Theodore Walcott Dickes, Great Great Grandson of Thedore Timby-- Part 2

They had many dear friends among their neighbors.  He loved to sail.  He was a great reader and late in life began a writing career.  In 2005, he published "Virginia - Who Is She" a memoir of his wife.

He was at work on a non-fiction  work on the life of his ancestor Theodore Timby, inventor and writer, who created the revolving turret design on the Civil War era "Monitor" battleship.  (Well, ironclad.  But revolving turrets were used on U.S. warships and around the world from the Civil War to even the current ships.)

Theodore was a beautiful, caring man who gave unconditional  love and support to his wife and children, always.  He showed great generosity and respect to everyone he met.  On his final holiday in Venice, standing tall and white-haired on a balcony above the Grand Canal, passing tourists on the canal waved at  at what they took to be a count at home on his terrace.

His urn will be placed next to his wife Virginia's at Riverside Cemetery in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.  May they rest together in peace forever.

Theodore's family and friends  will be invited to a  graveside ceremony in May.

It is too bad he didn't get a chance to finish the book on Theodore Timby.

Published in the Hartford (CT.) Courant on April 4, 2010.

Theodore Walcott Dickes-- Part 1

I was sorry that there had only been a few posts from the Monitor and Monitor blog and also thought it would be interesting to contact Dickes.  I have been writing from his blog the last several posts.

However, after typing in his name, I found out that he had died in 2010.

Part of his obituary reads:

Theodore Walcott Dickes, of Encinitas, California,  formerly of Old Saybrook, Connecticut, passed away on March 20, 2010, at the age of 82.  He was born in Middletown, Connecticut.

He served in the U.S. Navy 1945-1946 in Europe.  At discharge, he married Virginia, both were age 19.  He joined the Standard-Knapp Corporation of Portlant, Ct., in 1947 and was with them for fifty years, and was Vice-President of Sales and Marketing.

He received a Master of  Science degree from Rennselear Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, in 1981.

For thirty years, he and Virginia lived in Old Saybrook, Ct., in a home overlooking a salt marsh at the mouth of the Connecticut River.

--Old B-Runner

Lincoln's 1864 City Point Trip-- Part 13: Further Observations 'Here's Old Abe, and Beast Butler'

Still riding through Gen. Butler's men on Bermuda Hundred, then came several artillery encampments.

**  A New Jersey gunner thought Lincoln "a very plain man."

**  A Connecticut artilleryman was surprised at how "awkward and even peculiar the President looked to us."

The sudden appearance of Lincoln's party caught the Connecticut battery sentry by surprise and he blurted out,  "Great God!  Turn out the guard!!  here's Old Abe, and Beast Butler."

So Even His Troops Called Him "Beast Butler."  --Old B-Runner

Rear Admiral Foote's Death-- Part 2: Buried in New Haven, Connecticut

The wound he received at Fort Donelson eventually killed him a little over a year later.

He was on his way to take command of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron and in New York City when he took ill.  He spent ten days at the Astor House Hotel there in great agony and suffering.

Admiral Foote died June 26, 1863 and his body lay in state at the State House in New Haven, Connecticut before burial.

--Old B-Runner

Rear Admiral Andrew Hull Foote-- Part 4: His Death

Despite the wound, and after repairs to his ships, Foote joined with General John Pope in operations against Island No. 10 in the Mississippi River.

Later in 1862, Foote was promoted to the rank of rear admiral.

In 1863, while on his way to take command of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, he died suddenly in New York City on June 26.

He is buried at Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut.

--Old B-Runner