John W. Dixon

Birth Date

1830-01-07

Death Date

1917-03-20

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Webster County, Kentucky, farmer. North Carolina native. Son of Sanford Dixon and Jennie Townsend Dixon. Married to Nancy J. Haraldson Dixon in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in June 1855. Father of Jesse C. Dixon. Married to Sarah F. Eakins Dixon in Henderson County, Kentucky, on October 20, 1862. Father of Florence Dixon. Farmer in Webster County in 1860. Employed Young Asia as a farm laborer in Webster County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Webster County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 604.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 485B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, District 4, p. 230A.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994039, Hopkins County Marriages.
Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #35178.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Henderson County Marriages, Film #001944390.

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