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Below is a family biography included in The History of Dyer County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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A. Dicksion, citizen and farmer of the Seventh District, was born in Virginia in 1823, and was one of eleven children, six of them now living, the parents being William and Elizabeth Dicksion. William Dicksion, our subject’s father, was born in Virginia in 1780, engaged in farming during his life, and died in 1848. His mother was also a native of Virginia, a year younger than her husband, and died in 1838. Mr. A. Dicksion was raised and educated in Virginia. In 1854 he married Miss Margaret A., daughter of M. O. B. and Margaret P. Gauldin. Mrs. Dicksion was born in Virginia in 1833. By their marriage they had six children, only three now living: Elizabeth F., wife of Joseph Yates; Archibald and Cora F. In 1849 Mr. Dicksion left Virginia and moved to Dyer County and located just where he now lives. At that time it was a dense forest. He owns 269 acres of land three miles south of Newbern. Mr. Dicksion has always manifested a marked interest in the progress of Dyer County, and is well known all over the county. In politics he is a Democrat, casting his first presidential vote for James Polk, and has been a prominent member of the Odd Fellows lodge at Newbern for thirty years. His wife, himself and children are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, he having joined over thirty years ago.
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This family biography is one of 128 biographies included in The History of Dyer County, Tennessee published in 1887 by Goodspeed. The History of Dyer County was included within The History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley & Lake Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley, and Lake Counties of Tennessee
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