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Joseph S. Dickson, farmer, of Bentonville, was born three-fourths of a mile from where he now lives, in Benton County, Ark., June 20, 1839, son of Joseph and Mary (Hare) Dickson, and grandson of Robert Dickson who was a native of Lincoln County, N. C. born in 1772. Robert moved to Rutherford County, Tenn., about 1826, from there to Carroll County, W. Tenn., 1831, and later to Northwest Arkansas, where he entered land and resided where Bentonville now stands. He was not very well pleased with the country, and accordingly the following year returned to Carroll County, Tenn., but in 1835 again came to Arkansas, and here passed his last days, dying in 1848. He was one of the first white men to make a permanent settlement in Northwest Arkansas. He lived in Benton County several years before the county was organized, and even before the State was admitted, the entire country being then in its infancy. Robert Dickson and Esther Moore were married March 23, 1796, and their children were Joseph, born February 9, 1797; Margaret, born December 15, 1799; Ephraim, born January 5, 1802; Isabella born March 22, 1804; Robert born March 22, 1807; Elizabeth, born June 6 1809; Polly, born September 2 1811; John W. born November 3, 1813; Ezekiel K., born August 9, 1816; Sally S., born January 15, 1819; Martha M., born November 15, 1821. Joseph was born, as above related, February 9, 1797, and was brought by his parents to Rutherford County, Tenn., when a mere boy, and moved with them to Carroll County, Tenn., in 1826, and to Arkansas with them in 1831. He settled near his father, and owned a portion of the land where Bentonville now stands, or the first addition of the town. He was one of the active spirits who assisted in the organization of the county, and was one of the first settlers. May 30, 1821, he married Mary Hare, who was born in North Carolina April 8, 1805, and died m 1867. She was the mother of eleven children, as follows: Frances Ann, born March 6, 1822; Margaret, born September 23, 1823; Martha, born September 6, 1825; Sarah Priscilla, born February 8, 1828; Mary Jane, born September 1, 1829; Robert B., born January 2, 1832; Nancy, born October 6, 1834; John E., born February 3, 1837; Joseph, born June 20, 1839; Ephraim H., born January 28, 1843; William G., born May 28, 1845. Of this family the following named have died: Margaret, in 1824; Sarah Priscilla, in 1828; Frances Ann, 1844; Joseph, October 2, 1845; Mary Jane, October 23, 1845; Martha, June 13, 1861; William G., November 25, 1862; Robert B., July 26, 1863; Mary, March 11, 1867. Frances Ann’s funeral text was Thess. IV., 13, 14; Joseph’s funeral text was I Cor. XV., 55, 56, 57; Mary Jane’s funeral text was II Cor. IV., 17, by Rev. B. H. Pierson; Mary Dickson’s and Martha Maxwell’s, Robert and William G. Dickson’s funeral texts were Phil. I., 21, by Rev. S. H. Buchanan. Joseph S. attained his growth on a farm, and August, 1862, he enlisted in Capt. Jefferson’s company Arkansas Cavalry, and in three weeks was transferred to Company F, Thirty-fourth Regiment Arkansas Infantry. He was in the fight at Saline, Little Rock, Helena, and surrendered at Fort Smith June, 1865. November 7, 1868, he married Miss Sarah C. Pickens, a native of Tennessee, born September 9, 1846, and this union resulted in the birth of the following named children: William A., born March 31, 1870; Myrtie E. born November 8, 1872; Charlie C., born December 8, 1874; Pearl B., born June 13, 1877; Eva L., born October 22, 1878; Alva E., born July 2, 1882. Of this family there have died: Pearl B., at the age of seven months; Myrtie E., January 1, 1884. Funerals preached by the Revs. Peter Carnahan and F. T. Charlton. Mrs. Sarah C. Dickson died April 10, 1884, and in July of the same year, Mr. Dickson married Miss Nancy A. Gould, daughter of John and Jane Gould, who were born in 1800 and 1809, respectively. Both were natives of Tennessee, and moved to Benton County, Ark., in 1859, where both are now living. They have been married sixty years. Mr. Dickson is the owner of 160 acres of land, and also has a general store at Brightwater. He has succeeded well in his business and is an honest, enterprising citizen. He is a Democrat in politics and he and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.