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James Orah Dickinson 1856 – 1940 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 Feb 1856

Birth Location: Bickleys Mills, Russell, Virginia, United States of America

Death Date: 20 Feb 1940

Death Location: Russell, Virginia, USA

Father: William Dickenson,

Mother: Nancy Ellington

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James Orah Dickinson was born in 1856 in Bickleys Mills, Russell, Virginia, United States of America, the child of William Jennings Dickenson, and Nancy Nannie Ellington. James Orah Dickinson passed away in 1940 in Russell, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • James Orah Dickinson was born in 1856 in Bickleys Mills, Russell, Virginia, United States of America, the child of William Jennings Dickenson, and Nancy Nannie Ellington.
  • James Orah Dickinson passed away in 1940 in Russell, Virginia, USA.

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James Dickinson's Ancestors

Self
James Dickinson
1856 – 1940
Birth Place: Bickleys Mills, Russell, Virginia, United States of America
Parents
William Jennings Dickenson,
1827 – 1907
Castlewood, Russell, Virginia, USA
Nancy (Nannie) Ellington
1836 – 1866
Coles County, Illinois, USA
Grandparents
Maj (James A) Dickenson,
1790 – 1876
Castlewood, Russell, Virginia, USA
Mary Gray
1793 – 1868
Russell, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Lt Jr,
1750 – 1825
Mary Powell
1751 – 1842
James Gray
1765 – 1849
Elizabeth (Gray)
1770 – 1810
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lt Dickenson,
1720 – 1785
Agnes Jennings
1727 – 1785
Henry Powell
1717 – 1764
Obedience Hamblen
1746 –

James Dickinson's Timeline

2 Records

1856
18 Feb 1856
Birth of James Orah Dickinson in Bickleys Mills, Russell, Virginia, United States of America
Bickleys Mills, Russell, Virginia, United States of America
1940
20 Feb 1940
Age 84
Death of James Orah Dickinson in Russell, Virginia, USA
Russell, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 Feb 1856
    Event Place: Bickleys Mills, Russell, Virginia, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Feb 1940
    Event Place: Russell, Virginia, USA

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