Per her death certificate found on Ancestry.com: her parents are not listed. She was a widow at the time of her death and her spouse is not named. She was a teacher for Columbia City schools. She died at 1216 Paige St. of angina pectoris. The informant was Mary Ray Saxon of Columbia, S.C.

From the book, Black America Series, Columbia South Carolina, by Vennie Deas-Moore, Arcadia Publishing, 2000, page 79: Celia Dial Dixon, raised in Columbia, was born in 1857 during the time of slavery. She earned a degree from the Normal School for teachers on the USC campus during Reconstruction. Saxon entered the classroom as a teacher at age 20 and for 55 years, she taught in the schools of Columbia. She taught in secondary schools, including Booker T. Washington High School, and was an active member of the Federation of Negro Women, a group whose members helped establish the Fairwold Home for Girls (later known as the Wilkinson Home).

Found in The State 30 January 1935: Celia D. Saxon, 77, one of South Carolina's outstanding Negro educators, who had been actively engaged in school teaching in Columbia for 55 years, died unexpectedly at her home, 1216 Page street, at 2 o'clock yesterday morning from a heart attack. She was born, reared and spent her life in Columbia. She earned a degree from South Carolina college, now the University of South Carolina, and nine years ago the honorary degree of master of arts was conferred upon her by South Carolina State college at Orangeburg. Upon the completion of 25 years of teaching in Columbia Negro schools the school board presented her a gold medal for having never been tardy or absent from her classes. She served for many years as treasurer of the Negro State Teachers' association and represented that body at its national convention held in Nashville, Atlanta and Tulsa. She also represented the Federation of Negro Women at its national convention held in Chicago. She was teaching at Booker Washington at the time of her death. She was connected with the Columbia schools for 57 years but was granted a two-year leave of absence on two occasions when her children were born. She was one of the leading spirits in the founding of the Fairwold Industrial school for delinquent Negro girls and the Williamson orphanage for Negro children. Up until the time of her death she was an alert student of national and international issues and related the fruits of her constant study with her favorite subject, history, which she taught along with civics. Her continued service as a teacher in spite of her many years was in no way due to sentimentality as she was an able and efficient teacher. The Saxon Negro school was named for her. An active member of Ladson Presbyterian church she was for a number of years actively engaged in the many phases of that institutions's work. Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, conducted from the Ladson church by the Rev. A. S. Powe, assisted by the Rev. G. T. Dillard. Surviving are two daughters, Mary Ray Saxon, a teacher in the Booker T. Washington high school, and Julia Woodbury, also of Columbia.

Per her death certificate found on Ancestry.com: her parents are not listed. She was a widow at the time of her death and her spouse is not named. She was a teacher for Columbia City schools. She died at 1216 Paige St. of angina pectoris. The informant was Mary Ray Saxon of Columbia, S.C.

From the book, Black America Series, Columbia South Carolina, by Vennie Deas-Moore, Arcadia Publishing, 2000, page 79: Celia Dial Dixon, raised in Columbia, was born in 1857 during the time of slavery. She earned a degree from the Normal School for teachers on the USC campus during Reconstruction. Saxon entered the classroom as a teacher at age 20 and for 55 years, she taught in the schools of Columbia. She taught in secondary schools, including Booker T. Washington High School, and was an active member of the Federation of Negro Women, a group whose members helped establish the Fairwold Home for Girls (later known as the Wilkinson Home).

Found in The State 30 January 1935: Celia D. Saxon, 77, one of South Carolina's outstanding Negro educators, who had been actively engaged in school teaching in Columbia for 55 years, died unexpectedly at her home, 1216 Page street, at 2 o'clock yesterday morning from a heart attack. She was born, reared and spent her life in Columbia. She earned a degree from South Carolina college, now the University of South Carolina, and nine years ago the honorary degree of master of arts was conferred upon her by South Carolina State college at Orangeburg. Upon the completion of 25 years of teaching in Columbia Negro schools the school board presented her a gold medal for having never been tardy or absent from her classes. She served for many years as treasurer of the Negro State Teachers' association and represented that body at its national convention held in Nashville, Atlanta and Tulsa. She also represented the Federation of Negro Women at its national convention held in Chicago. She was teaching at Booker Washington at the time of her death. She was connected with the Columbia schools for 57 years but was granted a two-year leave of absence on two occasions when her children were born. She was one of the leading spirits in the founding of the Fairwold Industrial school for delinquent Negro girls and the Williamson orphanage for Negro children. Up until the time of her death she was an alert student of national and international issues and related the fruits of her constant study with her favorite subject, history, which she taught along with civics. Her continued service as a teacher in spite of her many years was in no way due to sentimentality as she was an able and efficient teacher. The Saxon Negro school was named for her. An active member of Ladson Presbyterian church she was for a number of years actively engaged in the many phases of that institutions's work. Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, conducted from the Ladson church by the Rev. A. S. Powe, assisted by the Rev. G. T. Dillard. Surviving are two daughters, Mary Ray Saxon, a teacher in the Booker T. Washington high school, and Julia Woodbury, also of Columbia.