Rev James Wesley Dickey

24 March 1829–26 March 1876 (Age 47)
McMinn, Tennessee, United States

The Life Summary of James Wesley

When Rev James Wesley Dickey was born on 24 March 1829, in McMinn, Tennessee, United States, his father, David Houston Dickey, was 30 and his mother, Letitia Witten, was 26. He married Mary Shannon in 1846, in McMinn, Tennessee, United States. He lived in Smyth, Virginia, United States in 1860 and Virginia, United States in 1870. He died on 26 March 1876, in Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Washington, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Rev James Wesley Dickey
1829–1876
Susan Emeline Waterman
1830–1879
Marriage: 29 March 1857
Edward Warren Dickey
1858–1866
David L Dickey
1858–1937
Dicky
1863–1863
Danl. L. Dickey
1860–
James Witten Dickey
1862–1922
Mary Cutler Dickey
1864–1941
Susan Letitia Dickey
1868–1874
William Alfred Dickey
1868–1941

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    29 March 1857Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, United States
    • Children

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (5)

    World Events (8)

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening
    Age 1
    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
    1835 · The Hermitage is Built
    Age 6
    The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
    1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
    Age 15
    In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.

    Name Meaning

    English: variant of Dickie , from a pet form of the personal name Dick 1.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Dickie

    Sources (14)

    • James Dickey in entry for David L Dickey, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
    • James N Dicky, "United States Census, 1860"
    • James Wesley Dickey, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"

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