Dixon, Mrs. Thos. 1816 - 1891

DIXON

Posted By: Deborah Brownfield - Stanley (email)
Date: 1/21/2005 at 03:01:03

Fairfield Tribune
Wed. May 27, 1891
Page 5 col. 3

DEATH OF MRS. THOS. DIXON. Soon after midnight last Thursday morning at their home in this city….She was was born in Rodman, Jefferson County, New York, January 5, 1816….She removed from Rodman to Newark, Ohio, and was there united in marriage to THOMAS DIXON Jan. 9, 1840. MR. and MRS. DIXON continued to reside in Newark until May, 1850, when they came to this county…During the time since 1850, however, MR. DIXON spent some ten years in the ministry at other points in this state, first on the Locust Grove circuit, and afterwards in Appanoose and Dallas counties and in various other parts of the state, always attended by his faithful wife. In 1863 they came back here to reside permanently, and located in Black Hawk township, where they lived until some years ago when they moved to this city. MRS. DIXON was the mother of four children. Two are dead, the eldest son, WM., having been killed in battle at Iuka, Miss., and a daughter dying in her 17th year….A son, GEORGE F., resides in Missoula, Montana, and THEODORE lives in Black Hawk township…Remains interred in the old cemetery