Person:William Dickey (62)

Watchers
m. 6 Oct 1855
  1. Emeline Dickey1856 - 1857
  2. Frank T. Dickey1858 - 1935
  3. Dolly Etta Dickey1860 - 1879
  4. William Andrews Dickey1862 - 1939
  5. Mabel Dickey1865 - 1944
  6. Alice Dickey1867 - 1869
  7. Clara Herrick Dickey1870 - 1958
Facts and Events
Name William Andrews Dickey
Gender Male
Birth? 8 Oct 1862 Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
Death? 1939 Seattle, King, Washington, United States

Seattle library northwest index Mount Bulshaia (Russian name for Denali) discovered years ago by Dickey, Seattle Post Intelligencer, 16Oct1898, p20 Mount McKinley, its discoverer and explorer, Seattle Post Intelligencer, 14Jun1903, p27 Discoverer of Mt. McKinley in city, Seattle Post Intelligencer 15Jan1907 Dickey, Wm A., famous Alaskan dies, Seattle Times 3Dec1939 B4 Mrs. William Andrews Dickey (Maud Ward) obituary, Seattle Times 6Jan1958 B4

Gold-seeker William A. Dickey proposed Mt. McKinley name in a 24Jan1897 article describing his Alaskan travels in the New York Sun newspaper

William A. Dickey graduated from Princeton in 1885 William A. Dickey's family found in 1880 census, Manchestr, NH. Father Hilas Dickey, mother Hannah J. Dickey, children, Frank T. Dickey, 21, Wm A., 17, Mabel, 15, Clara H., 10.