A. Dicksion, citizen and farmer of the Seventh District, was born in Virginia in 1823, and was one of eleven children, six of them now living, the parents being William and Elizabeth Dicksion. William Dicksion, our subject's father, was born in Virginia in 1780, engaged in farming during his life, and died in 1848. His mother was also a native of Virginia, a year younger than her husband, and died in 1838. Mr. A. Dicksion was raised and educated in Virginia. In 1854 he married Miss Margaret A., daughter of M. O. B. and Margaret P. Gauldin. Mrs. Dicksion was born in Virginia in 1833. By their marriage they had six children, only three now living: Elizabeth F., wife of Joseph Yates; Archibald and Cora F. In 1849 Mr. Dicksion left Virginia and moved to Dyer County and located just where he now lives. At that time it was a dense forest. He owns 269 acres of land three miles south of Newbern. Mr. Dicksion has always manifested a marked interest in the progress of Dyer County, and is well known all over the county. In politics he is a Democrat, casting his first presidential vote for James Polk, and has been a prominent member of the Odd Fellows lodge at Newbern for thirty years. His wife, himself and children are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, he having joined over thirty years ago.