Home of Charles H. Dickerman (Rose Hill) 541 Broadway

This home was first owned by Charles H. Dickerman and later became the home of George S. Shimer. By 1920 it was occupied by his son, George S. Shimer Jr., and was destroyed by fire (rumored to be arson) in the 1920s.

From Bell’s History of Northumberland County 1891: CHARLES HEBER DICKERMAN, manufacturer of railroad equipment, was born in Harford, Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, February 3, 1843. His father, Clark Dickerman, was a native of Guilford, Chenango county, New York, born June 12, 1803, and a son of John and Thankful Dickerman. The family traces its paternal ancestry back to 1635, when Thomas Dickerman came from England and settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts.

He was educated in the public schools and at Harvard University, and for several years was a teacher in the public schools of Susquehanna and Luzerne Counties. In 1862 he was registered as a law student in the office of Daniel S. Dickinson, Binghamton, New York, but in 1863 he abandoned the law and accepted a position with Carter & Son, coal operators, at Beaver Meadow, Carbon county, Pennsylvania. In 1868 he removed to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and engaged in the coal commission business. In 1869 he became interested in the Chapman Slate Company, Chapman Quarries, Northampton county, Pennsylvania, miners and manufacturers of roofing slate and other slate products, and was elected secretary of that company, and in 1870 was chosen general manager.

In 1880 he became associated with S. W. Murray in the manufacture of freight cars, and removed to Milton, where he has since resided. Mr. Dickerman is secretary and treasurer of Murray, Dougal & Company, Limited, and is a director of the First National Bank of Milton. During the past eleven years he has taken a prominent part in the social and material development of his adopted home and is today one of the best and most favorably known citizens of Northumberland county. He has always been an unswerving, uncompromising Democrat, and a fearless, outspoken advocate of Democratic principles. Three years ago he was elected chairman of the county committee, and has been twice re-elected to the same position. Under his wise and vigorous management the party has been twice successful in carrying the county, and filling the offices with stanch Democrats.

Mr. Dickerman was married, March 10, 1869 at Beaver Meadow, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, to Joy I., daughter of William and Margaret Carter, natives of Cornwall, England, where Mrs. Dickerman was born. Four children are the fruits of this union: Adelia Margaret; William Carter; Grace Beatrice, and Joy Chandler The family are attendants of the Presbyterian church, and Mr. Dickerman is a member of the Masonic fraternity.