James Shelton Dickinson
Born: January 18, 1818
Birthplace: Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Father: Richard Dickinson 1783 – 1869
Mother: Martha “Patsy” Crawford 1777 – 1821
1st Wife: Mary Frances Dickinson 1821 – 1864
(Buried: Spinks Cemetery, Clarke County, Alabama)
2nd Wife: Alice A. Savage 1842 – 1918
(Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Grove Hill, Alabama)
Children:
Virginia Louisa Dickinson Pugh 1847 – 1895
(Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Grove Hill, Alabama)
James W. Dickinson 1849 – 1905
(Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Grove Hill, Alabama)
John Q. Dickinson 1852 – 1936
(Buried: Amity Baptist Church Cemetery, Clarke County, Alabama)
Walter G. Dickinson 1858 – 1923
(Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Grove Hill, Alabama)
Emma Sarah Dickinson Pugh 1862 – 1903
(Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Grove Hill, Alabama)
Minnie Savage Dickinson Dunn 1868 – 1934
(Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Grove Hill, Alabama)
Mabel Clair Dickinson Foscue 1876 – 1919
(Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Grove Hill, Alabama)
Alice Maude Dickinson 1880 – 1964
(Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Grove Hill, Alabama)
Shelton C. Dickinson 1882 – 1943
(Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Grove Hill, Alabama)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Education:
1844: Graduated from University of Virginia Law School
Occupation before War:
School Teacher for one year in Grove Hill, Alabama
Attorney in Grove Hill, Alabama
Manager and Owner of Plantation of Several Hundred acres of land
1853 – 1855: Alabama State Senator
1853 – 1855: Senate Chairman of Finance and Taxation Committee
1860: Breckinridge Democratic Elector from Alabama
Civil War Career:
1861: Advocate for Secession for his state of Alabama
Equipped & raised a Company in the Confederate at his own expense
1863: Won a Close race against CS Congressman Edmund S. Dargan
1864 – 1865: Confederate State Congressman from Alabama
1864 – 1865: Not known as a speaker but attended everyday
1864 – 1865: Opposed Impressment and militia law
1864 – 1865: Supported Efforts to Strengthen the Government
1864 – 1865: Advocate for doubling the tithe on Agriculture
1864 – 1865: Member of Confederate House Claims Committee
1864 – 1865: Member of Confederate House Commerce Committee
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1882: Attorney in Grove Hill, Alabama
1865 – 1882: Stayed away from Politics
1865 – 1882: Devoted his energy to his church and temperance
Died: July 23, 1882
Place of Death: Grove Hill, Alabama
Age at time of Death: 64 years old
Burial Place: Grove Hill Cemetery, Grove Hill, Alabama
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