Sedgwick County KS Archives Biographies.....Dixon, William E. 1860 - 
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Author: O. H. Bentley (1910)

   Dr. William E. Dixon, one of the well-known physicians of Sedgwick county,
Kansas, is a native of the Empire state, where he was born at Hemlock Lake on
June 23, 1860. His parents were Adam and Ann (Lightfoot) Dixon, both natives of
the north of England. The father of William E. was born in 1822 and his mother
in 1826. They were married in England and then came to the United States and
settled in New York, where the mother died in 1866. There were six children born
of this marriage, three of whom are living, viz.: J. K., John L., and Dr.
William E. By a second marriage, there was one son, Robert V. William E. Dixon
received his medical education in the Omaha Medical college, graduating in the
class of 1892. He practiced at Mead, Saunders county, Nebraska, until 1894, when
he came to Derby, Sedgwick county, where he is still in practice. On December 5,
1888, Mr. Dixon was married to Miss Catherine Morton, who was born in Michigan
on August 21, 1869, a daughter of Max and Fannie (Sprague) Morton. Dr. and Mrs.
Dixon have three daughters, viz.: Maud M., born April 10, 1893; Mary M., born
March 26, 1895, and Madge, born January 23, 1898. Dr. Dixon is a member of the
Nebraska State Medical Society. Fraternally he is a member of Mulvane Lodge, No.
201, A. F. and A. M., and Consistory, No. 2. He is a Republican in polities and
a member of the Presbyterian church.

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History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account
of the cities, towns and villages of the county

Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley
Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910)


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