Meriwether County GaArchives Biographies.....John Dixon  1837 -  Unknown
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Author: Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., 1895 

Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., 
Published by The Southern Historical Association in 1895
Page 505

John T. Dixon, M. D.

John T. Dixon, M.D., a physician of note in Meriwether county, and a man of 
fine business ability, is a native of the county, born in 1837, the son of 
John and Elizabeth (Gorley) Dixon. The former was a native of Hancock county, 
but an early settler of Meriwether county, where he died in January, 1892. His 
parents were Harry and Ann (Hines) Dixon, Virginians, who early settled in 
Georgia. Mr. Dixon served in the war of 1812. The father of Dr. Dixon’s mother 
was also an early settler of the state. Dr. Dixon himself passed his early 
years on the farm, obtaining his early training in the old log school house of 
this district; then he attended the Greeneville school, and finally the 
Collinsworth institute. In 1861 he enlisted in Company E of the Twenty-eight 
Georgia regiment, under Capt. Moore. In the battle of Seven Pines Dr. Dixon 
was badly wounded and returned home to recruit. During the twelve months he 
was away from the army he took a course of medical study in the Virginia 
Medical college, at Richmond, and then went into the hospital service for the 
remainder of the war. He then entered the medical college in Atlanta, from 
which he graduated in 1866. Having received his degree, Dr. Dixon returned to 
Meriwether county, and established himself in the practice of his profession 
at Woodbury, in which he has had great success, his practice being widely 
extended and very lucrative, and he is highly esteemed throughout the 
community. Dr. Dixon was married in 1865, his wife being Miss Celeste E. 
Hussey, a daughter of Hiram and Sarah (Edwards) Hussey, of Meriwether county, 
where Mrs. Dixon was born, in 1844. She was a consistent member of the 
Methodist Episcopal church, south, and died in 1891, leaving her husband with 
seven children: Sallie, Mary I., Emmett E., John L., Harry, Joel T., and 
Nellie. In 1892 Dr. Dixon married Mrs. H.H. Hinton, who was born in Meriwether 
county in 1838, and the daughter of Brown Fuller. Dr. and Mrs. Dixon are both 
faithful and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church.



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