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Subject: Fw: [INPARKE] DIXON bio
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2006 00:45:24 -0400

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> Allison, Nathaniel Thompson. History of Cherokee County, Kansas and
> representative citizens. Chicago, Ill.: Biographical Pub. Co., 1904, p.
> 266
>
> Zimri DIXON, deceased was for many years one of the most prominent farmers
> of Shawnee Twp, Cherokee County and to a marked degree commanded the
> respect
> and esteem of his fellow men. He was born in Parke County, Indiana, Nov
> 2,
> 1840 and was a son of Eli and Esther Kelley DIxon. Eli Dixon, whose
> parents
> came from NC lived most of his life in Parke County, Indiana where he
> followed farming and where he died when the subject of this sketch was an
> infant. He married Esther Kelley, who had formerly married Nathan Hunt and
> they became the parents of 3 children - John, Rhoda and Zimri.
> Religiously,
> both were Quakers. Zimri was reared on a farm and followed the occupation
> of
> a farmer throughout his life. In 1861, he enlisted in Co. K, 43rd Ind
> Volunteers and served with his regiment about 9 months when he was
> honorably
> discharged on account of disability caused by sickness. He returned to
> Indiana and farmed a place owned by his half sister, Mrs. Mary Ann Hunt
> Rawlings, until two years after his marriage when he moved to KS and
> located
> in the Cherokee Neutral lands on the place now occupied by his widow.
> Subsequently, after extended litigation he was obliged to purchase it of
> the
> Kansas City and Fort Scott & Gulf RR Company which had a prior claim to
> it.
> He farmed on an extensive scale and with continued success was enabled to
> add to his holdings from time to time until at his death he was the owner
> of
> 720 acres of valuable land. He probably raised more hay and corn than any
> other farmer int he township and also oats in large quantities. He kep on
> an
> average 35 head of cattle and 60 hogs. IN 1870 he built a fine, stone
> residence of 7 rooms the only stone house in Shawnee Twp. About two years
> later, he built the fine, large stone barn, 46' square with a capacity for
> 100 tons of hay and 1000 bushels of grain. On March 12, 1865, Mr. Dixon
> was
> joined in marriage with Emily ATKINSON a daughter of Robert and Polly Curl
> Atkinson of English origin. Her father was born in Randolph Co NC where
> he
> lived until after his marriage and the birth of his first child and then
> moved to Indiana in the fall of 1831. He took a homestead in Parke COunty
> and farmed there until 1869 when he came west to Cherokee Co KS. He
> purchased a government claim of 160 acres in Shawnee Twp and continued to
> live upon it until his death, sept 23, 1890, age 88. He married Polly
> Curl,
> a daughter of George Curl of Chatham Co NC. Five children born to them:
> Sarah Ann, widow of Dempsey Mills, who lives with Mrs. Dixon at present;
> George who lives in Parke Co; John who lives in Shawnee Twp, Emily, widow
> of
> Zimri Dixon and Jared of Roseburg, oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson were of
> Quaker faith. Mr. and Mrs. Dixon became the parents of 9 childre, 8 of
> whom
> grew to maturity: Ella, wife of JE Lane, Empire City, KS; Cora wife of
> John
> Wellman of Shawnee Twp, Cherokee Co; Anna, deceased; Joel of Scammon, KS;
> Alice, wife of John Isley of Los Angeles, Cal; Charles of Shawnee Twp,
> Cherokee Co; Morton who lives at home; Rosa, deceased wife of J.M. Bass.
> Religiously, the sujbect of this sketch was a member of Society of Friends
> until he went ot war and his widow is still a member. Politically, he was
> a
> strong Republican but was never an office holder.
>
>
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