Wharton County Sheriff's Office, Texas
End of Watch Wednesday, February 7, 1894
Reflections for Sheriff Hamilton Bass Dickson
Sheriff Dickson,
On today, the 130th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for the citizens of Wharton County.
BPA Mike Casey
United States Border Patrol(Retired)
February 7, 2024
Rest in peace Sheriff Dickson.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 24, 2020
No passage of time will ever erase you service or the sacrifice you made. Rest in peace always.
Detective Cpl/3 Steven Rizzo
Delaware State Police (Retired)
June 26, 2020
Heroes live forever, Sheriff Dickson, and we will never forget. Thank you for the sacrifice you made for the citizens of Wharton County and the great State of Texas.
Greater Houston C.O.P.S.
February 7, 2013
R I P Sir.....
K. BROOKS
HOUSTON PD
February 7, 2012
Rest in peace, Sheriff Dickson. Your sacrifice for the Great State of Texas will never be forgotten.
Greater Houston C.O.P.S.
February 7, 2012
Hero in life, not death. You are not forgotten.
Constable Amanda Pandolfi
York Regional Police, Ontario Canada
February 7, 2011
Sheriff Dickson, you will not be forgotten! R.I.P.
Deputy Sheriff
Livingston County (Il) Sheriff's Ofc.
January 18, 2010
Your heroism and service is honored today, the 115th anniversary of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire.
Rest In Peace.
Phyllis Loya
mother of Officer Larry Lasater, eow 4/24/05
Anonymous
February 7, 2009
YOU ARE REMEMBERED TODAY AND THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR SERVICE
VANDENBERGHE
MANCHESTER, NH
February 4, 2008
Sheriff Hamilton B. Dickson was shot and killed by an escaped outlaw in Wharton County in 1894. I grew up near the thicket he was murdered 3 miles from Egypt, Texas. It is very real to me to be able to visualize what this great man sacrificed in the line of duty. Although we call the thicket, Braddock's Thicket after the outlaw that murdered him, he is permanently memorialized with a monument on the Wharton County Courthouse Square. May he always be remembered.
LTC Mary L. Krenek, USAR, Ret.
U. S. Army Military Police Corps
April 19, 2004
I stop by this website often after the death of two dear friends with the NCSHP (Troopers Calvin Taylor E.O.W. October 3, 2001 and Anthony Cogdill E.O.W. May 30, 2003). Unfortunately, I had to add the name of another friend recently. Deputy Jeffery Hewitt, Buncombe County (NC) Sheriff’s Department, E.O.W. April 4, 2004.
I want to honor all of those who gave their life in the line of duty. Although your death was many many years ago, you are still a hero.
God Bless the men and women who continue to serve their communities in our great Nation.
...Gone, but never Forgotten....
Marti Ingle (EMT-Paramedic)
Haywood Co EMS (NC)
April 12, 2004
Rest in Peace and God Bless you brother
Your sacrifice will never be forgotten.
Deputy Constable LC Downing
Wharton County Texas Constable Pct 2
September 1, 2003
109 years later; you are not forgotten.
Deputy M. Moore
Warren County S.O. (OH)
Sheriff Dickson
Our thoughts and prayers go out to your family and friend
God Bless you always
Terry Miyares
widow
Officer Emilio Miyares
Hialeah Police Dept, Florida
E/O/W 11/6/86
Terry Miyares,
Hialeah Police Dept.
You are not forgotten! We will continue to do the job in your honor and in memory of you and all who laid down their lives so that we could live in a civilized society. We are stronger because of you. Rest in peace.
PTLM. M.W. LUDLOW
PALMYRA POLICE DEPT., NJ
It has been over one hundred years since your passing...Law Enforcement has come so far...yet men must still put on the badge and go hunt down those who prey on society. Your efforts will not be forgotten, nor will the sacrifice that you made so long ago. I only hope that you are looking down from Heaven with as much admiration for those of us who wear the badge today...as we have for your legends.
May you now rest in peace. God bless your soul.
Explorer Justin Betts
Alameda County Sheriff's Office
Gone but never forgotten a true American hero
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