Children of JOHANNA PENNINGTON and DOUGLAS DICKSON are:

Notes for WILLIAM DOUGLAS DICKSON:  Notes from Shirley Ward

This compiler can find no primary proof that William Douglas Dickson i s a child of Douglas and Johannah Dickson, only circumstantial evidence . In about 1893 Hiram Ray gave an oral report to Goodspeed Publishers t o be included in A Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region. He Stated : "H.R....was the eldest of twelve children born to the marriage of Will iam and Frances (Cross) Dickson, both natives of the Old North State. Wi lliam Dickson was the son of Douglas Dickson and the grandson of Thomas D ickson, who was a native of Scotland and who came to this country at an e arly age. The latter settled in North Carolina, and there followed farmi ng, as also did his sons, in Ashe Co. There his death occurred. Dougla s Dickson died in that county also. The father of our subject (William ) grew to manhood in North Carolina, and about 1856 came to Missouri loca ting on a farm in Reynolds County. He was a prominent man in the county , a leader in the Baptist Church, and an excellent citizen. Previous t o coming to Missouri he was a resident of Scott County, Tennessee, for so me time, and while there held the office of Justice of the Peace."

The following is a time line of William Douglas and his two wives.

1801 Sept. 5-------Frances Cross was born in Rowan Co., NC.
1804 June 23------William Douglas was born in Ashe Co., NC
1824 July------------First child, Hiram Ray, was born in Ashe Co., NC
1824 Nov.-----------William and Frances married in Ashe Co., NC.
1830--------------------A "William Dickson" listed in federal census of A she Co., NC
1830--------------------Fourth child, Thomas M., born in Ashe Co., NC
1837--------------------Family located in Whitley Co. KY, where the eight h child was born.

(Nancy Ann Smith and family lived in this county. Hiram Ray would marry her in 1849.)

1842--------------------Shelby Co. TN, is listed as the birth place of Jo el Chitwood according to his family history. That is the Memphis area the southwest corner of TN.
1850--------------------Family is listed in the federal census of Scott C o., TN. William is household number 260 with wife, Fanny, and six children.
1856--------------------William and Frances moved to Reynolds Co., MO, wh ere son, Hiram Ray, had moved in 1853.
1860--------------------In federal census of Reynolds Co., MO
1869 April 18-------Frances dies
1870--------------------William is on the federal census of Reynolds Co. , MO. His daughter, Mary Sexton and her three children live with him.
1870--------------------Dianna Bess, age 31, is listed in the Reynolds Co ., Mo in the home of Frank Reed with daughter, Mary Bess, age 16.
1870 Dec. 16-------William and Dianna Bess marry.
1880 May 31-------William dies.
1881 Aug. 18-------Dianna dies

More About WILLIAM DOUGLAS DICKSON:
Burial: May 1880, Reynolds Co., MO

More About FRANCES CROSS:
Burial: Apr 1869, Reynolds Co., MO

More About DIANA BESS:
Burial: Aug 1881, Reynolds Co., MO

8. HIRAM RAY⁵ DICKSON (WILLIAM DOUGLAS⁴, JOHANNA³ PENNINGTON, MICAJAH², BENAJAH¹) was born 31 Jul 1824 in Ashe Co., NC, and died 23 Feb 1898 in Logan Twp., Reynolds Co., MO. He married (1) NANCY ANN SMITH 10 Jan 1849 in Ellington, Reynolds Co., MO, daughter of DANIEL SMITH. She was born 14 Nov 1826 in TN, and died 28 Jan 1862 in Reynolds Co., MO. He married (2) TEMPERANCE LOUISE BRADSHAW 05 Mar 1862 in Logan Twp., Reynolds Co., MO. She was born 04 Aug 1844 in NC, and died 27 Dec 1906 in Logan Twp., Reynolds Co., MO.

Notes for HIRAM RAY DICKSON: (Source Shirley Ward)

In the federal census of 1870 in Reynolds Co., MO is found: Hiram Dixon , 46, farmer, NC; Temperance, 41, keeping house, TN; Ewell, 20; Julie, 11 ; Louisa, 8; Thomas, 2; Elizabeth Fitzgerald, 17; William Fitzgerald, 15 ; George Fitzgerald,13; and James, 9. Value of real estate $4000, person al property $300.

In the federal census of 1880 in Reynolds Co., MO is found: Hiram Dixon , 56, farmer; Temperance, 49; Tennessee, 17; Thomas S., 13; Temperance L. , 11; Eugenia, 7; George Fitzgerald, 22, step-son; Anna Fitzgerald, 19 , step-daughter; and John Smith, 15, brother-in-law.

In A Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region, published by Goodspeed Brothers of Chicago, 1894 is the following: "H.R. Dickson. It seems impossible to think that where there are now magnificent fields of corn and thrifty farms, less than half a century ago was a wilderness inhabited by wild animals and savages. Still stranger is it to think that we have in our midst one of those old settlers who spent his best energies in subduing the wilderness and bringing it to the state of perfection apparent to a ll...........

William and Frances (Cross) Dickson parents......Twelve children were given them: H.R. (subject), Nancy E., Temperance A., Thomas M., Mary A., William D., John W., Sarah J., Malinda C., Rebecca E., John C., and Amanda J. Temperance, Mary and John W. are deceased, but the remainder are living and are well respected citizens, following in the footsteps of their father whose honesty, uprightness and integrity were well known. Our subject passed his early life in Tennessee, and, owing to circumstances, received but a limited education. When twenty years of age he married Miss Nancy A. Smith, daughter of Daniel Smith, who was a native of Kentucky , but who died in the county a number of years ago.  His wife died in Kentucky, and he came to this county in 1856, dying here in 1875. To Mr. an d Mrs. Dickson were born eight children, three of whom are living: Gilbert, Ewell, and Julia A. The boys are wealthy farmer of the State of Washington. Julia A. is the wife of Frank Dinkins, a farmer of this county . Mrs. Dickson passed away in 1862, and Mr. Dickson took for his second wife, Temperance Fitzgerald, a native of North Carolina. Seven children were born to this union, viz: Tennessee L., who is the wife of William Wimpie sic (Willis Wimpy), a farmer of this county; Thomas S., a man o f a family, lives on the home place; Temperance L. married Dr. Frank Elli s, and is living in the nation; Eugenia N., at home, and the remainder di ed young. Our subject came from Tennessee to this state in 1853 and located where he now lives in Dickson Valley, named after him, he being the first man to settle there. He was the first man to enter land in Reynolds County under the graduation law. For four years he was Assessor of the county, and for twelve years he was Justice of the Peace. He has no w a farm of 800 acres, and is one of the wealthiest men in the county. I n politics he has ever been a strong Republican and a man interested in t he growth and upbuilding of the country. He is a member of the Barnesville (Ellington) Masonic Lodge. During the war he enlisted in the Twenty-ninth Missouri Infantry and served from July 12, 1862 until June 10, 1863 . He was a good soldier. Mr. Dickson is chairman of the County Central Committee.

More About HIRAM RAY DICKSON:
Burial: Feb 1898, Dickson Cem. on family farm, Reynolds Co., MO

More About NANCY ANN SMITH:
Burial: Jan 1862, Dickson Cem. on family farm, Reynolds Co., MO

Notes for TEMPERANCE LOUISE BRADSHAW FITZGERALD: Notes from Shirley Ward.

The following a a reprint of a letter received by this compiler in 1957 from Ola Bowers in Ellington, MO.

September 4, 1957

Dear Shirley,

Grandmother Dickson was borned in North Carolina about 1832. Her name was Temperance Louise Bradshaw, her mother was French, father Irish. The Bradshaws moved from North Carolina to Tennessee. When she was 14 year s old they crossed the Cumberland Mountains through the Cumberland Gap i n a wagon, settled in Tennessee, where she was married to Alfred Fitzgerald about 1851. There were four children: Elizabeth, Frank, George and Annie. Alfred moved from Tennessee to Missouri and came by floating down t he Ohio River to Cairo in a houseboat stopping at river towns to sell merchandise they carried on the boat. They sold the boat at Memphis, Tennessee, and came by wagon to Howell County, MO. There Alfred died of typhoid or summer fever it was called at the time. He died in June and Annie w as borned in August of that Year, 1860.

Grandmother sold her possessions in Howell County and started back to he r people in Tennessee. She hired a man to take her to Ironton, Mo. There she expected to get on a train, but the War between the States was on and the man got scared of Price's Army, which was near Ironton and put Grandmother out in a log cabin at Barnesville, now Ellington, and went back to Howell County.

Grandfather Dickson, whose wife had died a few weeks before and had left him with four children went after her and they were married. Tennessee Louisa, your mother sic(grandmother) was the first of their children . Sherman and a twin sister were second, the twin girl died. Temperance Laura was next and then a little girl Grandpa named Ulysses S. Grant Dickson. She died at four years. And then Eugenia was the last child.

Uncle Sherman Dickson is alive yet. He lives in Elma, Washington; and Aunt Genie Evans is still living in St. Louis, Mo. All the rest are dead . All of them have children except Aunt Genie, who has about lost her memory. Any other question you would like to ask I will answer if I can . I hope this will help to grow your family tree.

Sincerely,

Ola Bowers

More About TEMPERANCE LOUISE BRADSHAW:
Burial: Dec 1906, Dickson Cem. on family farm, Reynolds Co., MO