William P. Dickson

William P. was born in 1850 in Sullivan County, Tennessee.¹   William P.'s father was William Samuel Dickson and his mother was Sarah Brown.  His paternal grandparents were William Howard Dickson and Mary Shipley; his maternal grandparents were John Wesley Brown and Margaret Kincheloe. He had two brothers and five sisters, named John W. B., Noah Baldwin, Mary Jane, Margaret Elvira, Martha E., Sarah Amanda and Eliza Ann.  He was the second oldest of the eight children. He had two half-brothers and a half-sister, named George H. T., Samuel F. and Mary Susan.