John Wesley Dixon
Kittitas Co., WA

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Contributed by:  Shelli Steedman 4/20/2007

Another member of our 'little' Grand Army post answered the final call Friday
[June 8, 1917] when J. W. Dixon died.  Just a week after his 88th birthday,
which occurred on Memorial Day, he passed quietly away after an illness of only
a few hours.  He death was attributed to old age, as he had been in his usual
health.  He served in the Civil War in the 34th Iowa Infantry.  He had lived in
Kittitas Valley since 1883.  He had been a member of David Ford Post since its
organization and was held in high esteem by his comrades as well as by many
neighbors and friends.  He is survived by a wife and five sons and one
daughter.

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John was the son of Elijah Dixon and Sarah Cadwallader.  He married Sarah Smith
on November 10, 1853 in Fulton Co., Illinois and Ida Cornwall on December 28,
1891 in  Ellensburg, WA.  He is buried in the IOOF Cemetery.