Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #433 from Delaware Annual Conference Methodist Episcopal Church Memoirs 1865-1950

Date of Conference Journal Memoir/Obituary April 25-28, 1946
Deceased Person Oliver Price Dickerson
Birth 12/15/1868 in Federalsburg, Md.
Death 3/5/1946; 77 yo. Funerals at Waugh Methodist Church, Cambridge, Md & Sassafras, Md. Interment at Sassafras Cemetery.
Church Service, Charges Served, Affiliated Locations, and Other Biographical Information Educated in public schools of Phildelphia & Princess Anne Academy, Princess Anne, Md. Taught in Maryland public schools. Converted early in life. Admitted into Delaware Conference in 1908. Charges: Odella, Del; Barclay, Md; Delaware City, Del; Jamestown, Md; Parsonsburg, Md; Nanticoke, Md; Denton, Md; Cambridge Ct., Md. Retired in 1942 but continued active work on Cambridge Circuit.
Family and Other Information Parents; Rev. Willis C. Dickerson & Martha Dickerson Spouse: Mary Virginaia Munson (deceased) - met while he was teaching in Sassafrass, Md. Married 5/1895 - children: 5 born. 2 deceased & 3 survive him: Mrs. Sarah Forde, Mary Dickerson & Willis Dickerson. Also survived by stepmother.
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