Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Dixon, Caesar 1906
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Ionia Daily Sentinel, 26 Jul 1906

Caesar Dixon was born a slave in Kentucky about seventy years ago, and died at 
his home in Orleans township, July 20, 1906.  

In 1863 he escaped from his master and took refuge within two lines of the 
Union army, whence he was sent by railway train north and reached his 
destination safely in the neighborhood of Long lake, Orleans township.  He 
immediately settled there and secured a piece of land and provided a home.

After the war was over he found his wife and brought her from the south to her 
new home in the north.  Here they reared a large family, educating their 
children in the public schools and became worthy members of an enterprising 
neighborhood.

The funeral was held at the home of the late Caesar Dixon and was largely 
attended by relatives, neighbors and friends, Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock, 
July 22.  After the service at the house the remains were interred in Orleans 
cemetery.

The mourning family and relatives have the sympathy of the community in which 
Mr. Dixon lived, respected for his industry, integrity and moral worth.


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