Obit For Martha Alice (Riddle) Dickson aka Dixon
Headline Gunter News
Text Gunter News: Died, Martha Dickson (aka Dixon), at D. P. McPhail's, Wednesday, Jan 18. The remains were interred at the Arnhart cemetery Saturday. Her son, Sam and son-in-law arrived from Oklahoma, Friday night.

Born 5 Jan 1825
Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee
Died 17 Jan 1901 (aged 76)
Butterfield, Barry County, Missouri
Daughter of Samuel Taylor Riddle and Mary Ann Welch.

11 Feb 1847 married Andrew John Dickson.

John seems to be a casualty of the Steamboat Sultana explosion. On 27 Apr 1865 near Memphis, TN 'The Sultana' was overloaded w/liberated POW's returning home when a boiler blew. John had served w/company C 3rd TN CAV Union.
Newspaper or Funeral Home Cassville Republican
Date Thursday, Jan 24, 1901
Death Cert Link -
Resource State Historical Society of Missouri
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