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Nathan Smith Dickerson (Pendleton County, KY, merchant and postmaster)

b. 1837-01-06 d. 1918-05-06

Pendleton County, Kentucky, merchant and postmaster. Kentucky native. Son of Mariam Dickerson. Married to Agnes W. Riggs Dickerson in Pendleton County on March 7, 1861. Father of Lawrence Dickerson. Student in Grant County in 1850. Merchant with Benson R. Henry in Pendleton County in 1860. Postmaster of Morgan, Kentucky, from January 8, 1861, to April 12, 1862, when the post office was discontinued. Merchant in Pendleton County in 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 343B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pendleton County, p. 574.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pendleton County, Precinct 1, p. 392B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Pendleton County Marriages, 1855-1868, Film #000272801, p. 865 of 942 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971. Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Pendleton County, Kentucky, vol. 28, p. 424 of 579 of microfilm.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Pendleton County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 126.

Find A Grave, "Nathan Smith Dickerson (1837-1918)," Memorial #29675402, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29675402/nathan-smith-dickerson (accessed May 11, 2021).

Citation

Dickerson, Nathan Smith. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279850 (November 12, 2026).

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