City: Lynnville
DICKERSON, Mary Jane Stone, born Shelbyville, Tenn., Jan. 23, 1826; daughter of Capt. William and Nancy Allen (Daniel) STONE; father was a stockman, farmer, capitalist and soldier in War of 1812; direct descendant of old Va. families; paternal grandparents William Richard and Sallie (Winnegam) STONE, maternal grandparents John and Susie (Bowrum) DANIEL; her maternal grandfather was a Revolutionary war soldier; educated in Lewisburg, Tenn.; married Washington Riborn DICKERSON, Aug. 18, 1843; member U.D.C. of Pulaski, D.A.R. Cumberland Chapter, Nashville, Tennessee, Counsellor in Chapter of 1812, Nashville, Tenn. housed, fed and nursed Confederate soldiers during Civil war; once interposed herself between her husband and a Federal soldier, who was endeavoring to kill him; member of Old Presbyterian church.
