When James L Dickenson was born on 18 April 1808, his father, Colonel Martin Dickenson, was 34 and his mother, Mary Polly Bourne, was 26. He married Julia Harrison Thurmond on 27 December 1828, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Hardeman, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years. He died on 27 September 1908, in Tennessee, United States, at the age of 100, and was buried in Wright Cemetery, Saulsbury, Hardeman, Tennessee, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
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.
English: from the Middle English personal name Dicun, a pet form of Richard (see Dicken ) + son.
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