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WILLIAM O. DICKERSON
Vol. 3, p. 1189-1190

William O. Dickerson has, during the past ten years, been associated
with very many of the largest and most important real estate
transactions at Tulsa. That he has attained more than usual success
and demonstrated marked ability in this field is seemingly a
refutation of the old adage that "the shoemaker should stick to his
last," for his inclinations' as a youth led him to a widely different
channel of activity. At the present time he devotes himself to
transactions in real estate and oil properties, and his great
capability and thorough knowledge of values, render him a valued
medium for the successful carrying through of real estate deals.

Mr. Dickerson was born in Russell County, Virginia, July 8, 1876,
the seventh in order of birth of the nine sons of Oscar F. and Mollie
Elizabeth (PROVANCE) Dickerson. He belongs to an old American family,
which was founded in this country as early as 1630 by the original
emigrant from England, and the title to the old family during the
settlement of the colony, by the Colonial Government. Oscar F.
Dickerson was born on the family estate in the Old Dominion, in 1848,
and was reared to agricultural pursuits. He came West in 1888, on
November 7th of which year he located at Wichita, Kansas, residing
there two years and then moving to Grayson County, Texas, where he
engaged in a variety of pursuits, including farming, the raising of
cattle and the operation of a cotton gin. Mrs. Dickerson, who was
born in Dandridge, Tennessee, died in 1900 at the age of fifty-two
years, and at that time Mr. Dickerson began to make his home with his
sons, with whom he lived until his death in 1910, when sixty-two
years of age. Of the nine sons of the family, eight are still living.
Mr. Dickerson was a democrat, but while he took an active interest in
the success of his party was not an office-seeker.

William O. Dickerson was educated in the public schools of Virginia,
Kansas and Texas, and entered upon his career as a clerk in the store
of F. R. Phillips, at Leigh, Texas, of which his brother, C. H.
Dickerson, was manager. He continued thus engaged until 1904, at
which time he became manager of the United States Government's
Philippine exhibit, at the St. Louis Exposition, continuing in charge
thereof for eight months. Subsequently he was connected with the Bank
of Commerce, at Haileyville, Indian Territory, but in 1905 resigned
this position to come to Tulsa and engage in the real estate and oil
business, in which he has continued to the present, now having
offices at No. 221 Iowa Building. Mr. Dickerson has achieved such a
thorough knowledge of and proficiency in all points regarding
business, that although still a young man he is generally considered
an especially sound authority on real estate and oil matters. He is a
democrat, although not a politician, and fraternally is affiliated
with Tulsa Lodge No. 71, A.F. & A. M.

While a resident of Texas, May 26, 1899, Mr. Dickerson was married
to Miss Stella M. YOUNKMAN, who was born in Kansas, and to this union
there have been born three sons and one daughter, namely: Harvard
Glenn, David Edward, Mattie Elizabeth and Robert L.

Typed for OKGenWeb by: Earline Sparks Barger, October 22, 1998.