Born on Sep 28, 1854 to Eli Dykes and Sarah Jane Meece Dykes. Rev Eli Thomas Jefferson Dykes passed away on Nov 24, 1923, at the age of 69 and was buried in White Lily Cemetery in Somerset, Kentucky, United States. Rev Eli Thomas Jefferson Dykes was married to Mary Ann Wells Dykes, Mary Miller Dykes and had 9 children: Louisa Jane "luizy" Dykes Bray, Eli Smith Dykes, John Sam Dykes, William Thomas Dykes, Jesse Oliver Dykes, Mary Elizabeth Dykes Woodall, Nellie Francis Dykes Woodall, Silas Green Dykes, Hannah Maloney Dykes Burdine.