Robert Harrison Dickson

1878 - 1942  (64 years)

• Name	Robert Harrison Dickson
  Birth	12 Aug 1878	Coldwater, Tate, Mississippi, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	25 Jun 1880	Bridge Bend Township, Prairie, Arkansas, United States   [2]
  Census	7 Jul 1900	Creek Nation, Indian Territory, United States   [3]
  	Address: Twp 17 N Range 18 E
  	I am skeptical of this record. There is another Robert Dickson who shows up in Texarkana that could be this person. In the 1900 Census, Robert is enumerated as boarder and farm laborer east of Broken Bow, OK. One discrepancy is that his father is listed as being born in Georgia.
  Occupation	7 Jul 1900	Creek Nation, Indian Territory, United States   [3]
  	farm laborer
  	Address: Twp 17 N Range 18 E
  	I am skeptical of this record.
  Census	25 Jul 1910	Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States   [4]
  	Address: N. 6th St
  	Robert is listed as a lodger in the home of Bert E. Anderson.
  Occupation	25 Jul 1910	Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States   [4]
  	machinist in a factory
  	Address: N. 6th St
  Occupation	1911	Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States
  	engineer at Ketcham Iron Co
  Residence	1911	Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States   [5]
  	Address: rooms 206 N. 8th
  Military	12 Sep 1918	Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States   [6]
  	registered for the World War I draft
  Census	3 Jan 1920	Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States   [7]
  Occupation	1925	Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States   [8]
  	Car Operator
  Residence	1925	Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States   [8]
  	Address: 2230 North 14th St
  Occupation	1928	Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States   [9]
  	Motorman
  	Address: 2230 North 14th St
  Residence	1928	Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States   [9]
  	Address: 2230 North 14th St
  Occupation	1930	Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States   [10]
  	Motorman, Fort Smith Traction Company
  	Address: 2230 North 14th St
  Residence	1930	Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States   [10]
  	Address: 2230 North 14th St
  Census	4 Apr 1930	Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States   [11]
  	Address: 2230 North 14th St
  	Between 1930 and 1935, the city of Fort Smith renumbered streets at Divison St. so that 14th St became 29th St.
  Occupation	4 Apr 1930	Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States   [11]
  	street car operator
  Residence	1 Apr 1935	Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States   [12]
  	Address: 2230 North 29th St
  Residence	1938	Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States   [13]
  	Dickson, Robt H (Ethel) shoe repr 2121 Midland blvd r 2230 No 14th
  Census	18 Apr 1940	Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States   [12]
  	Address: 2230 North 29th St
  Occupation	18 Apr 1940	Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States   [12]
  	operator in a shoe shop
  Military	1942	Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States   [14]
  	registered for the World War II draft
  Residence	1942	Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States   [14]
  	WWII Draft Registration card shows address 2230 N. 14th (29th) St,Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Arkansas
  Residence	18 Nov 1942	Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States   [15]
  	Address: 2230 North 29th St
  _AMTID	162485316526:1030:191555462
  _FSFTID	LYVL-R1F
  _UID	C499B88E67F24DDB98866CC71B77CF4D23FD
  Death	18 Nov 1942	Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States   [1, 15, 16]
  Burial	Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States   [1, 17]
  	Address: Forest Park Cemetery
  	FINDAGRAVE: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=51297178 BURIAL: Forrest Park Cemetery, Ft. Smith, Sebastian Co., Arkansas
  Person ID	I2598	Scott Dickson
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2023

  
  

  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   [18]
  	W.W. Whitten, security.
  Marriage	12 Sep 1872	Desoto, Mississippi, United States   [18, 19]
  Family ID	F1352	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mildred Ethel Garner,   b. 20 Sep 1887, Ranger, Yell, Arkansas, United States d. 11 Apr 1974, Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	28 Apr 1912	Yell, Arkansas, United States   [20, 21, 22]
  Children	+ 1. Mildred Evelyn Dickson,   b. 4 Mar 1914, Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States d. 14 Dec 1985, Flagstaff, Coconino, Arizona, United States (Age 71 years)   2. Richard Isaac Dickson,   b. 16 Aug 1916, Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States d. 22 Nov 1987, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 71 years) + 3. Robert Harrison Dickson, Jr.,   b. 29 Nov 1919, Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States d. 2 Jul 2007, Cheswick, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F264	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Aug 1878 - Coldwater, Tate, Mississippi, United States Census - 25 Jun 1880 - Bridge Bend Township, Prairie, Arkansas, United States Census - Address: Twp 17 N Range 18 E - 7 Jul 1900 - Creek Nation, Indian Territory, United States Occupation - farm laborer,Address: Twp 17 N Range 18 E - 7 Jul 1900 - Creek Nation, Indian Territory, United States Census - Address: N. 6th St - 25 Jul 1910 - Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States Occupation - machinist in a factory,Address: N. 6th St - 25 Jul 1910 - Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States Occupation - engineer at Ketcham Iron Co - 1911 - Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States Residence - Address: rooms 206 N. 8th - 1911 - Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States Marriage - 28 Apr 1912 - Yell, Arkansas, United States Military - registered for the World War I draft - 12 Sep 1918 - Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States Census - 3 Jan 1920 - Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States Occupation - Car Operator - 1925 - Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States Residence - Address: 2230 North 14th St - 1925 - Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States Occupation - Motorman,Address: 2230 North 14th St - 1928 - Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States Residence - Address: 2230 North 14th St - 1928 - Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States Occupation - Motorman, Fort Smith Traction Company,Address: 2230 North 14th St - 1930 - Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States Residence - Address: 2230 North 14th St - 1930 - Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States Census - Address: 2230 North 14th St - 4 Apr 1930 - Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States Occupation - street car operator - 4 Apr 1930 - Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States Residence - Address: 2230 North 29th St - 1 Apr 1935 - Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States Residence - 1938 - Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States Census - Address: 2230 North 29th St - 18 Apr 1940 - Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States Occupation - operator in a shoe shop - 18 Apr 1940 - Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States Military - registered for the World War II draft - 1942 - Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States Residence - 1942 - Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States Residence - Address: 2230 North 29th St - 18 Nov 1942 - Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States Death - 18 Nov 1942 - Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States Burial - Address: Forest Park Cemetery - - Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  OCCUPATION: Streetcar Driver, Owned a shoe repair shop. granddad His father died when the children where very young. His mother then remarried. The new husband never allowed any discussion of the previous marriage, hence information past this point is likely lost. Left home around the age of 14, since he didn't get along well with his step-father. Worked for the railroads in and around Fort Smith, AR. Drove streetcars in Fort Smith until they were discontinued. After . the streetcars shut down, he opened a shoe repair shop. Granddad worked with him in the shop for a while. ACTION: Get the address of this store from Granddad. The store is now a Harley Davidson shop. Southwest Times Record: Ex-Street Car Man Opens Shoe Repair Shop -R.H. Dickson, formerly for years a faithful street car motorman, has just opened a shoe repair shot at 19 North Ninth St, across from the Tribune. Mr. Dickson has installed machinery and equipment and is now well prepared to render good service. Robert was a motorman until the Ft. Smith streetcars shut down on November 3, 1933. After that, he opened his shoe shop. He had done some shoe repair as a young man. Once he left the street car line, a cousin George taught him what he needed to open his own shop. Shortly after opening his store downtown, a space came open at "The Junction",much nearer to the house, so he moved his store there. Granddad worked with him for several years before marrying and moving to California. Prior to working on the streetcar, Robert had worked in a steel foundry and had seriously injured his back. He and two other men were carrying a long steel beam. The man in the middle lost his grip and dropped his load. That left only Robert in the back and another man in the front. When the man in the front then lost his grip, Robert was injured, having his back muscles pretty badly torn.From then on, he was unable to do any sort of heavy lifting.

  
  

• Sources

  [S703] Arkansas Death Certificate, Robert Harrison Dickson; Fort Smith, Sebastian Co, Arkansas; 1207-485; 18 December 1942. [S597] 1880 US Federal Census, Prairie Co., AR, Bridge Bend Township; ED 247; page 211; dwelling 218, fmaily 218; John H. Dickson. [S915] 1900 US Federal Census, Creek Nation, IT, Township 17 N Range 18 E, ED 50; p. 23; Robert Dickson. [S576] 1910 US Federal Census, Sebastian Co, AR, Ft. Smith, Ward 2; ED 153; p. 28; Bert E. Anderson. [S688] Ancestry, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, 1 September 2018; Fort Smith, Arkansas, City Directory, 1911, p. 168, Robert H Dickson. [S705] Ancestry, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, 10 August 2012; Robert Harrison Dickson, Sebastian County, Arkansas. [S568] 1920 US Federal Census, Sebastian Co, AR, Fort Smith, Upper Township, Ward 1; ED 148; page 4A; dwelling 68, family 78, 2124 N. 14th St.; R.H. Dickson. [S688] Ancestry, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, 1 September 2018; Fort Smith, Arkansas, City Directory, 1925, p. 158, Robert H Dickson. [S688] Ancestry, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, 20 February 2017; Dickson, Robert H., Fort Smith, Arkansas, City Directory, 1928. [S688] Ancestry, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, 20 February 2017; Dickson, Robert H., Fort Smith, Arkansas, City Directory, 1930. [S561] 1930 US Federal Census, Sebastian Co, AR, Fort Smith, Ward 1; ED 66-33; p. 4A; dwelling 70, family 84, 2230 N. 14th St; Robert Dickson. [S620] 1940 US Federal Census, Sebastian Co., AR, Fort Smith, Upper Twp; ED 66-33; sheet 22-B; household 455; Dickson, R.H. Sr. [S432] Calvert's Fort Smith (Sebastian County, Arkansas), p. 139. [S706] U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, 10 August 2012; Robert Harrison Dickson, born 12 Aug 1878. [S619] Obituary - Robert H. Dickson Sr., Deaths - Robert H. Dickson Sr.; 20 November 1942. [S707] Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950, 23 December 2014; Robert H. Dickson, Sebastian Co., Vol 76, Roll 1942, Certificate 1207. [S633] Find A Grave (old), 25 May 2012; Robert Harrison Dickson, memorial no. 51297178, created by Stone Shooter. [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. [S612] Marriage License - Robert H. Dickson and Mildred Ethel Garner, 28 Sept 1912; Belleville, Yell Co., Arkansas. [S789] Marriages - Arkansas, Yell Co., Ethel Garner to Robert H. Dickson; 29 September 1912; Book J, page 532. [S606] Arkansas County Marriages Index - 1837-1957, 23 December 2014; R H Dickson to Ethel Garner, 29 Sep 1912, .