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Dickey, Theophilus Lyle

lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 12, 1812, near Paris, Ky. He read law in his native state, removed to Ohio, liberated the slaves that he had inherited, and afterward established himself in practice in Illinois. During the Mexican war he served as a captain in Colonel Hardin's regiment, and in the civil war he was colonel of the eleventh Illinois cavalry, and served for two years under General Grant, on whose staff he served for some months as chief of cavalry. From 1868 till the close of President Johnson's administration he was assistant attorneygeneral of the United States. From 1876 till his death he was judge of the Illinois supreme court. He died July 22, 1885, in Atlantic City, N. J.