Soldier of the Revolution
DIX, JOSEPH--Born at Leicester, Mass., July 7, 1753. Died Sept. 16, 1822, aged 69 years. Grave in Lake View Cemetery, City of Jamestown. He was the son of Joseph and Sarah Chubbs Dix, Sturbridge, Mass. He enlisted in the American army at Sturbridge, was one of the "Minute Men" at the battle of Lexington, served as private, and afterwards promoted to Corporal and Sergeant, was in Capt. Martin's Company, also in Capt. Timothy Perkins' Company, Col. Warren's Reg't and Col. Bigelow's Reg't. Discharged from service March 10, 1780. Was granted pension. Married Sarah Fisher, of Sturbridge, Mass., and early in the 19th century they emigrated to Western New York, settling in Jamestown about 1814 or 1815. He erected and operated a saw mill for some years, and when the Congregational Church of Jamestown was organized in 1816 he was elected its first deacon. The following is a tablet placed in that church to his memory: "In memory of Joseph Dix, who died in 1822, one of the Founders of this Church and it's First Deacon. He served 5 years in the Revolutionary war. The memory of his service to Church and Country is an enduring blessing."
DIX, JOSEPH--Born at Leicester, Mass., July 7, 1753. Died Sept. 16, 1822, aged 69 years. Grave in Lake View Cemetery, City of Jamestown. He was the son of Joseph and Sarah Chubbs Dix, Sturbridge, Mass. He enlisted in the American army at Sturbridge, was one of the "Minute Men" at the battle of Lexington, served as private, and afterwards promoted to Corporal and Sergeant, was in Capt. Martin's Company, also in Capt. Timothy Perkins' Company, Col. Warren's Reg't and Col. Bigelow's Reg't. Discharged from service March 10, 1780. Was granted pension. Married Sarah Fisher, of Sturbridge, Mass., and early in the 19th century they emigrated to Western New York, settling in Jamestown about 1814 or 1815. He erected and operated a saw mill for some years, and when the Congregational Church of Jamestown was organized in 1816 he was elected its first deacon. The following is a tablet placed in that church to his memory: "In memory of Joseph Dix, who died in 1822, one of the Founders of this Church and it's First Deacon. He served 5 years in the Revolutionary war. The memory of his service to Church and Country is an enduring blessing."
Soldier of the Revolution
DIX, JOSEPH--Born at Leicester, Mass., July 7, 1753. Died Sept. 16, 1822, aged 69 years. Grave in Lake View Cemetery, City of Jamestown. He was the son of Joseph and Sarah Chubbs Dix, Sturbridge, Mass. He enlisted in the American army at Sturbridge, was one of the "Minute Men" at the battle of Lexington, served as private, and afterwards promoted to Corporal and Sergeant, was in Capt. Martin's Company, also in Capt. Timothy Perkins' Company, Col. Warren's Reg't and Col. Bigelow's Reg't. Discharged from service March 10, 1780. Was granted pension. Married Sarah Fisher, of Sturbridge, Mass., and early in the 19th century they emigrated to Western New York, settling in Jamestown about 1814 or 1815. He erected and operated a saw mill for some years, and when the Congregational Church of Jamestown was organized in 1816 he was elected its first deacon. The following is a tablet placed in that church to his memory: "In memory of Joseph Dix, who died in 1822, one of the Founders of this Church and it's First Deacon. He served 5 years in the Revolutionary war. The memory of his service to Church and Country is an enduring blessing."
DIX, JOSEPH--Born at Leicester, Mass., July 7, 1753. Died Sept. 16, 1822, aged 69 years. Grave in Lake View Cemetery, City of Jamestown. He was the son of Joseph and Sarah Chubbs Dix, Sturbridge, Mass. He enlisted in the American army at Sturbridge, was one of the "Minute Men" at the battle of Lexington, served as private, and afterwards promoted to Corporal and Sergeant, was in Capt. Martin's Company, also in Capt. Timothy Perkins' Company, Col. Warren's Reg't and Col. Bigelow's Reg't. Discharged from service March 10, 1780. Was granted pension. Married Sarah Fisher, of Sturbridge, Mass., and early in the 19th century they emigrated to Western New York, settling in Jamestown about 1814 or 1815. He erected and operated a saw mill for some years, and when the Congregational Church of Jamestown was organized in 1816 he was elected its first deacon. The following is a tablet placed in that church to his memory: "In memory of Joseph Dix, who died in 1822, one of the Founders of this Church and it's First Deacon. He served 5 years in the Revolutionary war. The memory of his service to Church and Country is an enduring blessing."
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