DIXON BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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DIXON, Cornelius - b: 1840 St. Joseph Co, IN
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 775
residence: Leesville Twp

Cornelius Dixon, section 6, is one of the enterprising farmers and stock dealers 
of this township. He was born in St. Joseph County, Indiana, September 16, 1840. 
His father, Hezekiah Dixon, a native of Ohio, grew to manhood in that state, and 
was married to Melinda Hollingshead, of the same locality. The family moved to 
Indiana in 1835 and settled in St. Joseph County, where they still reside. 
Cornelius passed his youthful days on the home farm, his early education being 
acquired in the common schools. He afterward attended the Mishawaka Academy, 
and spent about three years at the Northern Indiana College, preparing himself 
for a teacher. After completing his studies at this school he engaged in the 
mercantile business, in 1863, at Augusta, Illinois, continuing in trade there for 
one year. In 1864 he went to South Bend, Indiana, and gave his attention to 
business until 1870, when he removed to Missouri and settled in Henry County, 
working in a store the first winter, and in the following spring he went to 
farming, and has since divided his time between the farm in the summer and 
teaching during the winter. Mr. Dixon owns 300 acres of land in Henry County, 260 
acres of which is fenced and under cultivation. Besides his home farm he owns a 
farm of 160 acres in Minnesota and town property in Mishawaka, Indiana. He was 
married at Augusta, Illinois, June 26, 1865, to Miss Drucilla A. Browning, a 
native of Hancock County, Illinois, and a daughter of C. W. Browning. They have a 
family of six children: Henry A., Edna B., Wilber C., Susan M., James E. and Melinda 
May. Mr. Dixon is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

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DIXON, William D. - b: 1832 Greenup Co, KY
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 567
residence: Windsor Twp

William D. Dixon was born December 8, 1832, in Greenup County, Kentucky, his 
parents being William and Unity Dixon, nee Hackworth. The former, who during 
life was engaged in farming and stock raising, was born in 1791 in Bedford 
County, Virginia, and the latter was born in the same county in 1793. They were 
married in the year 1818 and had six children, five of whom are living. In 1827 
they emigrated to Catlettsburg, then Greenup, but now Boyd County, Kentucky, and 
remained there until 1865, coming thence to Henry County, Missouri, with their 
son, William D., with whom they remained until their death. Mrs. Dixon died in 
July of 1869, after an illness of several years, and her husband died in February 
of 1873. William D. Dixon married Miss Susan McDaniel, daughter of John C. 
McDaniel, of Henry County, Missouri. By this marriage there were seven children, 
four daughters and three sons, of whom six remain. The second child, a daughter, 
died of severe burns. Mrs. D. departed this life March 7, 1871, and on December 7, 
1881, he married Mrs. Zana M. Muse, widow of Joseph E. Muse, of Christian County, 
Missouri. They have one child, a daughter. Mr. Dixon in 1859 took charge of the 
farm of John C. McDaniel, near Windsor, upon which he remained until after the 
war, when he bought forty acres of land and continued farming until 1873. Since 
that time he has followed brickmaking. He has disposed of his property recently 
with the intention of removing to Holden, Johnson County, there to engage in the 
manufacture of brick upon a large scale. Politically, he is a Democrat.

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