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There were a few free men, and he would hire blacks to work on the farm or at
the sawmill right along with white workers, and he refused to make any

difference between the wages paid to blacks and whites.

Of course there are other large pioneer families in Columbia County, but this

particular large family all descended from one common ancestor, Joseph

Dicks.

He and his wife are both buried in Hopeftd Cemetery, she having been buried

as the first person in the cemetery in 1896, and Joseph Dicks was buried
beside her in December of 1899, exactly one month before he would have

turned 81 years old.

Within the past two years, the Dicks family has purchased and installed a large

monument at Hopeful to Joseph and Sarah Dicks, with the names of all of their

children also engraved on the grave marker.

There are 13 names engraved on the marker beside the names of Joseph and

Sarah and this is now the tallest grave marker in Hopefid Cemetery.

It is in the shape of a cross, with Joseph Dicks engraved on the left arm, Sarah
Dicks engraved on the right arm, and the 13 children’s names engraved on the

post, which supports the two arms.

It was paid for by 49 of the Dicks’ descendants, and the entire family is proud

to see our common ancestor honored in that way,

Lastly, another interesting little bit of information is that two of the original

grandchildren (not great-grandchildren) are still living, namely Denver Dicks

of Lake City, and his brother Boston Dicks, who was lives in Glen St. Mary.
Their father was Thomas Dicks, who was the baby of the whole bunch, and who

raised a large family by three different wives.

His first wife died when she was still quite young, and his second wife provided

him with several children before she also died.

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