DIXON ALEXANDER (b. 1822)

ALEXANDER, WENTWORTH, VAIL

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Date: 5/29/2005 at 23:09:28

ALEXANDER, Dixon, physician and surgeon; born in De Kalb Co., N. Y., March 24, 1822; commenced the study of medicine in 1846, and graduated at Castleton Medical College, Castleton, Vt., in 1848; commenced practicing in Benson, Vt., in 1849. He married, in the same year, Mary E. Wentworth of Stonington, Conn.; she was born in Norwich, Conn., Sept. 12, 1825; they were married by Reverend Thomas H. Vail, now Bishop of Kansas; removed to Poultney in 1853, and continued practice there until 1857, when he came to this town; he now ranks as the oldest and as reliable as any in the county. He was made Surgeon of the 16th I.V.I. early in 1865, and was with them until the close of the war. Have one son, Edward D., living, and lost three - Mary F., born Jan. 18, 1852, and died March 23, 1855; John W., born Aug. 17, 1859, and died May 19, 1861; Frances Anna, born Jan. 2, 1856, and died Jan. 27, 1877. Are members of the Episcopal Church.

1878 History of Fayette Co. Iowa - Fayette Township
Pages 701 and 702