Richard L. Dickson

Richard L. was born in 1852 in Sullivan County, Tennessee.  Richard L.'s father was John Dickson and his mother was Elizabeth T. Lizenby.  His paternal grandparents were William Howard Dickson and Mary Shipley. He had four brothers and two sisters, named William Howard, Charles Lisenby, James Martin, George Washington, Mary Elizabeth and Susan Bell.  He was the fourth oldest of the seven children.  He died at the age of 45 in 1897.