The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-08-22
Death Of Capt. B. F. Dickson.


min Franklin Dickson, which occurred
at his home, near Townvillc, at 8
o'clock Inst Friday morning, the 18th
inst. His death was due to blood pois-
oning resulting from pairing a corn too
deeply some months ago.
Capt. Dickson was born in this COun-
ty, some six miles from this city, near
what is now Lees mills on Twenty Six
Mile Creek July 13, 1914, and he was
consequently cighty-six years, one
month :and three days old when he
died.
His body was inferred at Smith
Chapel, in the Fork, OH Saturday in
prcscncco OF a large concoursc Of sympa-
thizing friends. The funeral services
were conducted by Rev. John W.
Bailey, who based his discourse on
Genesis Is: -: "And thou shalt go to
thy fathers in peace; tllom shalt br
buried in good old age
Captain Dickson was descended from
Scotch Irish stock and he possessed
many of the characteristics of these
sturdy people. His grandfather, Mat
thew Dickson, came from County
Tyrone. Ireland. to Pennsylvania about
the ycal 40. A few years later he re-
moved to South Carolina and settled
on what is now the site Of the town Of
lolkvillc, which was then included in
Camden District. He remained here
till shortly after the close of the RcvO-
lutiOnary war. i'm which he bore an
active part with the South Carolina
patriots from beginning to end, when
he purchased and removed to a farm
in old Pendlcton District, lying ON
south side of Twenty Six Mile Creek
and just south Of where the road lead
ing f,om Anderson to pcndlct0n
crosses that stream.
Matthew Dickson thus became one
of the original settlers of Anderson
County, and to-day his descendants
may be found in Anderson, Abbcvillc,
and Spartanburg Counties, and in
nearly every Southern State.
Captain D;ckson's father was Mat
thew Dickson, the second child of the
original Matthew Dickson. He with
two Of his younger brothers, Walter
Carson Dickson and James Dickson,
enlisted in Company raised by Capt.
Alexander Moorchcad, father Of Mr..
Robert Moorchcad. who resides near
this city, to fight the Greek Indians
who were giving trouble in Alabama
Territory. and it was while he was
away serving against the Indians that
the subject of this sketch was born
The country was then ut war with
England, and when Captain Dickson
passed ont Of the world the nation was
cmbroiled with another foreign gov
crnmcnt lie was permitted to live to
witness two other wars in which our
country was engaged, the Mexican war
and the Spanish American war, and it
fell to his lot to participate in the civil
war as Captain of Company E, Second
Battalion of State Reserves, the scene
Of his service being all along the coast
Of this State and in North Carolina.
Mr.. G. G. King, residing n few miles
from this city, and Mr.. o. p. Cole, liv-
ing in the Fork, are among the very
few survivors Of Capt. Dickson's Com
pany. In the old militia days Capt.
Dickson displayed much aptitude for
military matters. He knew Macomb's 8
tactics by heart and he could banalo q
company or battalion .Tith the ease ana!
skill of West Pointer. In the old
militia regime he commanded the Fork
Boat Company for many years and was
a conspicuous figure mt battalion and
rcgimeItal musters. He became
citizen of the Fork in January, 1928,
and resided there practically the rest
of his life-a period of seventy-two
yenrs. lie was all his life q farmer,
and it is likely in view of the good
health he always enjoyed that he made
more crops than most men of his age.
In 1s40 he married Miss Matilda j.
CAN'T, Il daughter of the late John w.
CAN'T, Esq, of this County, and to this
union were born but two children, the
Rev. j. Walter Dickson, who became
prominent Methodist preacher and who
NAOu wv yCAio ttSO u6 L IcoiuluS CluCT
of the Columbia District of the South
Carolina Annual Conference, and Mr..
w. A. Dickson, who has been for many
years teacher.
Mrs. Dickson preceded her husband
to the grave four years.
Captain Dickson joined Nathareth-
Beaverdam Presbyterian Church (now
about the year 1896 and re-
maincd consistent member OF that
connection till 1873. when he united
with the Methodists. His was of q kindly
He had q good word for
everybody, he made no noise or stir in
the neighborhood, he attended strictly
to his own affairs, he strove to live at
peace with all men and he was unOb-
trusive with his religious pretensions
and convictions.
While he was poorly with his foot
in the Spring, he would joke and talk
with those who called with something
Of his old life and snirit hut when tho