Rev. William V. Dickerson entered in the work of the ministry at the early age of
17. He also gives attention to the conduct of his farm and some time to the profession of teaching.
His address is Trace Fork, Butler district, Wayne county, West Virginia.
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Reverend William Vincent DICKERSON, son of Hiram C. and Rebecca (Osborn) Dickerson who were
born and raised in Wayne county, was born in Stonewall district, this county, September 10, 1855. His
father served eighteen months in the Confederate army. At Greenbrier, Wayne county, July 23, 1874, with Rev. Edmund
Osborn as officiating clergyman, William Vincent Dickerson and Emarine Bartrum were united in marriage. Their
union is blessed with two daughters and one son: Clara, born August 17, 1875; Eliza, February 2, 1881; Willie,
September 13, 1883. The wife of Mr. Dickerson was born at Greenbrier, April 7, 1857, a daughter of Lewis and
Eliza Frances (Walker) Bartrum. Her parents were born in this county, her father on March 10, 1818, and her
mother on March 7, 1823. Edmund Osborn, great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was one of the earliest
settlers at the mouth of Greenbrier in Butler district. John Osborn, his son and the father of Rebecca Osborn, was
one of the first settlers in Stonewall district; he was married twice and the father of 18 children. His oldest
son, Edmund, was born November 6, 1818, became a member of the Baptist Church in February 1837, was married
to Sarah Walker in 1838, was licensed to preach July 6, 1840, was ordained May 6, 1854, and was a zealous
minister until his death April 18, 1876. He was three times married and the father of 12 children; five
are now living. The paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, whose namesake he is, was William V.
Dickerson of Virginia, who emigrated to what is now West Virginia at an early period in the settlement of this
county, and died in Missouri. James P. Bartrum, grandfather of Emarine, wife of Mr. Dickerson, emigrated from
Tazewell county, Virginia, with his father Stephen Bartrum and settled at an early date in what is now Wayne
county; he served in the 1812 war. Her father, Rev. Lewis Bartrum, united with the Bethesda Baptist Church in
September 1844, was licensed to preach March 18, 1854, and ordained July 14, 1856. He has been pastor of
several churches and missionary by three appointments and still continues in good health and able to discharge
the duties of his calling.
Submitted by Marilyn Gouge and extracted from Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia, Wayne County, WV, Biographies List, 1884.