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The Obediah DixonFamily

Compiled by Stern Dixon

 

Obediah Dixon , 4th son of Murphrey Dixon and Mourning Garner, was born

in 1770 and died July 29, 1849, in the Dixonville community, in the vicinity of

Hookerton, Dobbs Co., N.C.  He followed his father in the building and furniture-

making trade and was well known for building homes, churches and government

buildings in the area (see North Carolina Preservation, No. 69, Fall 1987, pp. 3-5;

Architects and Builders in North Carolina, a History of the Practice of Building,

1650-1980).   He settled on a section of Grampion Hills, the Dixon family farm,

given him by his father on his death.  This farm, which he named Fort Hill, became

the site of Obediah's various enterprises, including the making of brandy, warehousing,

and the operation of a tar landing at a section of the farm alongside Contentnea Creek. 

A settlement eventually grew up there called Dixonville.  Obediah died July 29, 1849. 

He married Sarah (Sally) (maiden name unknown), d. Oct. 23, 1834, and they had the

following children:

 

Gatsey Dixon, b. Sept. 12, 1801, d. Sept. 9, 1880 (never married)

John W. Dixon, d. Dec. 9, 1885

Richard W. Dixon, b. Dec. 26, 1804, d. Sept. 27, 1824 (19 years old, never married)

Washington Dixon , b. Nov. 5, 1806, d. Dec. 24, 1856 (m. Mary Ormond)

Marilla Dixon, b. Dec. 5, 1808, d. Feb. 11, 1855

Cathrine Dixon b. Apr. 8, 1811 (m. Lemuel Sugg)

? b. July 31, 1814

Sarah Dixon, b. Mar. 11, 1817 (m. Nathan Edwards)

Susan Matilda Dixon, b. Mar. 11, 1817, d. Nov. 16, 1885 (m. Col. Nethercutt)

Washington Dixon

Washington Dixon, b. Nov. 5, 1806, d. Dec. 24, 1856, son of Obediah Dixon,

married Mary Ormond, b. Aug. 25, 1809, d. June 13, 1860, daughter of Thomas

Ormond and Margaret (Peggy) Grimsley on Jan. 13, 1828. Children included:

 

William Thomas Dixon , b. Oct. 14, 1828, d. (m. Susan James Harper)

Sarah Ann Richard Dixon, b. Oct. 21, 1831, d. 1897, (m. Thomas Hart) son, George

Washington Hart, b. Dec. 20, 1865

Mary Elizabeth Margaret Dixon, b. March 25, 1834

Leah Dixon (name ?), b. April 27, 1836

Eliza Frances Dixon, b. Aug. 8, 1840

John Washington Dixon , b. Oct. 4, 1842. , d. ? (m. Mary Freeman Sugg, 1868)

daughter Dixon, b. Nov. 7, 1844

James Dixon, b. March 8, 1849

William Thomas Dixon

William Thomas Dixon, son of Washington Dixon and Mary Ormond Dixon, married

Susan (Susannah) James Harper, b. Dec. 8, 1833.    Susan James Harper was the daughter

of James Harper and Susannah Ormond.  William Thomas Dixon and Susan James Harper

Dixon had several children, including:

 

William Odell Dixon (m. Lillian Annie Moseley)

Dulas H. Dixon (m. Ann Patrick)

Addie L. Dixon (m. A.J. Grimsley)

David Dixon (m. Corinne Patrick)

James Harper, b. Mar. 18, 1800, was the son of John Harper and Ann Ormond.

Susannah Ormond, b. Aug. 25, 1808, was the daughter of Watkins Ormond and Elizabeth Taylor

William Odell Dixon

William Odell Dixon, b. , d., (m. Lillian Annie Moseley ).  Lived in the town of Hookerton,

N.C., and ran a a large boarding house, a general store and operated part of the original Dixon

farm.  His son, Sidney Stern Dixon was named for a Jewish traveling salesman, Sidney Stern,

who often stayed at the boarding house.  Dixon had several children, including:

 

Sidney Stern Dixon (m. Marjorie Floyd of Fairmont, N.C.)

Susan Dixon (unmarried)

Thelma Dixon (m. Harry Stanton Taylor)

Lillian Annie Moseley

Lillian Annie Moseley was the daughter of Francis Marion Moseley and Mary Elizabeth Edwards. 

She had two brothers, Clyde Moseley (m. Jesse Brown) and Franklin Moseley (wife?)

Francis Marion Moseley was the son of William Augustus Moseley and Rachel Mewborn.

Mary Elizabeth Edwards was the daughter of William Franklin Edwards and Martha Ann Grimsley.

William Augustus Moseley was the son of William Augustus Moseley and Sallie Kilpartrick.

Rachel Mewborn was the daughter of Lemuel Mewborn and Louisa Kilpatrick.

William Franklin Edwards was the son of John Jones Edwards and Elizabeth Ormond.

Martha Ann Grimsley was the daughter of John Grimsley and Mary Ann Albritton.

John Washington Dixon

John Washington Dixon, b. , d., son of Washington Dixon and Mary Freeman Sugg, b., d., were

married in 1868 and had three children:

 

Annie S. Dixon (m. Willis Dixon, Dec. 24, 1888) (see letter from Annie S. Dixon in Dixon

papers section of Old Dobbers)

 

Ed. D. Dixon, (m. Jincie Grant, 1900)

Corinne W. Dixon (m. George Edwards, 1886)

Sidney Stern Dixon

Sidney Stern Dixon, b. d. (m. Marjorie Mae Floyd).  Sidney Stern Dixon married

Marjorie Floyd, a teacher at the Hookerton Institute who came to live at the Dixon

boarding house.  After marriage, Dixon became a salesman for Lance, Inc., of Charlotte,

and eventually moved to Nashville, Tenn.  He returned to N.C. and lived briefly in

Hookerton and Wilson, retiring in Hookerton where he worked part-time at his brother-

in-law, Harry Taylor's hardware store.  Sidney and Marjorie had two children:

Sidney Stern Dixon Jr., b. d., (m. Barbara Ann Smith of Wilson, N.C., daughter of James

Thomas Smith and Irene Robbins, children Sidney Stern Dixon III and Laura Susan Dixon)

Marjorie Floyd Dixon, b.d., (m. Leonard Hall Barlow Jr. of Kannapolis, N.C., children

Leonard Hall Barlow III., William Dixon Barlow, Marjorie Lucill Barlow)

Annie S. Dixon

Annie S. Dixon, daughter of John Washington Dixon and Mary Freeman Sugg, married

Willis Dixon, Dec. 24, 1888.  Annie S. Dixon penned several papers found in the Dixon papers

section of Old Dobbers.  She had at least one child, Leather M. Dixon, b. Jan. 31, 1890.

Harry Stanton Taylor

Harry Stanton Taylor married Thelma Louise Dixon and they had three children:

Harry Stanton Taylor Jr.

William Fredrick Taylor

Alice Odell Taylor

 

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