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Ancestors and Family of Brian Scott Dickson and Kathleen Ann Boyle Dickson
Cecil Noyle Dickson[1, 2, 3]
1876 - 1931 (55 years)-
Name Cecil Noyle Dickson Birth 20 Aug 1876 Mississippi, United States [4] Gender Male Census 25 Jun 1880 Bridge Bend Township, Prairie, Arkansas, United States [5] Census 11 Jun 1900 Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States [6] Census 30 Apr 1910 Rudy, Crawford, Arkansas, United States [7] Military 12 Sep 1918 Rudy, Crawford, Arkansas, United States [4] registered for WWI Draft Census 23 Jan 1920 Richland Township, Crawford, Arkansas, United States [8] Census 2 Apr 1930 Crawford, Arkansas, United States [9] Address:
Oliver Springs_AMTID 162485316464:1030:191555462 _FSFTID 9M91-NSH _UID FD696E04D3FC4334A03C26CE5025937D7339 Death 10 Nov 1931 Rudy, Crawford, Arkansas, United States Burial Rudy, Crawford, Arkansas, United States [10] Address:
Mount McCurry CemeteryPerson ID I2558 Scott Dickson Last Modified 23 Dec 2014
Father John H. Dickson, b. 1836, Alabama, United States d. Aft 1892, Arkansas, United States (Age > 57 years) Mother Martha A. Taylor, b. Sep 1858, Alabama, United States d. 11 Sep 1931, Creek, Oklahoma, United States (Age ~ 72 years) Marriage License 11 Sep 1872 Desoto, Mississippi, United States [11] - W.W. Whitten, security.
Marriage 12 Sep 1872 Desoto, Mississippi, United States [11, 12] Family ID F1352 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elzenia Mildred Jones, b. 27 Aug 1879, Crawford, Arkansas, United States d. 11 Jan 1955, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States (Age 75 years) [13, 14, 15] Marriage 21 Aug 1895 Crawford, Arkansas, United States [16, 17] Children 1. Joseph J. Dickson, b. 10 Jul 1896, Rudy, Crawford, Arkansas, United States d. 28 Jun 1963, Arkansas, United States (Age 66 years) + 2. Bessie Mae Dickson, b. 15 May 1898, Rudy, Crawford, Arkansas, United States d. 22 Dec 1982, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States (Age 84 years) + 3. Earnest John Dickson, b. 26 May 1901, Crawford, Arkansas, United States d. 30 Jun 1963, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States (Age 62 years) 4. Lonnie Dickson, b. 15 Feb 1903, Crawford, Arkansas, United States d. 23 Jan 1919, Crawford, Arkansas, United States (Age 15 years) 5. Lee J. Dickson, b. 1907, Crawford, Arkansas, United States d. Yes, date unknown 6. Dessie Dickson, b. Jan 1909, Crawford, Arkansas, United States + 7. Ivy Velvia Dickson, b. 8 Apr 1911, Crawford, Arkansas, United States d. 30 May 1943, Crawford, Arkansas, United States (Age 32 years) 8. Walter Rob Dickson, b. 31 Mar 1914, Rudy, Crawford, Arkansas, United States d. Yes, date unknown + 9. Artie Dickson, b. 10 Mar 1922, Rudy, Crawford, Arkansas, United States d. 14 Feb 2006, Troup, Smith, Texas, United States (Age 83 years) 10. Edward Dickson, b. Crawford, Arkansas, United States d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F869 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 31 Dec 2023
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Notes - Probably from Desoto Co, Miss. He left home around the age of 16 due to not getting along real well with his step-father. Had a number of children including Joe, Edwin, and Arty, plus some other sons and daughters. Cecil killed himself. R.H. Dickson traveled from Fort Smith to Rudy for the funeral in the caboose of a freight train. He made the round trip in a single day. It is likely that Cecil, his family and his parents might be buried near the church they attended in Rudy.
(R.D. is Artie - He was listed wrong on the census.)
In addition to the children listed, there were at least a couple of girls whose names Granddad did not recall. R.D. is the youngest and could be Robert D. There is a auto garage along Highway 71 north of Fort Smith owned by a Dickson who is the illegitimate child of R.D. According to Crawford County Marriage Book E, Cecil Dickson, age 19, married Zena Jones, age 16, on 21 Aug 1895. The marriage was performed by J. Brim.
OCCUPATION: By way of occupation, Cecil was a farmer and cotton laborer.
CALLED: Some list Cecil as Cecil Noel, but more, who have closer knowledge, call him Cecil Noyle Dickson
23 Feb 2001 - From Millie McGrane:
Kathleen O'Kelly, just 1/2 mile from where it all happened, relates: I called a member of the Hunter family today to ask why Cecil Noel Dickson killed himself. He told me that Cecil was a kind man, who worried a lot. Apparently, Cecil had mortgaged the farm at Citizen Bank. Due to the depression at the time (1931) and possibly a crop failure, he could not make the payment on the mortgage. This upset Cecil very much. One morning, he went into Rudy and some men there were razzing him about the bank taking the farm. This upset him very much. Cecil went back home and ate dinner. Then he got his 22 rifle to go squirrel hunting. Along in the late afternoon when he had not returned, Zenia decided to send the boys to look for him. When they returned without finding him, she thought for a little while and told one of the boys "I know where he is. Go look in the old house." This old house was to the left and up on the hill from the house they lived in. They went there and looked in the window. There sat Cecil against the wall, with the gun braced on a stick of wood. He had shot himself, the 10th of November 1931 and he died. He was buried in the Mt. McCurry Cemetery which was not very far from his home. The farm that Cecil mortgaged was known at the time as the old Jones place. It had apparently belonged to Zenia's family. The next generation called it the old Dickson place. The new generation calls it where the Stallings live. It is a pretty valley. The banker who repossessed the farm allowed Zenia and the children to continue to live there. Joe was still at home and he ran the farm. They still had their chickens,cows, pigs, and horses, as these were not mortgaged. Their family did pretty well and did not go hungry. They were as prosperous as the other families in that area at the time. I do not know Cecil's parents names. They can probably be found in the census records for Crawford or Mississippi Co, AR. Cecil's occupation was apparently farmer, but the family also picked cotton as did all the other families in the fall. It was extra money for all.
Sincerely, Kathleen O'Kelley
kakelley@arkansasusa.com
- Probably from Desoto Co, Miss. He left home around the age of 16 due to not getting along real well with his step-father. Had a number of children including Joe, Edwin, and Arty, plus some other sons and daughters. Cecil killed himself. R.H. Dickson traveled from Fort Smith to Rudy for the funeral in the caboose of a freight train. He made the round trip in a single day. It is likely that Cecil, his family and his parents might be buried near the church they attended in Rudy.
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Sources - [S253] History in Headstones - Crawford County Cemeteries.
- [S254] Records of Crawford County, Arkansas, Marriage Boo.
- [S255] Internet Web Site of Milly McGrane.
- [S705] Ancestry, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, 20 June 2013; Cecil Noel Dickson, Arkansas, Crawford Co.
- [S597] 1880 US Federal Census, Prairie Co., AR, Bridge Bend Township; ED 247; page 211; dwelling 218, fmaily 218; John H. Dickson.
- [S591] 1900 US Federal Census, Crawford Co, AR, Van Buren; ED 61; page 7; dwelling 133, family 134; Cecil N. Dickson.
- [S581] 1910 US Federal Census, Crawford Co, AR, Rudy; ED 8; page 10 B; dwelling 38, family 38; Cecil Dickson.
- [S702] 1920 US Federal Census, Crawford Co, AR, Richland Township; ED 12; sheet 16 A; dwelling 263, family 283; Cecil Dickson.
- [S636] 1930 US Federal Census, Crawford Co, AR, Oliver Springs; ED 17-21; Sheet 1-A; Dwelling 5, Family 5; Cecil N Dickson.
- [S633] Find A Grave (old), 25 May 2012; Cecil Noel Dickson, memorial no. 31689235, created by Frances Allen Titsworth.
- [S2012] RLP, FamilySearch, Mississippi, Desoto, Record of marriages, 1845-1860, 1865-1951, 10 December 2023; Marriages, white, v. E-F, 1867-1877, Marriage Book F, p. 266, J.H. Dickson to Martha A Taylor.
- [S639] Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935, 26 May 2012; J.H. Dickson to Martha Taylor, 11 Dec 1872, Desoto County.
- [S1846] Ancestry, Arkansas, Birth Certificates, 1914-1917, 2 September 2022; Bessie Mae Dickson, 15 May 1898, Rudy, Crawford County.
- [S1846] Ancestry, Arkansas, Birth Certificates, 1914-1917, 3 September 2022; Joseph B.G. Dickson, Crawford County, 10 Jul 1896.
- [S1893] Ancestry, Arkansas, Death Certificates, 1914-1969, 3 September 2022; Lonnie Dixon, Crawford Co., Olive Springs, d. 23 Jan 1919.
- [S259] Records of Crawford County, Arkansas - Marriage Book E.
- [S606] Arkansas County Marriages Index - 1837-1957, 9 August 2012; Cecil N. Dickson to Zena Jones.
- [S253] History in Headstones - Crawford County Cemeteries.