Cumberland County, Maine - Daniel Dickens
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Biography
Daniel Dickens
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 334-335


Daniel Dickens, a retired business man of Bridgton, was born July 24, 1832, in
Leicestershire, England. His father, John Dickens, born and reared in
Northamptonshire, England, who was a woolcomber by trade, married Ann Carter,
and became the father of eight children; namely, John, Samuel, Daniel, Eliza,
Ann, Richard, John (second), and Mary A. John, Samuel, Ann, Richard, John
(second), and Mary A. are deceased. Eliza, who married John Marson, lives in
England. Ann, who died in Portland, was the wife of Charles F. Potter, of
Bridgton. Neither of the parents is now living, the mother having passed away at
the age of sixty-eight years, and the father at the advanced age of eighty-eight
years.

Daniel Dickens grew to man's estate in his native town. When a boy of twelve
years, lie began working in the woollen-mills, receiving small weekly wages,
which for five years he gave to his father on payday. He continued working in
the factory until November 1g, 186o, when he sailed for America, leaving
Liverpool on the American clipper ship "Yorkshire." After a rough passage
lasting thirty-five days he arrived at Castle Garden. He remained a few days in
New York City. Then he went to Boston, from which he proceeded to Lawrence,
Mass., and was employed for five weeks in a woollen-mill. He subsequently
secured work in the Pacific Mills of the same town, remaining there a little
more than a year, and in a carpet-mill at Lowell, where he was employed for four
months. After this he came to Maine, and worked in the North Vassalboro mills
four years. He left this employment to accept the charge of the wool-sorting
department in the Pondicherry Mills of Bridgton. Entering upon the duties of
this position May 1, 1866, he discharged them faithfully and efficiently for
more than a quarter of a century, after which he retired from active life. In
the mean time Mr. Dickens has visited the country of his nativity three times,
each trip occupying about three months. Mr. Dickens had other business interests
in addition to that of his work in the mill. He was a member of the firm of
Hammond, Dickens & Co., manufacturers of doors, sashes, and blinds, from 1870
till 1873. He was one of the three men who erected Central Hall. Subsequently he
purchased the interests of his partners, Alexander Stevenson and John Ardale,
and sold the property to the town in July, 1895.

In 1853 Mr. Dickens married Miss Lydia Johnson, and became the father of four
children. These were: Thomas, a resident of Camden, Me.; Frederick, a resident
of New York City; Emma J., the wife of J. N. Rennie, of Bridgton; and John W.,
who lives in Boston. In politics Mr. Dickens affiliates with the Democratic
party. He enjoys the privilege of membership in the fraternity of A. F. &A. M.