p. 98: "For the year 1832 Marion Circuit and Columbus, Mississippi were combined, and the pastors were Nathan Hopkins and A.S. Dickinson (spelled Dickerson in the Minutes.)"

p. 184: In 1832 -- "The following five were admitted into full connection: Jacob Matthews, Anthony S. Dickinson, C. McLeod, Newit Drew and Jesse Ellis. Deacons were Job Foster...J. Mathews, A.S. Dickinson, Charles McLeod, N. Drew and J. Ellis, the last five being ordained this year."

p. 185: A.S. Dickinson and T. Moody were appointed to serve in Blount [I assume Blount Co, AL--LPP]

p. 192: "The seventh session opened in Montgomery, Jan. 2, 1839.......Seventeen men were admitted:......Six located:.......A.S. Dickinson......"

p. 242: "Many worthwhile people moved into Suggsville...As early as 1817 a camp meeting was held there. Faithful pastors and loyal laymen, working together, made Suggsville an important Methodist place. An unusually important revival was held ther ein 1838. The pastors, A.S. Dickinson and Lemuel Bowers, and the presiding elder, Elisha Callaway, had made large plans for the meeting, and were assisted by A.C. Ramsey, James King....The fact that two pastors, the presiding elder, the invited pastor and these local preachers, some of whom were experienced pastors, were all assisting in this meeting indicates the importance of the occasion, and shows the methods employed by the early Methodists in revival meetings. No religious emphasis week in those days! They stormed the strongholds of the devil, and with results that abide till this day!"

p. 257: [no exact date, but period 1843-1845 is discussed] "The pastors serving these charges besides those already named were:......A.S. Dickinson.......These were faithful ministers of Jesus Christ, and rendered service that will only be revealed when the final records are unfolded."

p. 267 [date may be 1852] "One new district, the Camden, was formed, and Anthony S. Dickinson was appointed presiding elder."

p. 300 [1854?] "The Conference now had twelve presiding elders...Lowndesboro, A.S. Dickinson.

p. 400-401: "The 46th Alabama Conference met in Court Street Church, Montgomery, Dec. 12, 1877, Bishop Keener presiding....A Committee consisting of ......A.S. Dickinson...was appointed to take into consideration the expediency and practicability of writing the History of Methodism in Alabama."

p. 438: "A.S. Dickinson became a member of the Conference in 1832 and was the last charter member to die. He served several districts, stations and circuits with marked ability and usefulness. During his last illness he said to his wife: 'Bettie, the storm will soon be over, and all is well with me.' It was with this dying testimony, characteristic of the life he had lived, that he passed into eternity. He married 1835, Martha S. Smith; 1863, Mrs. Laura Ann (Apperson) Carr; and 1878, Bettie G. Wallace, who died 1904 in Dothan."

p. 1040-1041: [From a chapter on the history of Birmingham-Southern College] At the 1854 Conference at Talladega a group of citizens asked "for the location of a college in the bounds of the Alabama Conference." A commission was appointed to receive propositions for the location of the college. "The commission was the following: clerical--T.W. Dorman...E.Hearn and A.S. Dickinson..."