Biography of William Dickey - Macon Illinois, Illinois

WILLIAM DICKEY

William Dickey, the grandfather of the present Dickey family, was a native of 
Alabama, and came to Macon county and settled on Friend's Creek as early as 
1828.  The family were among the first settlers in this section of the 
country.  William Dickey remained here until his death, which occurred June 
28, 1832.  His son, John Dickey, was also born in Alabama, and came with his 
father to Kentucky, then to Illinois, at the date above mentioned.  He died 
while on a trip to Chicago, with produce.  He was found dead in the road, his 
team standing close by.  The exact cause of his death was never known.  The 
date of his death was October 22, 1846.  William Dickey, his son and father 
of the present family was born in Kentucky, October 11, 1814, and died January 
17, 1875, in the sixty-first year of his age.  On the 19th of October, 1852, 
William Dickey was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Ann Brennan.  Bernard 
Brennan, her father, was a native of Ireland and his wife a native of Vermont.  
They were married in New York and afterwards moved to Canada, and in 1849 
came to Illinois and settled on Friend's Creek, where Mr. Brennan remained 
until his death, which occurred January 13th, 1857.  His wife and mother of 
Mrs. Dickey is still living, a strong, hearty woman, although in the 
eighty-fifth year of her age.  Mrs. Sarah Ann Dickey was born in Canada August 
25, 1828.  She, by a former marriage Hiram H. Warner, had one child, a son, 
named Hiram H. Warner, now a resident of Kansas.  Mr. Dickey, also by a 
former marriage, had six children, three of whom are living.  John B., the 
eldest son, was a member of the 116th Regiment of Illinois Volunteers during 
the late war, and was taken prisoner and died at Andersonville.  David A., 
another son by this marriage, was a member of the same regiment, and was 
killed on the 23d of July, 1864, in one of the battles before Atlanta.  By 
the marriage of William and Sarah A. Dickey, there were nine children born to 
them.  The names of those living are: Claretta J., wife of H.C. Griffin; 
Sarah L.; Henry E.; Charles A.; Margaret C.; Mary B.; and James H. Dickey.  
Mr. Dickey in his life was a consistent and active member of the Cumberland 
Presbyterian church, and was for nearly forty years an elder in that 
religious organization.  In his locality he was a man of considerable 
influence, which he always wielded for the good of the community.  He was a 
kind-hearted man, and suffered considerably in a financial way by going 
security for others, and then being compelled to meet their obligations.  To 
his family he was  a kind husband and an affectionate father, and his death 
was a great loss to them and to the entire community.

History of Macon Co, IL, p. 202

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