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Below is a family biography included in The History of Wayne County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1886.  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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William J. Dickerson, merchant of Waynesboro, Tenn., and a native of the county, was born August 6, 1861, son of James M. and Sarah A. (Arnett) Dickerson, who were born in Wayne County. The father was a successful stock trader and farmer, and resided in the Fifth District. He was a Republican in politics, and during the late war served in the Union Army as major of the Second Regiment of Tennessee Mounted Infantry, and was United States revenue assessor at Columbia, Tenn., for four years after the war. He died June 30, 1878. William J. was reared and educated in the county and followed farming, stock raising and saw-milling in the Fifth District until November, 1885, when he removed to Waynesboro, and engaged in the dry goods and general merchandise business in company with Huckaba Bros., and has remained with them to the present time, contributing largely to the success of this well known firm. April 3, 1884, he married Mary E. Hamm, of Wayne County. They have one child, Bessie C. Mr. Dickerson is a Republican.

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This family biography is one of 76 biographies included in The History of Wayne County, Tennessee published in 1886.  The History of Lawrence County was included within The History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman & Lewis Counties of Tennessee. View the complete description here: History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman and Lewis Counties of Tennessee

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