Samuel A. Dickey

As printed in 1882

SAMUEL A. DICKEY, deceased. The skill of the workman chisels the rough marble block into a shaft of beauty and fashions the letters that tell of the birth, ag( and death of the silent sleeper beneath, but age defaces the inscription, covering tin monument with the misses of decay, while history preserves in its pages a record o the departed one that time renders more prized and valuable. In the gentleman whose name heads this sketch we have a member of one of the leading families of Dayton and although he had but reached the meridian of life when stricken down by disease and death, had yet attained, by his own exertions and business capacity, a commanding position in the commercial arena of the Miami Valley. He was born in Dayton, Ohio March 16, 1840, and was the son of William and Sarah Dickey, a sketch of when will be found in this work. His boyhood days were passed in attending the schools of his native city, going thence to Wittenberg and Oxford Colleges, receiving a thorough English education. He began his business career by starting a wholesale and retail coal and general fuel depot, which he operated successfully for about seventeen years or until failing health compelled him to retire from active business. He was married October 12, 1865, to INI iss Sarah E. Ilayner, the daughter of Lewis Hayner. of Troy Ohio, to whom was born two children: Bessie H. and Arthur C. In business circles Samuel A. Dickey was always recognized as one of the most energetic, practical men of Dayton, and in August, 1866, he was elected a Director of the Dayton Gas Company, and President of the same May 10, 1876, which he held until his death. The sad event occurred August 9, 1880, from what is known as progressive locomote ataxia, with which he had suffered for about two years. Mr. Dickey was a man of quiet, unassuming disposition, kind and charitable, devoid of all ostentation, a ma of actions rather than words, whom the poor and afflicted never sought help from t vain, and in his home he was ever the fond father and affectionate husband. As President of the Gas Company he was looked upon as a shrewd, efficient and capable official, firm and unyielding in what he believed to be just, and exhibiting a knowledge jot men and affairs far beyond his years; but the brightest page in his record was that his honesty and integrity were never doubted, his word always being considered as good as his bond.

As printed in The history of Montgomery county, Ohio, containing a history of the county; (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.