1867
No directories
in General Assembly minutes.
1868
H. L. Dickey,
Spring Creek, Tenn.
Minister - Hopewell
Presbytery - Synod
of West Tennessee
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1868, page 103]
1869
H. L. Dickey,
Spring Creek, Tenn.
Minister - Madison
Presbytery - Synod
of West Tennessee
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1869, page 83]
1870
H. L. Dickey,
Ramer's Station, Tennessee
Minister - Madison
Presbytery - Synod
of West Tennessee
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1870, page 78]
1871
H. L. Dickey,
Ramer, Tennessee
Minister - Madison
Presbytery - Synod
of West Tennessee
Commissioner to General
Assembly, May 18-27, 1871, in Nashville, Tennessee.
Served
on the Committee on the Minutes of Sangamon Synod.
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1871, pages 6, 8 &78]
1872
Dickey, H.
L., Ramer, Tenn.
Minister - Madison
Presbytery - Synod
of West Tennessee
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1872, page 121]
1873
Dickey, H.
L., Ramer's Station, Tenn.
Minister - Madison
Presbytery - Synod
of West Tennessee
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1873, page 97]
1874
Dickey, H.
L., Ramer, Tenn.
Minister - Madison
Presbytery - Synod
of West Tennessee
Commissioner to General
Assembly, May 21-29, 1874, in Springfield, Missouri.
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1874, pages 7, 97]
1875
Dickey, H.
L., Purdy, Tenn.
Minister - Madison
Presbytery - Synod
of West Tennessee
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1876, page 90]
1876
Dickey, H.
L., Purdy, Tenn.
Minister - Madison
Presbytery - Synod
of West Tennessee
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1876, page 90]
1877
Dickey, H.
L., Yorkville, Tenn.
Minister - Hopewell
Presbytery - Synod
of West Tennessee
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1877, page 83]
1878
Dickey, H.
L., Yorkville, Tenn.
Minister - Hopewell
Presbytery - Synod
of West Tennessee
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1878, page 91]
1879
Dickey, H.
L., Yorkville, Tenn.
Minister - Hopewell
Presbytery - Synod
of West Tennessee
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1879, page 86]
1880
Dickey, H.
L., Yorkville, Tenn.
Minister - Hopewell
Presbytery - Synod
of West Tennessee
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1880, page 113]
1881
Dickey, H.
L., Dyersburg, Tenn.
Minister - Hopewell
Presbytery - Synod
of West Tennessee
Commissioner to General
Assembly, May 19-25, 1881, in Austin, Texas.
Served
on the Committee on the Minutes of Sangamon Synod.
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1881, pages 6, 9 & 85]
1882
Dickey, H.
L., Dyersburg, Tenn.
Minister - Obion
Presbytery - Synod
of West Tennessee
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1882, page 121]
1883
Dickey, H.
L., Dyersburg, Tenn.
Minister - Obion
Presbytery - Synod
of West Tennessee
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1883, page 129]
1884
Dickey, H.
L., Dyersburg, Tenn.
Minister - Obion
Presbytery - Synod
of West Tennessee
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1884, page 118]
1885
Dickey, H.
L., McKenzie, Tenn.
Minister - Obion
Presbytery - Synod
of West Tennessee
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1885, page 133]
1886
Dickey, H.
L., Dresden, Tenn.
Minister - Hopewell
Presbytery - Synod
of West Tennessee
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1886, page 156]
1887
Dickey, H.
L., Dresden, Tenn.
Minister - Hopewell
Presbytery - Synod
of West Tennessee
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1887, page 154]
1888
Dickey, H.
L., Texas
Minister - Hopewell
Presbytery - Synod
of West Tennessee
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1888, page 166]
1889
Not listed
in General Assembly Minutes.
1890
Dickey, H.
L., Yorkville, Tenn.
Minister - Obion
Presbytery - Synod
of Tennessee
Pastor - Mount Bethesda Cumberland
Presbyterian Church (clerk of the session was J. F. Dickey in
Newbern, Tenn.)
Pastor - Yorkville Cumberland Presbyterian
Church
[Source: Minutes of the
General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1890,
pages 126 & 230]
1891
Dickey, H.
L., Rives, Tenn.
Minister - Obion
Presbytery - Synod
of Tennessee
Pastor - Mount Bethesda Cumberland
Presbyterian Church (clerk of the session was J. F. Dickey in
Newbern, Tenn.)
Pastor - Pleasant Hill Cumberland
Presbyterian Church (clerk of the session was Lee Wade in Rives,
Tenn.)
[Source: Minutes of the
General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1891,
pages 141 & 246]
1892
Dickey, H.
L., Rives, Tenn.
Minister - Obion
Presbytery - Synod
of Tennessee
Pastor - New Ebenezer Cumberland
Presbyterian Church (clerk of the session was J. M. Calhoun in
Troy, Tenn.)
Pastor - Pleasant Hill Cumberland
Presbyterian Church (clerk of the session was T. C. Callicott
in Rives, Tenn.)
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1892, pages 148 & 258]
1893
Dickey, H.
L., Rives, Tenn.
Pastor - Mount Vernon Cumberland
Presbyterian Church - (clerk of the session was John M. Hamm in
Ramer, Tenn.)
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1893, pages 160 & 254]
1894
Dickey, H.
L., Falcon, Tenn.
Minister - Madison
Presbytery - Synod
of Tennessee
Pastor - Mount Vernon Cumberland
Presbyterian Church - (clerk of the session was John M. Hamm in
Ramer, Tenn.)
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1894, pages 162 & 264]
1895
Not in index
of General Assembly Minutes.
1896
Dickey, H.
L., Booneville, Miss.
Minister - Bell
Presbytery - Synod
of Mississippi
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1896, page 147]
1897
Dickey, H.
L., (charge), Iuka, Miss.
Minister - Bell
Presbytery - Synod
of Mississippi
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1897, page 267]
1898
Dickey, H.
L., retired, Falcon, Tenn.
Minister - Bell
Presbytery - Synod
of Mississippi
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1898, page 281]
1899
Dickey, H.
L., Falcon, Tenn., in transitu
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1899, page 211a]
1900
Dickey, H.
L., without charge, Yorkville, Tenn.
Minister -
Obion
Presbytery - Synod
of Tennessee
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1900, page 213a]
1901
Ministers
Lost
Name: Dickey, H. L.
Occupation:
retired
Presbytery: Obion
Place of Residence: Thornton
Home
Date: June 10, 1900
Age:
65
[Source: Minutes of the General
Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1901, page
206a]
DICKEY.--The soul of a great man went home to God when, on
June 10, the Master called Rev. H. L. Dickey from labor and suffering
to refreshment. For over 64 years Brother Dickey lived and labored
in almost total blindness. He was never able to read, his blindness
dating from his childhood. His parents were Donnell and Polly
Dickey. His birth place was Gibson County, Tennessee. Very early
in his youth he became possessed with a burning desire for an
education. At the age of 18, he was permitted to attend the neighborhood
school and to sit in the classes and listen to the recitations.
In this way he became convinced that it was not impossible for
a blind boy to get an education in an ordinary school for those
who could see. And he succeed, and that, too, much better than
many who had two good eyes. Of course he was ever dependent upon
others to read to him. It was this that gave him much concern
during all his ministry. But in this thing he was much favored,
as it was his during most of his ministry to be blessed with a
refined and cultured companion whose eyes were avenues through
which he came in possession of the rich thing of the library.
When the writer was a probationer, it was often his privilege
and delight to be examined by Brother Dickey, not only in theology,
but in literature and philosophy also. He seemed never to have
forgotten a single important thing that he had ever learned. To
us "boys" he was ever an example and an inspiration.
He became a Christian in his teens, and at the age of 25 entered
the ministry in the Hopewell
Presbytery, in which presbytery he spent the larger part
of his ministry. Few men ever accomplished more under similar
circumstances. No ordinary man was he. Many in the last day will
rise up to call him blessed. Of him and his work the Rev. J. L.
Cooper states in a note to the writer: "He was one of nature's
noblemen. He gave his life without reserve to the Master. There
are marks of his great usefulness all over every field he ever
occupied. My labors have been with his churches for the past three
years, and he has a warm place in the hearts of his people. They
loved him, and they honor his memory." He suffered much for
some years before he died. But he was very patient and hopeful
through it all. For a year after he got so he could not stand
long on his feet, he sat in a chair and preached to the people,
so great was his desire to talk and testify for the Lord. There
were times in Brother Dickey's ministry when his memory was wonderful.
There were times when he could repeat three hundred or more hymns,
enough to fill an ordinary song book. The word of God he stored
up in memory, chapter after chapter, and never was he happier
than when drawing on this rich store of song and Scripture. Brother
Dickey was a Bible preacher. To him the word, the plain, simple
word, was the sword of the Spirit. Faithfully and effectively
he used it. The last five weeks of his life were spent in Thornton
Home. Here on June 10 he passed into health and rest.
Before his departure he left messages of love for his absent children.
His last audible word was, "Father," as he fell asleep
on the bosom of the infinite love. This notice would not be complete
without kindly mention of those noble companions, without whose
love and sacrifice his ministry to the world and church would
have been small. No nobler wives ever fell to the lot of one man
than the three women who gave themselves to him in loving, helpful
service. His first wife was the daughter of Milton Calhoun. His
second wife was the daughter of Dr. Thos. Smart, McMinnville,
Tenn. His third wife, who still lives, who attended him to the
last, is the daughter of Rev. W. H. Bell, of precious memory,
of the Ocoee,
now Chattanooga
Presbytery. Only the last day will reveal the noble sacrifice
of love and service of these three in helping our departed and
sainted brother to give the word of life to the people. Brave
and noble servant, loving and self-sacrificing hand-maidens. We
shall meet and greet in the morning when labors shall have ended
and the mists shall have cleared away.
B. G. MITCHELL.
McKenzie, Tenn.
[Source:
The Cumberland Presbyterian, September 6, 1900, page 247]