Background
Dickey, Theophilus Lyle was born on October 2, 1811 in Paris, Kentucky, United States. Son of James Henry and Polly (De Pew) Dickey.
Dickey, Theophilus Lyle was born on October 2, 1811 in Paris, Kentucky, United States. Son of James Henry and Polly (De Pew) Dickey.
Graduate Miami University, Oxford, O., 1831.
Admitted to Illinois, bar, 1835. Raised company for 1st Illinois Infantry, at outbreak Mexican War, commissioned captain. Judge Illinois Circuit Court, 1848-1852.
Delegate 1st Republican Convention, Bloomington, 1854.
Raised 4th Illinois Cavalry, 1861, commissioned captain, fought under General Grant in West, 1861-1863. Nominated for congressman-at-large Illinois, 1866.
Assistant attorney general United States, 1868-1870. Corporate Counsel, 1874.
Judge Illinois Supreme Court, 1875-1885.
Married Juliet Evans, December 6, 1831. Married second, Mistress.