In 1850, James 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. James's brother, Hiram, came out in 1852 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 them.
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
In 1850, James 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. James's brother, Hiram, came out in 1852 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 them.
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
Inscription
2 inscriptions: Husband & children I must leave you, Leave - yes leave you alone. But my blessed Saviour calls me, Calls me to a heavenly home; They die in Jesus and are blest, How sweet their slumbers are, From suffering, And from sin released and free from every snare.
Gravesite Details
This is a 3.5 ft odalesque she shares with James Dixon; it is within an iron fence with another odalesque for Thomas Dixon and a small headstone for J.D. Dixon.
Family Members
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John Dixon
1825–1896
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Rebeccah B. Dixon Rhoades
1827–1910
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Malinda Dixon Chenoweth
1829–1890
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Elizabeth Jane Dixon Ryan
1831–1922
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Anna Dixon Short
1833–1906
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Sarah Dixon Shaver
1836–1910
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Susan Surrilda Dickson
1837–1874
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Salem Dixon
1839–1853
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Thomas H. Dixon
1841–1878
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Enoch "Enos" Dixon
1844–1909
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Raphael Benton "Rafe" Dixon
1846–1929
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James Riley Dixon
1849–1930
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