Ernest Dixon, Hinkletown, 14 August 1879 - 14 April 1958

DIXON, BLAIR, MCARTOR, LOWN

Posted By: Dave Jackson (email)
Date: 4/15/2006 at 20:12:07

Ernest Dixon, 78, died early Monday morning at the Keokuk County hospital in Sigourney. He had been ill for some months. Funeral services for Mr. Dixon were held at 2:00 o’clock Tuesday afternoon in the Mahannah Chapel. The services were conducted by the Rev. Oren Reger of the Methodist Church. Burial was made in the North English cemetery. Pallbearers were: Ed McCune, Joe Gray, Carl Johnston, Maurice O’Rourke, Tommy Walsh and Pat Driscoll.

Ernest Dixon, son of Daniel and Margaret Blair Dixon, was born August 14, 1879, in the vicinity of Smith Center, Kansas. He died Monday, April 14, 1958, at Sigourney, Iowa. When Ernest was a small boy, the family moved to Iowa, locating on land at Hinkletown, east of North English. Here Ernest attended school at Hinkletown. He lived and farmed in that community practically all of his life.

He was preceded in death by his father and mother, and by two brothers, Frank and Jess, He leaves to mourn his loss, two sisters, Mrs. Burl McArtor and Mrs. Dale Lown, and two brothers, Charles and Jack Dixon, all of North English; a number of nieces and nephews and many friends.

North English Record

NOTE: Ernie Dixon was one of the more colorful characters of Hinkletown. After his parents died, he and his brother Frank continued to live in the Dixon home, just west of the Hickory Ridge School at Hinkletown, where they attended in the 1880s and 90s. The two were well-known and fondly thought of in the North English area, remembered to this day for their light-hearted dispositions.

Hinkletown Community History Project
 

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