Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Dix, Oliver January 5, 1822 - 
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Author: History of Grundy County 1914

Dix, Oliver, one of the older residents of Grundy County, was born in Oneida 
County, N. Y., January 5, 1822, and died on his home farm February 16, 1900.  
He was a son of Ara and Lydia (Richards) Dix.  When he was fifteen years old, 
the family came to Kendall County, Ill., and a little later he located in 
Grundy County.  As the years went on, he added to his original holdings until 
he owned 800 acres.  In 1899, he retired from active work.  In 1848, he 
married Lydia Wing, a daughter of Thomas Wing of Illinois.  They had the 
following children:  Ara W. and Orville E.  After the death of the first Mrs. 
Dix in 1858, Mr. Dix married (second) Louisa S. McKinzie, a daughter of 
William and Sophia (Spillman) McKinzie, and they had the following family:  
Lydia B., William O., Etta M., Susan L., and George R.  Mr. Dix was a 
Republican in political views, while religiously he was a Methodist.

Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914, p804

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