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Dixon, Isaac Christening
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 1 Jun 1790 Recorded in: Helmsley, Yorkshire, England
Father: John DIXON
Source: FHL Film Dates: 1716 - 1812
Dixon, George Christening
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 12 Oct 1783 Recorded in: Helmsley, Yorkshire, England
Father: John DIXON
Source: FHL Film Dates: 1716 - 1812
Dixon, William Christening
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 23 Aug 1787 Recorded in: Helmsley, Yorkshire, England
Father: John DIXON
Source: FHL Film Dates: 1716 - 1812
Guisbrough is where three of the known children of George and Frances were born.
These children were:
Thomas Dixon born 02/02/1816 in Guisbrough, Died in Knayton, England. Grave
number 709
William Dixon born 01/12/1818 in Guisbrough, Died 07/08/1896 in Knayton age 74.
Grave number 717
Sarah Dixon born 08/08/1820 in Great Ayton, Died ?
Mary Dixon born 01/12/1822 in Guisbrough, Died 01/01/1906 in
Thomas and Annie had 7 known children:
The oldest being George Dixon the father of Greenleaf. Born April 1841 in Knayton,
England. Died in 1917 LaRue, Texas at the age of 76.
James I Dixon Born 10/15/1842 Died in 1849 in Knayton at the age of 7.
James II Dixon born 1851 in Knayton, England. Died 1936 at the age of 85. At the age 24
he married Jane Thompson on 05/20/1876. Her father was Miles Thompson a farmer in
the township of Thirsk, England.
Children:
Ernest Thompson Dixon Wife Hannah Metcalf.
Annie Mary Dixon Husband George Walls.
Arthur James Dixon Wife Eliza Donald.
Jane Dixon Born 03/04/1844 in Knayton. Died 03/30/1825 in Nebraska at the age of 81.
She married Christopher Hauxwell 06/21/1870 in Knayton, England. They moved to
America in 1875.
Children:
Amos Hauxwell Wife Effie Loomis.
Anna Hauxwell Husband J. H. Russell.
Ida Hauxwell Husband George Loomis.
Rue Hauxwell Wife Jennie Loomis.
Thomas Dixon Born 1845 Knayton, England Died 07/19/1899 Buried in St. Marys at the
age of 54. Grave number 749.
Mary Dixon Born 05/27/1848 in Knayton, England. Husband John Kelton Thompson.
Marry was 22 and John 23 when they married. John was from Whartlepool, England.
Children:
Annie Elizabeth Thompson. Husband J. J. Rutherford in 1899 at Whartlepool. son Victor
Rutherford born 1900.
William Thompson. Wife Sarah Westland. Children: Minnie and John Thompson.
Ethel Thompson. Husband Rod McKenzie. Children: Roderick, Kenneth, and Adrienne.
Hannah Dixon. Born 1850 Knayton, England. Husband William John Scott. Hannah was
21 and William 30 when they married on 08/19/1871. He was the son of William Scott.
They had one son Tom.
George Dixon the son of Thomas and Annie Wilkinson worked with his uncle William
Wilkinson in the tailor industry in the town of Knayton, England. It was said that William
Wilkinson had a tendency to drink a little to much, and cause him to be cruel to others
around him. It is said that George spoke of his uncle and how much he disliked being
around him.
One of the other stories about George is that he had to leave England because of a
scandal. It is said that he became involved with one of the Royal families ladies, and due
to a mishap of the maternal nature he was given a option of leaving England or face some
possible unthinkable punishment. Either way George made his way to America in 1862
he located in West Virginia. George went to work in the coal mines where he befriended
the Higby boys. One day the Higby boys invited George to have dinner with them at their
home this is where George meet his wife to be Adah Belle Higby. Adah Belle Higby was
born 02/10/1853 in Wheeling, West Virginia. She died 01/10/1925 at the age of 72 in
LaRue, Texas. Adah Belles mother and father where Jeduthan and Prudence (Marple)
Higby. Allot of the Higbys still reside in the West Virginia area. There is a mountain
named after the Higbys.
George and Adah Belle where married 02/10/1872 in Sheffield, Illinois. The children of
this marriage were:
Ambrose Dixon born 10/27/1876 in Sheffield, Illinois. Died in 1956 in Henessy,
Oklahoma. He married Delilaah Davis on 10/16/1898 in Texas. Ambrose was an
Physician.
Children:
Marbel, Ava, Earl, Elmer Davis, Vivian, Winnie, Louise.
Victoria Dixon born 03/08/1874 in Sheffield, Illinois died 06.19/1916 in Henderson,
county Texas at the age of 42. Married Richard M. Atwood.
Children:
Marybelle, Richard Brooks, Tom Berry, Garrett Morrison, Fay Rene, Bryan Hobson.
Luther Dixon born 02/24/1876 in Sheffield, Illinois died 09/24/1955 in Comanche, Texas
at the age of 79. He married Margaret Henrietta Loftin 11/11/1899 in Texas. They owned
a photography studio.
Children:
Ruby Lee, Shelby, Faye Laverne, Tressie Juanita, Maarurine.
Drusilla Dixon born 12/01/1877 in Elizabeth town, Pennsylvania. Died 03/12/1968 in
Athens, Texas at the age of 91. Buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery. She married DeWitt
Talmadge Gauntt 04/15/1900 in Texas.
Children:
Jewell, Oma, Bertina, Dewitt Talmadge Jr., Otto Courtney, Annie Rae, Pauline.
Sidney Dixon born 1879/1880 in Pennsylvania. Died in 1900 at the age of 10. Buried in
Myrtle Springs.
Greenleaf Dixon born 02/17/1884 in Old Waverly, Texas. Died 03/31/1943 in Enid,
Oklahoma of cancer at the age of 59. Greenleaf was the first born in Texas. He is buried
in Fairveiw Cemetery at Tuttle, Oklahoma. He married Lee Ila Jones 11/22/1917 in
Palestine, Texas in Anderson county.
Greenleaf and Ila had Five children thank the Heavens.
Nannie Louise, Janie lee Elizabeth, Lloyd Carlton, May Dell, Eugene Douglas.
Geneva Dixon born 1885 Old Waverly, Texas. Died as an infant. Buried in Old Waverly.
Wesley Dixon born 10/1886 Henderson, County Texas. Died 1900 at the age of 14.
Buried in Myrtle Springs.
Selena Dixon born 02/19/1889 in Frankston, Texas married Ira Martin on 06/18/1905 in
Texas. They moved to Reeves near Lubbock.
Children:
Thelma, Nannie Bell, Kyle Elizabeth, Geneva Dolores, Stanley Joe, John Archie,
Hersehel Allen, Garry, Winston, Ira Lena.
Stanley Dixon born 11/12/1892 in Anderson county, Texas. Married Lela May Thrasher
02/1920 in Athens, Texas.
Children:
Stanley Jr., Lela Estelle, Homer Layton, Thelma May, Edith Yvonne.
One infant that did not live died Henderson county, Texas was buried in Myrtle Springs
Cemetery. Adah Belle was buried next to the Infant.
Irene Dixon born 09/01/1895 in Henderson county, Texas. Married Albert Richardson.
Later they divorced.
Children:
Darwood and Sybil Laverne.
Homer Dixon born 02/19/1901 in Henderson, Texas. Died 01/24/1944 at the age of 43 in
Eustace, Texas. Buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery.
Greenleaf Dixon born Feb. 17th 1885 in Old Waverly, Texas. His chirdren stated he was
born in Piney Woods of Texas. The Dixon family moved to Old Waverly when they first
moved to Texas. Greenleaf died on March 31th 1943 in Enid, Garfield County,
Oklahoma and is buried at Fairview Cemetery, Tuttle, Oklahoma.
Greenleaf married Lee Ila Jones on Nov. 22 1917 in Palestine, Anderson County, Texas.
Greenleaf and Lee Ila Children:
1. Nannie Louise Dixon born March 2 1919 in RaRue, Henderson County, Texas. She
died in May 1997 at Lubbock, Reeves County, Texas. She married first, Irving Murry
Jordan they later divorce. Second marriage was to Willie Lee ( Bill ) Lambert. Bill was
born Dec. 18th 1910 in Floyd, Texas and died on Oct, 3rd 1994 at Lubbock, Reeves
County, Texas.
Louise and Irving children were:
Melvin Murry Jordan, Riley Eugene Jordan, and Ernie Loraine (Patsy) Jodan. Louise and
Bill Lambert children were: William Carlton Lambert, Rodney Thomas Lambert, and
Ada Elaine Lambert.
2. Janie Lee Elizabeth Dixon was born Feb. 5 1921 at RaRue Texas. She died Oct. 25
1980 at Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas. She is buried at Mansfield Cemetery. Janie
married Charles William McMillen on Sept. 1 1938 in Weatherford, Texas. Charles was
born Feb. 20 1919 in Celeste, Texas and died Jan. 25 1987 at Mansfield. He is buried at
Mansfield Cemetery.
The children of Janie and Charles were:
Charles Lee McMillen, Ila Louise McMillen, James William McMillen, Larry Donald
McMillen, Robert Paul McMillen, and Elizabeth Ann McMillen.
3. Lloyd Carlton Dixon was born Nov. 3 1922 in LaRue Texas. He married Velma Lorene
Hamilton on april 10 1955 in Wichita, Kansas. Velma was born Oct. 1 1930 in Augusta,
Kansas.
The children of Lloyd and Velma were:
Thomas Eugene Dixon and Curtis Wayne Dixon.
4. May Dell Dixon was born May 13 1925 at LaRue Texas. She married Millard Willhoit.
The children of May Dell and Millard were:
Nada Sue Willhoit, Carl Ray Willhoit, Sherry Dell Willhoit, David Charles Willhoit, and
Richard Arlen Willhoit.
5. Eugene Douglas Dixon was born May 13 1925 in LaRue, Texas. He married Juanita R.
Seward on Jan. 9 1954 in Oklahoma City Oklahoma. Juanita was born May 23 1933 in
Jennings, Oklahoma.
The children of Eugene and Juanita were:
Curta Jean Dixon, George Greenleaf Dixon, Loretta Darlene Dixon, and Charles Eugene
Dixon.
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