Thomas Jefferson Dickey was born 1839 in Franklin County, Tennessee. He died in 1884 on April 16, 1884 at Jonah, Williamson County, Texas.
Thomas Dickey married Mary Elizabeth Harrold (1838-1920), in 1857 or 1858 and had the following children:
| 1. William Bascom Dickey | born 1858 | died 1944 |
| 2. George Wilson Dickey | born 1860 | died 1918 |
| 3. Mary Florence Dickey | born 1862 | died 1896 |
| 4. Thomas Ephraim Dickey | born 1864 | died |
| 5. Sarah Jane Dickey | born 1867 | died 1905 |
| 6. John Henry Dorsett Dickey | born 1869 | died 1952 |
| 7. Ginnattie Campbell Dickey | born 1871 | died 1947 |
| 8. Eljay Noah Dickey | born 1873 | died 1961 |
| 9. Earle Hurd Dickey | born 1875 | died 1945 |
| 10. Charles Robert "Candy" Dickey | born 1877 | died 1878 |
| 11. James Albert Dickey | born 1880 | died 1952 |
