SPALDING COUNTY, GA - OBITS - Mrs. M.E. Dickinson Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: John Dickinson jdickin385@aol.com Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/spalding.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm "Mrs. M. E. Dickenson, an old and highly respected lady of this city, died at the residence of her son-in-law, Hon. J. D. Stewart, at half past eleven o'clock on Tuesday night after four years of suffering, being confined to her bed for the greater part of the time...the body was carried to the family burial ground, at her old home about eight miles from here on the Zebulon and Fayetteville road... Mrs. Dickenson was born in Hancock County, February 26th, 1802, and therefore in her 89th year. She, together with her husband and two children, moved to this section somewhere around 1830 and settled on what was known at that time as the 'new purchase,' a tract of land which was sold by the indians... Her husband died a number of years ago...She leaves a large number of children, grand children, and several great grandchildren. Among the former are Mrs. J. D. Stewart, Mrs. W. H. Dickenson, Mrs. R. A. Hardee and J. F. Dickenson, of this city, C. A. Dickenson, who lives near Mt. Zion, and Mrs. McDowell, of Molena." The Griffin Weekly News and Sun, July 11, 1890, reproduced at Fred R. Hartz and Emilie K. Hartz, Marriage and Death Notices From the Griffin (Georgia) Weekly News and The Griffin Weekly News and Sun, 1882- 1896 (Vidalia, Georgia: The Gwendolyn Press), p. 185. Mary Askew Dickinson was married to Clark Morgan Dickinson (ca. 1800 to 11/15/1863) who is interred at the cemetery. It is unknown to me if anyone else is buried in the cemetery although I suspect that the family home continued in the possession of son Clark Alexander Dickinson (1843-1918). Clark Alexander was married to Lucy Blanton (1846-1879) (a possible interment since she is not in any lists of burials at the William McKendree Blanton homeplace); Collie Jackson (d. 1889) (another possible interment); and Belle Drewry.