Brents Dickinson Jr

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Brents Dickinson Jr. was born May 7, 1904, the second son of Bartlett and Lelia Rogers. He was named for his uncle Brents, his father's brother. When he was six his family built and moved into the house on West Washington Street. When he was eleven, he was trying to slide down the banister in the big house and missed completely and fell on his face. The fall broke his front tooth, and (as the story goes) his teeth marks are still on the floor below the banister.

    After Brents learned to drive, he worked for the Dickinson Brothers delivering supplies to country stores. He played on Glasgow's first football team. Because of Brents' sinus trouble, a doctor advised him that he would die of TB unless he moved to a drier climate. So after graduating from GHS in 1923, he took the train to Tucson, Arizona and enrolled in the University of Arizona. He disliked it so much that he decided that he would rather die young than to love in Arizona. He completed his studies at the University of Kentucky, including law school. He passed the bar exam in 1927, and was always proud of the fact that he made the third highest score on the bar exam the year he took it. 

    He returned to Glasgow and began his practice with Judge Logan Porter, Sarah Porter Goodman's father. Years earlier Judge Porter learned law from and began his practice with William Dickinson. When he began his practice, he bought the first car in the Dickinson family, a model A Ford. This got him to Becton to visit Gwendolyn Holman. Some say that he walked the 6 miles to Becton before he got wheels. He and Gwendolyn always spent New Years Eve together. One year the weather was so bad that it was doubtful that Brents would be able to make the trip. Gwendolyn's younger sister Mildred remembers kidding about Brents not coming ... and then he showed up on the door step to celebrate the New Year. No one remembers how he got there, but did remember that the weather was so bad that he had to spend the night in Becton.  

    In 1930 he was elected Judge of the Glasgow Police Court, and could afford to get married. He and Gwendolyn drove to Bowling Green on October 10, 1930 with Mildred and Harry Holman, sister and brother of the bride, to get married. Rogers Dickinson and Sidney Holman got wind of the wedding and also showed up to help celebrate. They were married by a minister in Bowling Green and took the train from Bowling Green to points unknown , on their honeymoon. . Rogers and Sidney drove to Franklin to see the Glasgow-Franklin football game.

    Brents and Gwendolyn first lived in St. Mary's Court, moved to the corner of Brown and Leslie Avenue, then to West Washington Street house that Lelia Rogers Dickinson had built with Sam's Money. Their final move to 205 West Brown Street was in 1939 and Brents, Henry, and Lelia Ann walked to the Liberty Street School for twelve years.

    in addition to Police Judge, Brents also served as Barren County Attorney, Glasgow City Attorney, and Special Circuit Judge at various times. He taught the Combs-Dickinson Men's Bible class at the First Christian Church for 35 years. During WWII he volunteered in the Army Air Corps and was a staff ser4geant, stationed at Nashville and later in upstate New York. After John Richardson died, he joined Uhel Barrickman to form the Richardson, Barrickman, Dickinson firm. He practiced law for 52 years and retired in 1979. He died at age 77, on July 1, 1981, one year after Gwendolyn's death. When Brents was younger he enjoyed fishing and playing golf. All his life he enjoyed playing checkers, cards and other games.