From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I, pages 266-267.
Brant & Fuller, 1890.


JOHN LINDSAY DICKEY

John Lindsay Dickey, M. D., son of John R. Dickey by his second 
marriage (Elizabeth Vance), was born at Wheeling January 23, 1855.  
His early education was secured in the public schools of that city, 
and in his sixteenth year he entered Washington and Jefferson 
college, where he remained five years, graduating in the class of 
1876, with the degree of A.B.  He was president of his class and took 
the honors for original oration.  Subsequently he received the degree 
of A.M.  From 1876 until 1880, he served as vice president of the 
Linsly Institute of Wheeling, and during that time read medicine with 
Dr. John Frissell.  During this period he was connected with the 
state militia, and was in command of the Mathews light guard (Company 
A, First regiment), of which he was commissioned captain May 8, 1879.  
This was the first company in the state, to serve full time and 
receive an honorable discharge.  During the winter of 1880 and the 
two succeeding years he attended the Jefferson medical college at 
Philadelphia, graduating in the spring of 1883.  He remained there 
until June of that year, taking special courses, and then returned to 
Wheeling and began the practice of medicine, in which he has won an 
honorable distinction.  In the midst of a busy practice he has found 
time to make valuable contributions to the press of his profession, 
to the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, the MEDICAL NEWS of 
Philadelphia, the TRANSACTIONS OF THE STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY, and has 
read papers before the State Medical society.  He is also a member of 
the board of education of the city, and is a director of the 
Y.M.C.A., a trustee of Linsly Institute, and is active in short, in 
the best interests of society, both as a professional man, and as a 
private citizen.  


(Linda Fluharty)