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Hugh Walter Dickson

5 March 1858 – September 1928

Died September 1928 at his home in Osage County, Kansas — London-born merchant who kept the Rosemont store for forty years

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

Obituary

Date of death

September 1928

Date of birth

5 March 1858

Age at death

past 75 years of age

Place of death

Osage, Kansas, United States

Inscription transcription

OBITUARY: HUGH WALTER DICKSON September, 1928, Rosemont, KS.

Hugh Dickson, aged merchant, who operated the Rosemont store for forty years, died Sunday morning at his home in Osage county. He had been ill about a year, death resulting from paralysis.

Mr. Dickson was past 75 years of age. He was born in London, England, March 5, 1858. He came to New York in 1876, and then lived in Kansas City for a time. Later he managed the Rosemont store. He was married to Mary L. Laws October 12, 1891, near Rosemont. The widow, a daughter, and a son, Mrs. Alice Kennedy and Walter B. Dickson of Kansas City, and three grandchildren survive.

The funeral services were held Tuesday morning from Rosemont M. E. Church, with Rev. N. D. Bigelow of Grace Episcopal Church of Ottawa, officiating. Interment was in Mt. Hope Cemetery.

The source newspaper is not named; the header line gives the death as September 1928 at Rosemont, Kansas. Sources differ on his age: the obituary states Mr. Dickson "was past 75 years of age," while a birth date of 5 March 1858 makes him 70 at a September 1928 death (our archive's index entry, "1858~1928", agrees with the birth date). Both readings are preserved; this record follows the 1858 birth date. Exact day of death not stated — he "died Sunday morning".

People named in this record

  • Hugh Walter DicksonSubject
  • Mary L. LawsSpouse
  • Mrs. Alice KennedyChild
  • Walter B. DicksonChild
  • Rev. N. D. BigelowOfficiant

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Source & citation

Source type
Transcription only
Provenance
From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
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Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-07-06
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Transcription only — no photograph of the clipping in this record

Citation: Obituary of Hugh Walter Dickson (1858–1928) of Rosemont, Osage County, Kansas, September 1928, newspaper not named, transcribed in the Ancestors at Rest archive. (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/obituaries/dickson-hugh-1928/ : accessed [your access date]).

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