NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11309 SIMPSON CO GEORGE W. DICKEY Dickey, Viers, Grimes, McGoodwin, Ford, Simpson, Price 11309 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV Battle Perrin Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Simpson Co. GEORGE W. DICKEY was born October 12, 1834, in Simpson County, Ky., and is the fourth of four sons and four daughters, all of whom are still living, born to Levi and Sarah (Veirs) Dikey, natives of Virginia and Logan County, Ky., respectively. Levi Dickey was a farmer and son of Ebenezer Dickey, who married Mary Grimes, and all were born and reared in Virginia and of Irish descent. He was a soldier of the Revolution. IN about 1805 Ebenezer Dickey emigrated with his family from Virginia and settled in Logan, now Simpson County, where he purchased and improved a farm of about 300 acres. Levi Dickey was born in 1800, and never lived out of Simpson County from the time he first entered it until his death. He received an excellent education for that day, and always resided on a farm; was a slave-holder; was elected one of the first magistrates of the county; was elected to represent the county in the Legislature for two terms in succession. In his fourth race he was defeated by a small vote, in 1849. He was a devout member of the Baptist Church, and died in 1850. He had accumulated considerable property; his widow died in 1872, aged seventy-two years; she was a daughter of John Viers, of Logan County, Ky., and a farmer. George W. Dickey was reared and educated on a farm. After his fathers death he removed to Franklin, where he was employed by his guardian as salesman in a general store for four years; then entered Bethel College for one year, after which he farmed for three years; then moved to Franklin and engaged in the mercantile business with J. L. McGoodwin. In 1862 he again returned to the farm for a period of seven years. He then engaged in the mercantile business; then was a general trader three years. In 1881 he engaged in the lumber and feed business, in which he has met with abundant success, and has been successful in all his business undertakings; has accumulated a handsome property. He married, in January, 1861, Miss H. J. Ford, of Westport, Mo., a native of Simpson County, and a daughter of John C. and Henrietta (Simpson) Ford. To this union five children were born: Hallie, Jessie, Nellie, Georgia and Bobbie (deceased). Mrs. Dickey died in February, 1885, aged forty years, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, of which Mr. Dickey is also a member. He is very much devoted to his family, and is now having them educated in Nashville, Tenn., by Dr. Price, one of the leading instructors of the State. Mr. Dickey is a member of the Masonic fraternity. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx