Rutherford-Caswell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Dickerson, Garland May 23, 1859 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carolyn Shank Carolynshank@msn.com September 2, 2007, 12:32 pm The Raleigh Standard, June 8, 1859 DIED, at his residence in Rutherford County, on the 23rd ult., GARLAND DICKERSON, aged 82 years one month and 21 days. The deceased was born in the County of Caswell, and a short time previous to the year 1800, he removed to Tennessee, then a territory. He did not remain there long, but returned to his native State in company with VARDY MCBEE, a well known citizen of Greenville, S. c. He settled in Lincolnton, but did not remain there long, when he removed to Rutherford, where he lived till the day of his death. He was buried with Masonic honors in the villiage of Ruthersfordton, and the large concourse of citizens, both old and young, who attended his funeral will attest the respect in which he was held in the community where he had lived for more than 50 years. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/rutherford/obits/d/dickerso412ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb