Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and used with permission of Fred Smoot ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== The Goodspeed Publishing Company, History of Tennessee, 1887 Dr. J. A. DICKEY was born in Grayson County, Va., September 13, 1849, the son of Maj. S. M. and J. (PHIPPS) DICKEY. He was reared on a farm and educated at Emory and Henry College. He then attended Washington University, Medical College, at Baltimore, and in 1869 began practice in Grayson County. He became county treasurer in 1873, and resigned in 1875, when he bought a drug stock, and moved to Bristol, where he opened a store, in which business he has since continued. In 1877 he was elected alderman and the following term mayor of Bristol, over very popular opponents, and held the latter office seven years. His financial ability on this board has been highly advantageous to the city. He is one of the most popular and efficient professional men of his city, a man of strong character. In 1868 be married LAURA V. DILLARD. Their children are EUGENE C., MINNIE J. and EDITH C. The mother died in 1884, and in 1886 Mrs. KATE W. DILLARD became his wife. ===========================================================================