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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. John Lonades Dickey: Birth: 2 Jan 1851 in Walker Co., GA. Death: 12 Mar 1912 in Wayne Co, IL

  2. Joshua Taylor Dickey: Birth: 2 Jan 1853 in Walker Co., GA. Death: 27 Mar 1926 in Wayne Co., IL

  3. Josiah Vernon Dickey: Birth: 27 Jan 1855 in Walker Co., GA. Death: 3 Mar 1936 in Marion Co, OR

  4. Lucinda Bethany Dickey: Birth: 17 Jul 1857 in Walker Co., GA. Death: 17 Dec 1939 in Fairfield, Wayne Co, IL

  5. Mary Jane Catherine Dickey: Birth: 30 Sep 1859 in Walker Co., GA. Death: 8 Aug 1941 in Carbondale, Jackson Co, IL


Notes
a. Note:   Thomas West Dickey was born on 12 Feb 1832 in Rabun County, Georgia. He was the only child of Joshua Taylor Dickey and Lucinda Dickey, nee Queen. Joshua Taylor Dickey was born on 17 May 1807 in Macon County, North Carolina. He died on 26 Feb 1854 in Walker County, Georgia. Lucinda Queen was born between 1810 and 1815 in North Carolina. She died on 1 Mar 1832 in Rabun County, Georgia, 18 days after Thomas West was born, possibly of complications of the birth. After his mother's death, Thomas West lived with his grandparents, George Dickey and Hannah Dickey, nee Taylor, in North Carolina. When Thomas West was ten years old, he ran away with his playmate, a young black slave boy. He then lived with an uncle, Burton Kimsey Dickey, until he was 16 years old. In 1848 he went to live with his father in Walker County, Georgia. Thomas West was a charter member of the Lookout Baptist Church, near High Point in Walker County, Georgia. The Lookout Baptist Church was organized in 1849 on property belonging to the Widow Dickey. Whose widow she was, is not known. The first preacher was the Rev. David Dickey, probably a descendant of Moses Dickey, one of the three original Dickey sons in America. Thomas West married Anna Eliza Vernon on 9 Aug 1849. Anna Eliza Vernon was born on 12 Feb 1830 in North Carolina. She died on 17 Sep 1895 in Wayne County, Illinois. Thomas West's father, Joshua Taylor Dickey, offered him slaves as a wedding gift. However Thomas West refused them, as he did not believe in slavery. Anna Eliza Vernon was born on 12 Feb 1830 in North Carolina. She was a daughter of Josiah Vernon and Levina Vernon, nee Simon. Josiah Vernon was born on 28 Dec 1791. He died on 5 Jan 1870. Anna married Thomas West Dickey on 9 Aug 1849. Thomas West Dickey was born on 12 Feb 1832. He died on 2 Jul 1915. Anna and Thomas were the parents of five children. John Lonadas Dickey was born on 2 Jan 1851 in Georgia, died on 12 Mar 1912. Joshua Taylor Dickey was born on 2 Jan 1853 in Georgia, died on 27 Mar 1926. Josiah Vernon Dickey was born on 27 Jan 1855 in Georgia, died 3 Mar 1936. Lucinda Bethenia Dickey was born on 17 Jul 1857 in Georgia, died on 17 Dec 1939. Mary Jane Catherine Dickey was born on 30 Sep 1859 in Georgia, died on 8 Aug 1941. Thomas West and Anna Eliza did well and by 1860 owned a beautiful colonial home in Walker County, Georgia. In 1860 Thomas West traveled to Wayne County, Illinois to inspect the land. He was happy with what he saw and returned to Georgia to make arrangements to move his family to Illinois. However, before he could complete the arrangements the War Between the States broke out and the family was unable to move to the north. Thomas West and some of his neighbors were northern sympathizers. They lived just south of Chattanooga, Tennessee, near Lookout Mountain. In the summer and autumn of 1863 this area became the site of a series of major battles which culminated with the retreat of the Confederate troops to Dalton, Georgia. There are a couple of versions of a family story about a battle out in the Dickey cow pasture. In one version, Anna Eliza had her children lay down on the floor in case a cannon ball came through the window. In another she had them climb into a cold iron stove to protect them from bullets. It is likely that Anna Eliza had the children get behind something solid to protect them from stray bullets. Family lore has it that Thomas West was a spy for the Union Army. While the true nature of his assistance to the Union will probably never be known, it is likely that at the very least he provided information about the geography of the area to the Union troops. His grandchildren said "he kept horses hidden in the woods, ready for his escape if the Confederates should come to capture him." One of his friends, James Hollingsworth, was captured by Confederate troops but was able to escape during the night. It was during this time that the home of Thomas West and Anna Eliza was burned. It is not known if the house was burned by Union troops or neighbors who did not appreciate the help that Thomas West gave the Union troops. With northwestern Georgia in Union hands, the house gone and many of his neighbors hostile to him, Thomas West, his family and friends soon began their journey to Wayne County, Illinois. The woman and children accompanied by Anna Eliza's father, Joshua Taylor Dickey, traveled by wagon during the day while the men, not far behind, traveled by night. The Thomas West family's first home in Illinois was a log cabin with portholes and a barn back of it. They joined the congregation of the Arrington Prairie Baptist Church soon after their arrival in Illinois. Later a frame house was built, white with green shutters. The house was built just west of the present site of the Arrington Baptist Church. Thomas West Dickey was ordained to the Southern Missionary Baptist ministry in 1872. He devoted most of the rest of his active years to preaching the gospel. By 1880 only two of the children were still at home, Josiah Vernon and Mary Jane Catherine. The others were married by this time and established on their own farms. Thomas West gave his children part of his land to help establish their farms. Because of this the children lived near their parent's home. John Lonadas lived 1/4 mile from Thomas West, Lucinda was across the field from John Lonadas and Joshua Taylor was a mile away. Later Josiah Vernon would live a 1/4 mile away, as did Mary Jane Catherine.


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