Hi, The more I find on this fellow, the less I know. He (James J.) is caucasian and is buried in New Hope Cemetery, with three of his children: Emma, Charles, and Noble. He was married to the former Mary Kimbrough, but she seems to have died before 1900. According to: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/dekalb/cemeteries/newhope2.txt the headstone of this James J. Dickerson states that he was born Aug 27, 1867. But I found him in the 1900 Atlanta Census as having been born in "Aug 1858* " - so right month, different year. I finally managed to get his D-C (died Dec 18, 1936 in Buckhead, GA, Fulton County) and it states he is (correctly) buried in New Hope Cemetery (but age of 63, widowed). And his birthdate is given here as Aug 17, 1873. His D-C states that his parents were Jim Dickerson and Lucindy (nee) Cochran. I found a tempting 1880 Census connection (in Marietta), which has a possible James Dickerson born in 1858*, but the mother's name is listed as Jincy Dickerson (father James). Is it possible that "Jincy" is another rendering for "Lucindy"? So, I now have three different birth-years for him: 1858, 1867, and 1873. At least he was always born in August. Oh, his daughter worked in the pencil factory. Allen