| Birth: | Jan. 30, 1873
Bent Mountain
Roanoke County
Virginia, USA | | Death: | Mar. 17, 1956
Llano
Llano County
Texas, USA | 
Daughter of Robert Woods King and Mary Jane Blankenship. Grew up on LEWIS GRANT, family estate of her gr gr grandfather,Gen. Andrew Lewis.
When Olive was 7, her father died she and her sister Margaret were sent to Decatur, Alabama,to live with Dora King Wade/a cousin.
1893/While visiting her brother,Archie, who was ranching in Roberts County, Texas, she met William Dixon. They married October 18, 1894 at his Adobe Walls homestead on the Turkey Track Ranch. Olive was the only woman living in Hutchinson County,Tx for the 1st 3 years of her marriage.
After the death of William, Olive published 'The Life of Billy Dixon'.
1929 Olive moved to Amarillo,Tx and worked as a part-time staff writer by the Amarillo Globe-News. 1937 she was made a salaried reporter. She remained with the paper until her death.
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Spouse:
William Dixon (1850 - 1913)
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Llano City Cemetery
Llano
Llano County
Texas, USA |
Created by: flgrl
Record added: Mar 25, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 50222907 |
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