History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 652.
[Harrison County]   [Cynthiana City and Precinct]

JAMES E. DICKEY, U. S. Store Keeper, P. o. Cynthiana, Ky., was born in Ohio
County, West Va., July 28, 1823; and is a son of John G. and Eliza (Ewing)
Dickey.  He was born in Pennsylvania in 1788, is a farmer and merchant by
occupation, and is still living.  His wife was a native of Virginia, and
died in 1836.  The subject was educated in the public schools of Virginia,
and commenced his career in life as a carriage maker.  Was for several
months census taker, and served six months in the State service during the
war.  In 1871 he was appointed United State Store Keeper, in which
capacity he still serves.  He was married, June 24, 1849, in Wheeling, West
Va., to Miss Sarah J. Jordan, who was born at Bellaire, Ohio, in 1826.
They have seven children, viz: Mary E., Joseph J., Emma, John, George,
James and Mattie.  Mrs. Dickey was a daughter of Joseph Jordan.  He was a
native of Virginia and died in 1861.  His wife, Marian Cordell, was also
a native of Virginia, and died in 1881.  Mr. and Mrs. Dickey are members
of the Presbyterian Church at Cynthiana.  He is also a member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows; is an energetic and prosperous man, and
highly respected by all who know him.  In politics he is a Republican.

Dickey Ewing Jordan Cordell
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