wife, also a native of that county, was born Aug. 23, 1860.  In early life, he engaged in farming, but later was interested in the oil business at Parker's Landing, Pa.  He was also interested in mining and was one of the first five men to receive a certificate from the Department of Mines of the State of Pennsylvania.  At the time of his death in 1915 he was a mine operator.  His wife died in 1917 and they are buried in Kittanning, Pa.  Mr. Dickey was a Republican, a member of the Baptist Church and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  There were six children born to Mr. and Mrs. Dickey, as follows: Eva, deceased; Samuel E., the subject of this sketch; Reed S., lives at New Kensington, Pa.; V. G., lives at Erie, Pa.; Lulu E., married R. J. Salisbury, lives at New Kensington, Pa.; and Mabel, married Omer L. Haighley, lives at Brayburn, Pa.

Samuel Edward Dickey was educated in the public schools of Leechburg, Pa., and was graduated from Leechburg Academy in 1898.  He was also graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied engineering.  In 1901 he entered the employ of W. G. Wilkins Engineering Company of Pittsburgh, doing railroad surveying and construction work.  He spent three years in the employ of the United Coal Company at Pittsburgh, and in November, 1905, located in Johnstown, where he became affiliated with C. P. Collins, civil and mining engineer.  In 1912 Mr. Dickey acquired the entire business, which was incorporated in 1916 as S. E. Dickey & Company.  The company has a private practice and does all kinds of civil, mining and consulting engineering work, including a large amount of municipal work.  Mr. Dickey is also vice president and engineer of the S. E. Dickey Company.  He is identified with the American Association of Engineers and the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers.

In 1906 Mr. Dickey was married to Miss Mary E. Koch, of Johnstown, who died Feb. 7, 1923.  She was the daughter of Henry and Hannah E. (Peterson) Koch.  Mr. Koch died in January, 1925, and his wife resides in Johnstown.  To Samuel E. and Mary E. (Koch) Dickey were born four children: Lucetta E., a student at Irving College; Henry E., a student at Gettysburg College; Mary Helen; and Mabel Anna, both at home.

In June, 1924, Mr. Dickey married Miss Mary E. Shaffer, the daughter of Aaron and Amanda Mary Shaffer of Jenners Crossroads, Somerset County, Pa., both deceased.  Mr. Shaffer was a veteran of the Civil war and a prominent farmer of Somerset County.  He served as assessor of Jenners Township for 18 years.

Mr. Dickey is a Republican, a member of the Methodist Church, a thirty-second degree Mason, and belongs to the Lions Club, and Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  He has always taken a commendable interest in public affairs and community welfare and has a wide acquaintance in Cambria County.
~ History of Cambria County Pennsylvania, 1926, Volume I, Pages 332 & 333.
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