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John Riley Dixon Sr

11 Aug 1819 – 10 Nov 1913

Birth	11 Aug 1819
Death	10 Nov 1913
Cemetery	Keller Cemetery Lovington , Moultrie County , Illinois , USA
Added by	missbud24 on 21 Jul 2008
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28443468

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obituary: Decatur Review – Nov 10, 1913 page 11 column 4 VOTED 10 TIMES FOR PRESIDENT John Dixon, 94, Dead At Lovington. Lovington, Nov. 10—John Dixon, ninety-four, who bore this unique record of having voted in nineteen presidential elections, beginning with William Henry Harrison in 1840, died at 8 o'clock this morning at the home of his son, J. R. Dixon, one and one-half miles south of Lovington. Mr. Dixon was a lifelong Democrat and a prosperous farmer. He had lived in this vicinity since 1868, coming here from Ohio, where he was born in 1819. He is survived by two sons and three daughters. The funeral will be held some time Wednesday, at an hour to be announced later. Decatur Review – Nov 13, 1913 page 11 column 2 FUNERAL OF JOHN DIXON SR The funeral of John Dixon Sr was held at the home of his son Riley Dixon two miles south of town Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock. The services were conducted by Rev. T. A. Awams of the Methodist Church assisted by Rev. C. C. Hill of the Christian church. The pall bearers were A Kinzel, S. P. Drake, Henry Dawson, Robert Selby, Joe Foster and W. N. Lewis. Interment wa sin Lovington cemetery south of town.

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Family

Parents

• Ann Mary Miller Dixon 1790–1871 FaG
• Jacob Dixon 1794–1856 FaG

Spouse

• Margaret Hinson Dixon 1817–1899 FaG
• Lydia Ellen Ray Dixon 1822–1874

Siblings

• Jeremiah Dixon 1828–1872 FaG
• Mary Ann Dixon Tomlinson 1831–1912 FaG
• Abel Dixon Jr 1833–1881 FaG
• Jesse Dixon 1835–1898 FaG

Children

• Jacob Dixon 1845–1900
• Helah Dixon 1847–1874
• Rachel Jane Dixon Davis 1852–1939
• Charity Dixon 1854–1876
• Moses Dixon 1857–1920
• Lydia Ellen Dixon Hoffman 1859–1917
• John Riley Dixon Jr 1862–1941

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