W. H. DICKEY. Constable, Fairfield. was born August 27, 1837, in Bledsoe County, Tenn. His father, who was of Scotch ancestry, was born in North Carolina in 1814. His grandfather was the first representative of the family in the United States, and was killed by Indians, in the time of the Revolution. He left three sons, one of whom settled in Pennsylvania, and the other two in North Carolina. Moses Dickey, on of the latter, reared a large family in North Carolina, his fourth child, David Dickey, being the father of W. H. Dickey, whose name heads these lines. His mother, who is now living in this county, was born in 1816, in North Carolina, married to David Dickey, in Tennessee, and is the daughter of
Silas Page, who died in the war of 1812. Soon after the birth of William H., their first child, they removed to Georgia, where they remained until 1865, when they removed to Wayne County, Ill. This removal was rendered necessary on the account of the part taken by the family in the late war.
Here David Dickey died in 1863, left his Southern home, came North, and joined the Union army, and was at once detailed to the secret service, for which he was especially qualified. He was discharged at Chattanooga, Tenn., in April, 1865.
For ten years he followed farming in Arrington Township, but in 1875, having been appointed Deputy Sheriff, he removed to Fairfield. Since the expiration of his term as Deputy Sheriff he has hold the office of Constable.
He was married in Walker County, Ga., March 10, 1859 to Mary Phillips, daughter of John and Martha Phillips. She was born February 12., 1836, in Georgia. They have seven children, viz.:
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