Life History

Notes

• Nadene Snyder provided me with marriage details and information on Evaline's husband:
  On 14 December 1856 when Susan 'Evaline' was 21, she married Joseph Abraham DIXON, son of Joseph DIXON & Julia UNKNOWN, in Washington County, Illinois. Born on 14 August 1833 in New York. Joseph Abraham died in Sterling Twp. Hodgeman County, Kansas, on 14 March 1910; he was 76.
  
  His surname is spelled Dickson on his marriage license, but a family genealogy spells it Dixon.
  
  Joseph Abraham Dixon
  Born: Aug 14 1833
  Died: Mar 14 1910 (at age 76)
  Spouse <NoFirstName> Barnett
  Birth of son: George Wesley Dixon
  June 2 1859
  --  McCreary, http://www.myheritage.com/person-1000030_132084891_132084891/joseph-abraham-dixon
  
  1880 Federal Census, Sullivan County, Missouri, 23 June, Jackson Township, District 198, p 35, Hse #329, Fam #332
  Dickson, Joseph W M 45    Farmer NY Conn Conn (b abt 1835)
  Dickson, Evaline W F 42 Wife Keeping House b NC SC SC (b abt 1838)
  Dickson, William 22 W M Son Working on Farm MO NY NC (b abt 1858)
  Dickson, Wesley 21 M W Son Working on Farm MO NY NC (b abt 1859)
  Dickson, Francis 17 M W Son Working on Farm MO NY NC (b abt 1863)
  Dickson, Charlie 14 M W Son Working on Farm MO NY NC (b abt 1866)
  Dickson, Winnie W F 7 Dau At Home TN NC GA (b abt 1873)
  Dickson, Lula W F 3 Dau At Home TN NC GA (b abt 1877)
  
  1895 Kansas State Census, Hodgeman County, 1 March, Sterling Township, page 1, Hse/Fam #4
  Dixon, Joseph 57 M W (b New York)
  Dixon, E  54 F W b North Carolina
  Dixon, Lula 18 F W b Missouri
  
  The child Lula is reported under this name in genealogies as well as records.  One Barnett researcher with whom I have worked on this family, reports her name as Lola.  I note that her brother Frank (Francis) had a daughter who was reported in the census as Lolo, possibly meant to be Lola.  In 1900 Lula is still in the household, but has recently married David Lundry.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Hodgeman County, Kansas, 20 June, Sterling Township, District 97, page 9A, Hse/Fam #148
  Dixon, Joseph  Head W M Aug 1839 60 Married 40 yrs NY CN CN Farmer Owns
  Dixon, Eviline  Wife W F Dec 1841  58 Married 40 yrs 9 children, 6 living NC SC SC
  Lundry, Lula Dau W F Feby 1877 23 Married 0 yrs MO NY NC
  Lundry, David A  W M May 1881 19 Married 0 yrs KS IL IL
  Notestine, Leo A  W M Apl 1892 8 Married 0 yrs KS IL IL
  
  Joseph and Evaline are enumerated in the 1905 Kansas State Census.  Next door is their son Freancis and his family.
  
  1905 Kansas State Census, Hodgeman County, 1 March, Sterling Township, PO Spearville, page 12, Hse #75, Fam #77
  Joseph Dickson M W 72 (b abt 1828) Own Free & Clear
  Evaline DicksonF W 70 (b abt 1835)
  Lee Notestine 13 W M (b abt 1892)
  
  1905 Kansas State Census, Hodgeman County, 1 March, Sterling Township, PO Spearville, page 12, Hse #74, Fam #76
  Frank Dixon 42 M W Own Free & Clear
  Emma Dixon 36 F W
  Ethel Dixon 19 F W
  Lolo Dixon 17 F W
  Edna Dixon 14 F W
  Guy Dixon  11 M W
  Alice Dixon  6 F W
  Clarence Dixon  4 M W
  Rollo Dixon  2 M W
  
  On his gravestone, his name is Abraham.  His birth and death years differ from those reportred by family genealogist Nadene Snyder.  Giving only the years, the grave reports birth in 1836, not 1833, and death in 1909 instead of 1910.  This may indicate the stone was prepared at the time of Evaline's death in 1929, and the information was given by memory without reference to records.
  
  Dixon
  Abraham
  1838-1909
  Evaline
  1835-1929
  
  Abraham Dixon
  Birth 1836
  Death 1909
  Spouse Evaline Barnett Dixon (1835 - 1929)
  Son Charles McKindry Dixon (1866 - 1925)
  Burial Browns Grove Cemetery, Burdett, Pawnee County, Kansas, Plot: Lot 13E North Alley
  Created by Murray Feb 20, 2010
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #48388791, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=48388791

Sources

• 1. 1895 Kansas State Census, Hodgeman County
  • 1 March, Sterling Township, page 1, Hse/Fam #4
• 2. Ancestry Trees
• 3. Gravestone of Joseph Abraham and Evaline Barnett Dixon, Browns Grove Cemetery, Burdett, Pawnee, Kansas
• 4. 1900 Federal Census, Hodgeman County, Kansas
  • 20 June, Sterling Township, District 97, page 9A, Hse/Fam #148
• 5. 1905 Kansas State Census, Hodgeman County
  • 1 March, Sterling Township, PO Spearville, page 12, Hse #75, Fam #77
• 6. 1880 Federal Census, Sullivan County, Missouri
  • 23 June, Jackson Township, District 198, p 35, Hse #329, Fam #332
• 7. Illinois Marriage Index
  • Book A, page 49
• 8. Washington, Deaths, 1883-1960
• 9. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 10. My Heritage, McCreary Website
• 11. 1925 Kansas State Census, Hodgeman County
  • [no date], Sterling, page 9, Hse #4, Fam #3
• 12. Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002
• 13. Obituary of Frank M Dixon, Kinsley, Kansas Newspaper (Mercury or Graphic) by Stella M. Dixon, wife of Guy R. Dixon, 15 Sept 1935
• 14. 1925 Kansas State Census, Hodgeman County
  • [no date], Sterling, page 9, Hse #2, Fam #4
• 15. 1925 Kansas State Census, Hodgeman County
  • 1 March (census date), Sterling, page 1, Hse #5, Fam #8
• 16. Family Data Collection - Individual Records
• 17. Washington Death Index, 1940-1996
  • Certificate #18564
• 18. 1920 Federal Census, Finney County, Kansas
  • 3 January, Sherlock Township, District 49, page 1B,  Hse/Fam #9
• 19. Social Security Death Index