Fortune in a Red Hill, December 20, 1888, Atlanta Constitution
Mr. James Dickey, of Fannin County, Georgia, has for many years extracted a meager support from a “red hill” farm, which descended to him from his father.A few months ago, according to the Atlanta Constitution, a syndicate of Chicago gentlemen, wh,o are developing the marble interests of North Georgia, struck the old Dickey farm.They proceeded into its crevices and gullies while there. They told Mr. Dickey, that his farm was better than a gold mine. They found on it, the best marble found in America. Result, a lease for one hundred years from Mr. Dickey on a royalty of every square foot of marble quarried, that is guaranteed to reach $1000 every month, and not to exceed $5000 a month.Mr. Dickey has no expense, no work; he simply receipts every month for a minimum of $1000 royalty. This income of $12,000 a year (which may be $60, 000) is guaranteed for one hundred years. So the old farm makes Mr. Dickey and his heirs rich for generations.
James Lafayette Dickey Funeral Notice Oct. 31, 1910
J.L. Dickey's Funeral to Take Place Today
The funeral services of James L. Dickey, the pioneer Atlantan, who died on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at his residence, 381 Peachtree street, will be conducted at the residence at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, and the interment will be in Oakland.
Courtesy of Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, October 31, 1910, Image 16
JAMES L. DICKEY DEAD AT PEACHTREE HOME
Funeral of Pioneer Atlantan at First Baptist Church Monday Afternoon.
The funeral of James L. Dickey, aged 63, who died at his residence, 381 Peach, tree st. Saturday afternoon, will be held Monday afternoon at 2:10 o’clock. Rev. Charles W. Daniel, pastor of the First Baptist church will officiate. The Interment will be In Oakland cemetery. Robert F. Maddox. Samuel T. Weyman, Morris Brandon. Henry S. Jackson, Ewell Gay and Frank D. Holland, life-long friends and business associates of the deceased, were chosen pallbearers.
James L. Dickey was born on his father's plantation in Fannin county, the family home then being In what Is now the center of the town of Mineral Bluff. At the early age of eighteen Mr. Dickey took a position as clerk In the Dalton offices of the Western and Atlantic railroad. He was later prompted to agent and finally transferred to Atlanta.
It was then that his career as a railroad man in this city began. He was soon made general freight agent of the
Western and Atlantic, a position he held for ten years with the expiration of the Brown lease on the Western and Atlantic, he retired to private life, one of the best known railroad men in this section.
Mr Dickeys life work had been Identified with Atlanta and in the progress and rapid growth of the city he
played a conspicuous part. He accumulated large real estate holdings, both urban and suburban, which has developed along progressive lines.
In 1878 he married Miss Gertrude Smith, of Knoxville. Tenn., who survives him. He leaves three sons,
James L. Jr., and Erwin J., brothers, J. Bruce Dickey, of Illinois; A. B., George M.. T. J. and W. T. S.
Dickey, of Mineral Bluff, and John R. Dickey, of this city, and a sister, Mrs. John F. McNeeley, of Mineral Bluff.
The following were named as an honorary escort at the funeral: Governor Joseph M. Brown, Edward S. Gay, H. H. Cabaniss. Samuel D. Jones, D. O Dougherty, Charles J. Martin. Joseph A. McCord, Major J. L. McCollum, Horace D. Smith, Bolling H. Jones, W. L. Fain, Charles E. Harman, Louis Oholstln, F. M. Coker, Frank P. Rico, W.
L. Peel, George J. Dexter, George W Parrott, R. J. Grinin. Colonel Benjamin F. Abbott A. P. Stewart. Samuol W.
Wilkes, Wallace Rhodes, John W. Grant EL S. Ehney, George M. Hope, R. A. Hemphill, Linton Hopkins, James
R. Nutting, judge Andrew Calhoun. J. Carroll Payne, Judge W. T. Newman, Dr. Roy Harris, Henry Lewis, W. F.
Plane, Charles E, Currier, Captain D. G. Wylie, J. S. B. Thompson, James E. Carlton, George C. Spence, Fred B.
Law, Charles E. Caverly. Dalton Mitchell, Eugene R. Black, Clark Howell, A. P. Morgan, Sam N. Evlns, John W.
Green, C. H. Godfrey and C. W. Metcalfe.
The Clayton tribune. (Clayton, Rabun County, Ga.) 18??-current, November 04, 1910, Image 8
Atlanta.—James Lafayette Dickey, 63 years of age, and one of the pioneer citizens of Atlanta, died at his
residence here after an illness of more than a year of Bright's disease. Me was born on his father's plantation in Fannin county on September 29, 1847, the family home then being in the center of what is now the town
of Mineral Bluff. His father was John B. Dickey, who was one of the most prominent planters of his section.
Mr. James Dickey, of Fannin County, Georgia, has for many years extracted a meager support from a “red hill” farm, which descended to him from his father.A few months ago, according to the Atlanta Constitution, a syndicate of Chicago gentlemen, wh,o are developing the marble interests of North Georgia, struck the old Dickey farm.They proceeded into its crevices and gullies while there. They told Mr. Dickey, that his farm was better than a gold mine. They found on it, the best marble found in America. Result, a lease for one hundred years from Mr. Dickey on a royalty of every square foot of marble quarried, that is guaranteed to reach $1000 every month, and not to exceed $5000 a month.Mr. Dickey has no expense, no work; he simply receipts every month for a minimum of $1000 royalty. This income of $12,000 a year (which may be $60, 000) is guaranteed for one hundred years. So the old farm makes Mr. Dickey and his heirs rich for generations.
James Lafayette Dickey Funeral Notice Oct. 31, 1910
J.L. Dickey's Funeral to Take Place Today
The funeral services of James L. Dickey, the pioneer Atlantan, who died on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at his residence, 381 Peachtree street, will be conducted at the residence at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, and the interment will be in Oakland.
Courtesy of Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, October 31, 1910, Image 16
JAMES L. DICKEY DEAD AT PEACHTREE HOME
Funeral of Pioneer Atlantan at First Baptist Church Monday Afternoon.
The funeral of James L. Dickey, aged 63, who died at his residence, 381 Peach, tree st. Saturday afternoon, will be held Monday afternoon at 2:10 o’clock. Rev. Charles W. Daniel, pastor of the First Baptist church will officiate. The Interment will be In Oakland cemetery. Robert F. Maddox. Samuel T. Weyman, Morris Brandon. Henry S. Jackson, Ewell Gay and Frank D. Holland, life-long friends and business associates of the deceased, were chosen pallbearers.
James L. Dickey was born on his father's plantation in Fannin county, the family home then being In what Is now the center of the town of Mineral Bluff. At the early age of eighteen Mr. Dickey took a position as clerk In the Dalton offices of the Western and Atlantic railroad. He was later prompted to agent and finally transferred to Atlanta.
It was then that his career as a railroad man in this city began. He was soon made general freight agent of the
Western and Atlantic, a position he held for ten years with the expiration of the Brown lease on the Western and Atlantic, he retired to private life, one of the best known railroad men in this section.
Mr Dickeys life work had been Identified with Atlanta and in the progress and rapid growth of the city he
played a conspicuous part. He accumulated large real estate holdings, both urban and suburban, which has developed along progressive lines.
In 1878 he married Miss Gertrude Smith, of Knoxville. Tenn., who survives him. He leaves three sons,
James L. Jr., and Erwin J., brothers, J. Bruce Dickey, of Illinois; A. B., George M.. T. J. and W. T. S.
Dickey, of Mineral Bluff, and John R. Dickey, of this city, and a sister, Mrs. John F. McNeeley, of Mineral Bluff.
The following were named as an honorary escort at the funeral: Governor Joseph M. Brown, Edward S. Gay, H. H. Cabaniss. Samuel D. Jones, D. O Dougherty, Charles J. Martin. Joseph A. McCord, Major J. L. McCollum, Horace D. Smith, Bolling H. Jones, W. L. Fain, Charles E. Harman, Louis Oholstln, F. M. Coker, Frank P. Rico, W.
L. Peel, George J. Dexter, George W Parrott, R. J. Grinin. Colonel Benjamin F. Abbott A. P. Stewart. Samuol W.
Wilkes, Wallace Rhodes, John W. Grant EL S. Ehney, George M. Hope, R. A. Hemphill, Linton Hopkins, James
R. Nutting, judge Andrew Calhoun. J. Carroll Payne, Judge W. T. Newman, Dr. Roy Harris, Henry Lewis, W. F.
Plane, Charles E, Currier, Captain D. G. Wylie, J. S. B. Thompson, James E. Carlton, George C. Spence, Fred B.
Law, Charles E. Caverly. Dalton Mitchell, Eugene R. Black, Clark Howell, A. P. Morgan, Sam N. Evlns, John W.
Green, C. H. Godfrey and C. W. Metcalfe.
The Clayton tribune. (Clayton, Rabun County, Ga.) 18??-current, November 04, 1910, Image 8
Atlanta.—James Lafayette Dickey, 63 years of age, and one of the pioneer citizens of Atlanta, died at his
residence here after an illness of more than a year of Bright's disease. Me was born on his father's plantation in Fannin county on September 29, 1847, the family home then being in the center of what is now the town
of Mineral Bluff. His father was John B. Dickey, who was one of the most prominent planters of his section.
Fortune in a Red Hill, December 20, 1888, Atlanta Constitution
Mr. James Dickey, of Fannin County, Georgia, has for many years extracted a meager support from a “red hill” farm, which descended to him from his father.A few months ago, according to the Atlanta Constitution, a syndicate of Chicago gentlemen, wh,o are developing the marble interests of North Georgia, struck the old Dickey farm.They proceeded into its crevices and gullies while there. They told Mr. Dickey, that his farm was better than a gold mine. They found on it, the best marble found in America. Result, a lease for one hundred years from Mr. Dickey on a royalty of every square foot of marble quarried, that is guaranteed to reach $1000 every month, and not to exceed $5000 a month.Mr. Dickey has no expense, no work; he simply receipts every month for a minimum of $1000 royalty. This income of $12,000 a year (which may be $60, 000) is guaranteed for one hundred years. So the old farm makes Mr. Dickey and his heirs rich for generations.
James Lafayette Dickey Funeral Notice Oct. 31, 1910
J.L. Dickey's Funeral to Take Place Today
The funeral services of James L. Dickey, the pioneer Atlantan, who died on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at his residence, 381 Peachtree street, will be conducted at the residence at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, and the interment will be in Oakland.
Courtesy of Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, October 31, 1910, Image 16
JAMES L. DICKEY DEAD AT PEACHTREE HOME
Funeral of Pioneer Atlantan at First Baptist Church Monday Afternoon.
The funeral of James L. Dickey, aged 63, who died at his residence, 381 Peach, tree st. Saturday afternoon, will be held Monday afternoon at 2:10 o’clock. Rev. Charles W. Daniel, pastor of the First Baptist church will officiate. The Interment will be In Oakland cemetery. Robert F. Maddox. Samuel T. Weyman, Morris Brandon. Henry S. Jackson, Ewell Gay and Frank D. Holland, life-long friends and business associates of the deceased, were chosen pallbearers.
James L. Dickey was born on his father's plantation in Fannin county, the family home then being In what Is now the center of the town of Mineral Bluff. At the early age of eighteen Mr. Dickey took a position as clerk In the Dalton offices of the Western and Atlantic railroad. He was later prompted to agent and finally transferred to Atlanta.
It was then that his career as a railroad man in this city began. He was soon made general freight agent of the
Western and Atlantic, a position he held for ten years with the expiration of the Brown lease on the Western and Atlantic, he retired to private life, one of the best known railroad men in this section.
Mr Dickeys life work had been Identified with Atlanta and in the progress and rapid growth of the city he
played a conspicuous part. He accumulated large real estate holdings, both urban and suburban, which has developed along progressive lines.
In 1878 he married Miss Gertrude Smith, of Knoxville. Tenn., who survives him. He leaves three sons,
James L. Jr., and Erwin J., brothers, J. Bruce Dickey, of Illinois; A. B., George M.. T. J. and W. T. S.
Dickey, of Mineral Bluff, and John R. Dickey, of this city, and a sister, Mrs. John F. McNeeley, of Mineral Bluff.
The following were named as an honorary escort at the funeral: Governor Joseph M. Brown, Edward S. Gay, H. H. Cabaniss. Samuel D. Jones, D. O Dougherty, Charles J. Martin. Joseph A. McCord, Major J. L. McCollum, Horace D. Smith, Bolling H. Jones, W. L. Fain, Charles E. Harman, Louis Oholstln, F. M. Coker, Frank P. Rico, W.
L. Peel, George J. Dexter, George W Parrott, R. J. Grinin. Colonel Benjamin F. Abbott A. P. Stewart. Samuol W.
Wilkes, Wallace Rhodes, John W. Grant EL S. Ehney, George M. Hope, R. A. Hemphill, Linton Hopkins, James
R. Nutting, judge Andrew Calhoun. J. Carroll Payne, Judge W. T. Newman, Dr. Roy Harris, Henry Lewis, W. F.
Plane, Charles E, Currier, Captain D. G. Wylie, J. S. B. Thompson, James E. Carlton, George C. Spence, Fred B.
Law, Charles E. Caverly. Dalton Mitchell, Eugene R. Black, Clark Howell, A. P. Morgan, Sam N. Evlns, John W.
Green, C. H. Godfrey and C. W. Metcalfe.
The Clayton tribune. (Clayton, Rabun County, Ga.) 18??-current, November 04, 1910, Image 8
Atlanta.—James Lafayette Dickey, 63 years of age, and one of the pioneer citizens of Atlanta, died at his
residence here after an illness of more than a year of Bright's disease. Me was born on his father's plantation in Fannin county on September 29, 1847, the family home then being in the center of what is now the town
of Mineral Bluff. His father was John B. Dickey, who was one of the most prominent planters of his section.
Mr. James Dickey, of Fannin County, Georgia, has for many years extracted a meager support from a “red hill” farm, which descended to him from his father.A few months ago, according to the Atlanta Constitution, a syndicate of Chicago gentlemen, wh,o are developing the marble interests of North Georgia, struck the old Dickey farm.They proceeded into its crevices and gullies while there. They told Mr. Dickey, that his farm was better than a gold mine. They found on it, the best marble found in America. Result, a lease for one hundred years from Mr. Dickey on a royalty of every square foot of marble quarried, that is guaranteed to reach $1000 every month, and not to exceed $5000 a month.Mr. Dickey has no expense, no work; he simply receipts every month for a minimum of $1000 royalty. This income of $12,000 a year (which may be $60, 000) is guaranteed for one hundred years. So the old farm makes Mr. Dickey and his heirs rich for generations.
James Lafayette Dickey Funeral Notice Oct. 31, 1910
J.L. Dickey's Funeral to Take Place Today
The funeral services of James L. Dickey, the pioneer Atlantan, who died on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at his residence, 381 Peachtree street, will be conducted at the residence at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, and the interment will be in Oakland.
Courtesy of Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, October 31, 1910, Image 16
JAMES L. DICKEY DEAD AT PEACHTREE HOME
Funeral of Pioneer Atlantan at First Baptist Church Monday Afternoon.
The funeral of James L. Dickey, aged 63, who died at his residence, 381 Peach, tree st. Saturday afternoon, will be held Monday afternoon at 2:10 o’clock. Rev. Charles W. Daniel, pastor of the First Baptist church will officiate. The Interment will be In Oakland cemetery. Robert F. Maddox. Samuel T. Weyman, Morris Brandon. Henry S. Jackson, Ewell Gay and Frank D. Holland, life-long friends and business associates of the deceased, were chosen pallbearers.
James L. Dickey was born on his father's plantation in Fannin county, the family home then being In what Is now the center of the town of Mineral Bluff. At the early age of eighteen Mr. Dickey took a position as clerk In the Dalton offices of the Western and Atlantic railroad. He was later prompted to agent and finally transferred to Atlanta.
It was then that his career as a railroad man in this city began. He was soon made general freight agent of the
Western and Atlantic, a position he held for ten years with the expiration of the Brown lease on the Western and Atlantic, he retired to private life, one of the best known railroad men in this section.
Mr Dickeys life work had been Identified with Atlanta and in the progress and rapid growth of the city he
played a conspicuous part. He accumulated large real estate holdings, both urban and suburban, which has developed along progressive lines.
In 1878 he married Miss Gertrude Smith, of Knoxville. Tenn., who survives him. He leaves three sons,
James L. Jr., and Erwin J., brothers, J. Bruce Dickey, of Illinois; A. B., George M.. T. J. and W. T. S.
Dickey, of Mineral Bluff, and John R. Dickey, of this city, and a sister, Mrs. John F. McNeeley, of Mineral Bluff.
The following were named as an honorary escort at the funeral: Governor Joseph M. Brown, Edward S. Gay, H. H. Cabaniss. Samuel D. Jones, D. O Dougherty, Charles J. Martin. Joseph A. McCord, Major J. L. McCollum, Horace D. Smith, Bolling H. Jones, W. L. Fain, Charles E. Harman, Louis Oholstln, F. M. Coker, Frank P. Rico, W.
L. Peel, George J. Dexter, George W Parrott, R. J. Grinin. Colonel Benjamin F. Abbott A. P. Stewart. Samuol W.
Wilkes, Wallace Rhodes, John W. Grant EL S. Ehney, George M. Hope, R. A. Hemphill, Linton Hopkins, James
R. Nutting, judge Andrew Calhoun. J. Carroll Payne, Judge W. T. Newman, Dr. Roy Harris, Henry Lewis, W. F.
Plane, Charles E, Currier, Captain D. G. Wylie, J. S. B. Thompson, James E. Carlton, George C. Spence, Fred B.
Law, Charles E. Caverly. Dalton Mitchell, Eugene R. Black, Clark Howell, A. P. Morgan, Sam N. Evlns, John W.
Green, C. H. Godfrey and C. W. Metcalfe.
The Clayton tribune. (Clayton, Rabun County, Ga.) 18??-current, November 04, 1910, Image 8
Atlanta.—James Lafayette Dickey, 63 years of age, and one of the pioneer citizens of Atlanta, died at his
residence here after an illness of more than a year of Bright's disease. Me was born on his father's plantation in Fannin county on September 29, 1847, the family home then being in the center of what is now the town
of Mineral Bluff. His father was John B. Dickey, who was one of the most prominent planters of his section.
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