Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887,
Grant Co.

W. W. DICKERSON, a prominent and successful lawyer, was born in Grant
County, Ky., November 29, 1851, and is the third of four children born to
R. A. and S. A. (Collins) Dickerson.  R. A. Dickerson was born in Kenton
County, Ky., June 16, 1825.  He was a very successful merchant at Sherman,
Grant Co., Ky., for about two years, and a distiller for about the same
length of time, devoting the remainder of his life to agricultural
pursuits.  He was a Master Mason in good standing, and died September 20,
1871.  He father, Archibald, who was a native of Virginia, immigrated to
Kentucky, and was one of the early settlers of Kenton County.  He flat
boated considerably, taking boat loads of grain and provisions to New
Orleans.  Mrs. S. A. Dickerson, the mother of our subject, was born near
falmouth, Pendleton Co., Ky., and was a daughter of Richard Collins, and
a niece of Collins, the Kentucky historian.  Richard Collins was born in
Virginia, and  moved to Kentucky on horseback, settling in Pendleton
County.  He was a large slave owner, and quite a wealthy man.  W. W.
Dickerson was raised in Grant County and educated at the best schools
in the county.  He remained on his father's farm until 1870, then went
to Crittenden, Grant Co., Ky., and commenced to read law under J. M.
Collins; he was very attentive, and was admitted to the bar in the fall
of 1872, when he located at Williamstown and commenced pursuing his
profession diligently and successfully.  In 1874 he was elected county
attorney, and acted in that capacity until 1878.  In 1885, he represented
Grant County in the Legislature, and was renominated by the Democrat
party to represent the county a second term; was nominated for the Senate
July 26--and therefore resigned nomination for second term for
representative, and was elected in August, 1887, to Kentucky Senate for
four years.  In 1886 he formed a partnership in the law business with
A. G. Dejarnette.  Mr. Dickerson was married, March 23, 1881, to Miss
Cora R. Tunis, of Danville, Boyle Co., Ky., daughter of N. C. and Mary
Kerr Tunis.  Two children have blessed this union, Mary A. and Richard T.
He is a Master Mason in good standing, and is a member of Grant Lodge,
and has been Worshipful Master three years.  He is also a member of the
Centurion Lodge, No. 100, I.O.O.F., and owns a nice residence and three
lots in Williamstown.  His wife is a strict member of the Presbyterian
Church.  The secret of Mr. Dickerson's success, in both public and
private life, is his stanch adherence to principle, his energy, accuracy,
and thorough performance of every official and social duty.  He is held
in high esteem at home and by those who know him most intimately
throughout the State.

Dickerson Collins Tunis Dejarnette
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Kenton-KY Pendleton-KY Boyle-KY VA

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