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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 James Dickson (sometimes recorded as “Dixon”) was born 1780 in Amherst County,Virginia. He died September 16, 1843, in Madison County, Alabama. According to data collected by Dennis Simpson, a descendant, James was buried in Dickson-Rankin Cemetery located on Redstone Arsenal today. James was the son of William Dickson and Lucretia Nash. James' wife Keziah Wood was born 1781, also in Amherst County, Virginia. She apparently died before the 1840 census of Madison County, but her presence was noted in the 1830 census. She was likewise buried in Dickson-Rankin Cemetery, but there are no tombstones today for her or her husband.
The known children of Keziah Wood and James Dickson were (1) Elizabeth K. (born 1806 in Virginia, married John King,1829, in Madison County); (2) Nancy Tyree (born 1808 in Virginia, died here 1891, married James B. Graham, 1836, in Madison County); (3) Joseph (born about 1810 in Virginia); (4) Virginia G. (born 1811 in Virginia, died here 1877, married Nathaniel G., son of Jesse Mingea, 1847, in Madison County); (5) Sarah A. (born 1813 in Rutherford County, Tennessee, died 1873 in Morgan County, Alabama, but buried in the Dickson-Rankin Cemetery); (6) Margaret Ann (born 1816 in Rutherford County, Tennessee, died here 1874, married John Simpson, 1840, in Madison County); (7) Juriah Wood (born about 1821 in Madison County, died 1868 in Columbus, Mississippi, married Samuel Read, 1838, in Madison County); and (8) Lucretia Nash Dickson (born about 1823 in Madison County, died 1873 in Noxubee County, Mississippi, married Edward B. Stanback in Morgan County, Alabama).
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