Ring Family History
(last update 29 May 2003)
Fifth Generation
( MARTHA ISABELLA4 ACORD,
CORNELIUS
C.3,
JOHN2,
CORNELIUS1)
Children of Martha Acord and James Dickerson
1. CLAUDE DICKERSON
[12234] was born 1894, and died 19 November 1915 in Oark, Johnson County, Arkansas. He
married SARAH HELEN PATTERSON in 1912, daughter of CHARLES PATTERSON and
POLLY WHORTON. She was born 3 February 1897 in Johnson County, Arkansas, and died 19
November 1915 in Oark, Johnson County, Arkansas. In 1915, after three years of
marriage, Claude and Sarah got into some kind of disagreement. Claude left and
went to Oklahoma but returned several weeks later. On 19 November 1915 he was
seen in Oark with a gun, looking for Sarah. When he found her he shot and killed
her then turned the gun on himself, dying two hours later. Their only child,
Avis, was adopted by her maternal grandparents, Dr. Charles H. Patterson and
Polly Ann Whorton who relocated to Oklahoma and
broke all ties with the Dickerson family.
The Herald-Democrat, Clarksville, Johnson
County, Arkansas, Thursday, 4 Nov 1920 Oark
Claude Dickerson made a trip to Catalpa Sunday,.
Child of CLAUDE DICKERSON and SARAH PATTERSON is:
- AVIS CLAUDINE DICKERSON, m. RAY BENDURE.
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