[1] Dimock was born on April 17, 1799, in Coventry, Connecticut, to Daniel Dimick (1765-1833) and Anna Wright (1766-1832).
In 1846, he was a member of the Connecticut State Senate, and ex officio one of the Corporation of Yale College.
[4] During the 1850s and 1860s, he served as surgeon for parts of Connecticut's militia, empowered to grant medical waivers for exemption of duty.
[7] His son, Henry, who died on April 10, 1911, left $40,000 (equivalent to $1,308,000 in 2023) to the South Coventry Library Association to build the Booth and Dimock Memorial Library, named for his father and grandfather.
[1] This article incorporates public domain material from the Yale Obituary Record.