1. James Curry Dickson /1842
Born : Apr 14, 1843 in Hancock Co, GA.
Died : May 17, 1920 in Hancock Co
Married :  Aug 15, 1869
Buried :   Bethyl Cemetery Handcock Co, Ga
Father : James Monroe Dickson /1813
Mother : Margaret A Crawford
Spouse: Martha A. Elizabeth Kelley /1842
Born : 1842 in Hancock Co
Died : 1918 Bethyl Cemetery
Father : John A. Kelley
Mother : Martha Long


J. C. Dickson became member of the Bethel Baptist Church, Hancock Co., Ga. in 1876


Children of  James Curry Dickson /1842 & Martha A. Elizabeth Kelley /1842

1. James Benjamin Dickson / 1871
Born : Oct. 25, 1871-in Hancock Co., Ga.. 
Died : May 31, 1920 - Bethyl Cemetery  Hancock County, GA
Married : Dec 25, 1894
Spouse : Julia Katherine (or Kezia) Miller
d/o William L. Miller and Francis Pitts Carr
Born : Jan. 26, 1869-
Died : June 11, 1925-Bethyl Cemetery
Children : see James & Julias Page
 
Julia K. Miller, 1869-1925, is buried next to James Benjamin James Benjamin Dickson in Bethel Cemetery.  
Julia K. Dickson asked for support for herself and 3 minor children (Robert W., Florence, and Anna Laura)   June 6, 1920 



2. William L. Dickson/1872
Born : Apr 27, 1873
Died on May 10, 1940
       Buried :  Bethyl Cemetery



3. Joseph Green Dickson/1874
Born : Oct 12,1874 Hancock Co., GA
Died : March 25, 1924 Hancock Co., GA
died of pneumonia at home on Shoals Rd
Spouse : Ethel Roy Johnson/1889
Born : Aug 5, 1889 in Hancock Co., Ga.
Married : Nov  11, 1906
Died : Sep 27, 1952 at home in Hancock Co., Ga  of a Stroke
Children 7: see Joseph & Ethel's Page
After Joseph G 's Death
Ethel Dickson, widow, requested support for 7 minor children

Ethel Married Joseph G.'s brother Henry David Dickson
Ethel 's Spouse 2 : Henry David Dickson /1881
Married :
Died : Jan 17, 1959 at home in Hancock Co., Ga




4. Alice May Dickson/ 1877
Born : Novr 27, 1877 in Hancock Co., Ga.
Died : May 31, 1912 in Hancock Co., Ga..8  She was buried in Bethel Baptist Church
Buried :  Bethyl Cemetery


5. Della Belle Dickson /1879
Born : Aug 3, 1879 in Hancock Co., Ga.
Died :  Apr 10, 1966 in Hancock Co., Ga.
Buried : Sparta Cemetary
Married : Feb 9, 1905
Spouse : Bolden Sassnet Clarke/1881
s/o  Benjamin Joseph Clarke CSA  & Sarah Elizabeth (Sallie) Dickson
Born : Feb 22, 1881 in Hancock Co., Ga.
Died on October 17, 1950 in Hancock Co., Ga.
Buried : Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Hancock Co., GA.
Bolden was first buried in Bethel then moved to the Sparta Cemetery
Census :1920, Bolden , wife, Della B. and 4 children were living in household of her        father, James Curry Dickson /1842 who was a widower.
Obituary:  Della Belle Dickson /1879 "Burial in the Sparta Cemetery.Apr 10, 1966
Survivors:  two son, Guy Otis Clark, Sparta & Henry Clark, Lowell, Mass; two
daughters, Mrs. Henry Daniels, Cedar Springs., Ga. & Mrs. Elizabeth C. Jackson,
Decatur.  She was buried in Sparta Cemetery, Hancock Co., Ga.."

Children of Della Belle Dickson /1879 & Bolden Sassnet Clarke/1881
4 see Bolden Sassnet Clarke/1881 page



6. Henry David Dickson/ 1881
Born : 1881.  He
Died : Jan 17, 1959 in Hancock Co., Ga.
Buried : Culverton Baptist Church Cemetery, Hancock Co., Ga.
`      Spouse : Ethel Roy Johnson/1889
Ethel was the Widow of Henry's Brother 3. Joseph Green Dickson/1874
Died : Sep 27, 1952 in Hancock Co., Ga. at home / stroke
Buried :  in Culverton Baptist Church Cemetery, Hancock Co., Ga.. 17

.   Henry David Dickson served as Clerk of Bethel Baptist Church from 1913 until 1950.


  Children of  Henry David Dickson/ 1881 & Ethel Roy Johnson/1889

1. Harold David Dickson /1934
Born : Sep 2, 1934 in Hancock Co., Ga.
Died on May 20, 1953 in Wilkes Co., Ga.
Buried : Culverton Baptist Church Cemetery, Hancock Co., Ga.
Harold David was mentally retarded.


7. Augustavia Dickson/1884
Born : May 18, 1884.  
Died on May 29, 1884.


Research by
Mary Ann Willoughby
1 Cranwood Court
Greensboro, NC  27455
mawill@mindspring.com


Mary Ann Willough Research Sources

1.  Hancock Co. GA census, 1870.
2.  Bethel Baptist Church Records  (Hancock Co., Ga.).
3.  1900 Hancock Co., Ga. census.
4.  Census,  Hancock Co., Ga. 1920.
5.  Grace Clarke Fanning (great granddaughter of James M. Dickson & Margaret A. Crawford))
6.  Mrs. Effie Kimbrough.  Cemetery Records of Hancock Co., Ga.
7.  LDS Family History Library.
8.  Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Hancock Co., Ga.
9.  Louise Dunn Worsham (great granddaughter of James M. Dickson & Margaret A. Crawford) interview.
10.  Georgia Deaths, 1919-1998. (database online) Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001.
  Original Data:  State of Georgia.  Indexes of Vital Records for Georgia:  Deaths, 1919-1998.  Georgia:  Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, 1998.
11. Shivers, Forrest.  The Land Between.
12.  "Claude Jackson" eMail cwj770@ibm.net
Claude William Jackson, son of Florence Dickson Jackson, grandson of James B. Dickson, great grandson of James Curry II, great great grandson of James Monroe Dickson, great, great, great grandson of James Curry Dickson I, and great, great, great, great grandson of Michael Dickson.
13.  Augusta Chronicle Newspaper.
14.  Jewel Baptist Church Cemetery, Hancock Co., Ga.
15.  Fanning, Grace Clarke.  The Descendents of Benjamin J. Clarke, an unpublished manuscript.  1998.
16.  Census, 1910, Hancock Co., Ga.
17.  Culverton Baptist Church Cemetery, Hancock Co., Ga.
18.  Lilymae Clarke Capehart, Sandersville, GA
19.  Augusta (GA) Chronicle Archives Online (http://www.AugustArchives.com/indexshtml).
20.  Interviews with Louise Dunn Worsham, Summer 1997.
21.  Terrell Johnson.
22.  Jernigan, Paul E..  History of Bethel Baptist Church.

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The Family of James Curry Dickson 1842 & Martha A. Elizabeth Kelley  1842
son of  James Monroe Dickson/1813  & Margaret A Crawford/ 1815
Research by Mary Ann Willoughby
1 Cranwood Court
Greensboro, NC  27455
mawill@mindspring.com
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