The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-01-14
THE DICKSON FAMILY.
"Reminiscences of tho Long Ago by
an OCtogenarian.

| an OCtOgenarian.
Maj, VIM, Hoy in Caroliifa Spartan.
The last addition the Scotch-Irish
community of Nazareth had from the
| North of Ireland was Robert Dickson
and Robert Murray, the latter coming
some years after the former. Mr..
Murray was sober, piOus, quiet
a man as Mr.. Dickson. When
ever he heard of any wrong being
done, he would quickly observe that
the Devil was at the head of it. AL
though intimately acquainted with
Mr.. Dickson for nearly forty years.
never heard him say whether he came
from Antrim, or one of the adjoining
counties. If he came from Antrim he
fulfilled his part Of what was written
in Robert Latimcr's obituary. The
obituary stated that Pobert came from
that Northern hive that sent out Il
leaven, the effects of which had been
felt In every country on this globe.
Dickson was All extremely poor man
when he arrived in this country, but
by industry and integrity he acquired
good competence and gave all his
children fair education. All made first
class citizens. One of HIS descendants,
Rev. Robert Smith, is q Presby tcrian
preacher. AT least two of his children
a.. Il Ia If-
est son was iong - school ,nas+nr and
snrvev vor FnrtS. f;yn voors omo ~, NM,
annointod in c9nnection uSsh Jro;oh
Kii1ore to survev tho streotShnf Croanl
vilie KiIoore .ftor thaI dino Iii
the business and reconmomded GM,.
Dickson as q safe business man.
William, his second son, is still alive,
an octogenarian, in the Greer section.
He is q good citizen and successful
filed "a q mnrch.nt ut Aicwancrim Ala
and was a sncces,fnl hnsinass n,an
before the ConIe1erata wn. Mi,.b.m,
his bacholor son lives at th. SAM
place. n succosstnl rnorchnnt Tlo
heard tho tirstond Iust v,i,1 nf tho ,y,r
7 saw him On his wav hona uo sai6
the war had made Nm n,.nnilnss INT
no was nroud al bavinn Gnnn h,. aut,.
H;a eon John - vonng RnSnrt
learned Ito carr,,.. bnasiocss WIN
Cox e. Gowe,. a55 -, h, oni,a :, s,nc'..s
| of it at Pontotoo. Nj S~,H,e thn wg,
| His cxtnnsive estab,,.b,,ont 80
| turned into the sunuort of the wnr
| He lost everything. bnt am told that
| he has recunerated Ue rois,I one
daughter. the mother of Rav- I}ohort
Smith. She has heen dead several
| wears.
An vour renders. Mr. EJitor have
heard what was called - Joke nbnnt
the Irisbmun finding The tsrraniu in
his corn field and was foun1 with u pan
down trvjnu to ,lrivo II ont snvjnG in
| his trus Irish brotue that The hnast
rs tearing down his corn Mr. Dirk-
,on was the man on whom that inlso
was fastened The frst vnnr Mr,
Dickson farmed in this conniv. inst
! eighty wears ap0. lack Patton AKA lin
| Miller were hunting SQUIRRELS round
| his field. They came across y terronir.
| threw il into DIck,on,s c.,rnnpId'
pushed down two or three stalks ni
corn, tore up a roasting ear. pulled
down the fence and went otf and told
thew had found Dickson trvino to drive
a terrapin out of his field. d, ckson
laughed at the attemDted Joke aud said
thew would have showed NOR wit il
they had oot Asa Mitchell to have
told il. Asa was y half wittcd fellow
and would have been more liitelv Re-
have henn belieued