Dickerson, W. W
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Nov. 29, 1851, in Grant county, Ky. He was elected county attorney in 1874 for a term of four years; and was elected a member of the state house of representatives in 1885.
He was elected a member of the state senate in 1887 for a term of four years. He was elected as a democrat to the fifty-first congress in 1890, and was re-elected to the fifty-second congress.
DICKERSON, WILLIAM FISHER, bishop, was born Jan. 18, 1844, in Woodbury, N. J. In 1880 he was elected thirteenth bishop and given charge of the work in South Carolina and Georgia. He founded Allen university, Columbia, S. C., in 1880, of which he was president for four years. He died in December, 1884, in Columbia, S. C.