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James Bowman Dixon

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James Bowman Dixon

Birth
Ovid, Seneca County, New York, USA
Death
21 Jun 1895 (aged 91)
Wilbur, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
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Douglas County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
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James Bowman Dixon was the son of Thomas and Rebecca Hotchkiss Dixon. His mother died when he was 9 so he was bound out until he became of age. He moved to Kentucky, then Indiana and had many working adventures. He married Susan Copple on April 10, 1824 in Clark Co, Indiana and they lived for 20 years in Shelby County. They moved to Missouri for 8 years.

In 1850 he went to Oregon with several of his children, returning to Indiana to sell the farm and bring out the rest of his family in 1852. Both trips were full of hardships as pioneers on the Oregon Trail. His brother, Hiram, came out in 1852 with him, as well as other well known Douglas County settlers. They settled in Deer Creek Precinct, Douglas County, OR (Donation Land Claim 46, Sunshine Valley). The town of Dixonville, just east of Roseburg, is named after the family.

Susan and James had 13 children together and sent each of them to a year beyond the eight grade to the Wilbur Academy. They were: Female Infant (died young), John, Rebecca (Rhoades), Malinda (Adamson, Chenoweth) Elizabeth (Ryan, Irving), Anna (1. Short, John L 2. Short, Liberty), Sarah (Shaver), Surilla (Dickson), Salem, Tom, Enos, Rafe and Riley.

Source: Savannah Sentinel 15 May 1852; 1870 census; Historic Douglas County, 1982; Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941
James Bowman Dixon was the son of Thomas and Rebecca Hotchkiss Dixon. His mother died when he was 9 so he was bound out until he became of age. He moved to Kentucky, then Indiana and had many working adventures. He married Susan Copple on April 10, 1824 in Clark Co, Indiana and they lived for 20 years in Shelby County. They moved to Missouri for 8 years.

In 1850 he went to Oregon with several of his children, returning to Indiana to sell the farm and bring out the rest of his family in 1852. Both trips were full of hardships as pioneers on the Oregon Trail. His brother, Hiram, came out in 1852 with him, as well as other well known Douglas County settlers. They settled in Deer Creek Precinct, Douglas County, OR (Donation Land Claim 46, Sunshine Valley). The town of Dixonville, just east of Roseburg, is named after the family.

Susan and James had 13 children together and sent each of them to a year beyond the eight grade to the Wilbur Academy. They were: Female Infant (died young), John, Rebecca (Rhoades), Malinda (Adamson, Chenoweth) Elizabeth (Ryan, Irving), Anna (1. Short, John L 2. Short, Liberty), Sarah (Shaver), Surilla (Dickson), Salem, Tom, Enos, Rafe and Riley.

Source: Savannah Sentinel 15 May 1852; 1870 census; Historic Douglas County, 1982; Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941

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He shares headstone with Susan Dixon; about 3.5 feet tall odalesque in iron fenced area with another odalesque of Thomas Dixon and smaller headstone of J. D. Dixon

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