Services for Mrs. Olive K. Dixon, 83, historian and widow of Billy Dixon, famous Texas Indian fighter, will be held at Griggs Chapel. Mrs. Dixon, a newspaper writer for many years, worked for the Amarillo Globe - News until the day before her death. She once wrote a series of articles for the Star-Telegram on Panhandle history, particularly as it concerned her husband. She was the author of the biography, "The Life of Billy Dixon." She was born in Virginia and came to the Panhandle in 1883 to visit a brother. Later, she taught a country school in Hutchinson County where she was married in 1884. She and Dixon made their home near the ruins of Adobe Walls, where he took part in the famous battle with the Indians in 1884, until his death in 1913.
Amarillo Globe
March 19, 1956
------------
Name: Olive King Dixon
Death date: 17 Mar 1956
Death place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas
Gender: Female
Race or color (on document): w
Age at death: 83 years 1 month 17 days
Estimated birth year:
Birth date: 30 Jan 1873
Birth place: Roanoke Co., Va
Marital status: Widowed
Spouse name:
Father name: Woods King
Father birth place: Va
Mother name: Jane Blankenship
Mother birth place: Va
Occupation: Newspaper Reporter
Residence: Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas
Cemetery name: Llano
Burial place: Amarillo, Randall Co., Texas
Burial date: 20 Mar 1956
Additional relatives:
Film number: 2114667
Digital GS number: 4165416
Image number: 1703
Reference number: 15659
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
-------------------
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.
Amarillo Globe
March 19, 1956
------------
Name: Olive King Dixon
Death date: 17 Mar 1956
Death place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas
Gender: Female
Race or color (on document): w
Age at death: 83 years 1 month 17 days
Estimated birth year:
Birth date: 30 Jan 1873
Birth place: Roanoke Co., Va
Marital status: Widowed
Spouse name:
Father name: Woods King
Father birth place: Va
Mother name: Jane Blankenship
Mother birth place: Va
Occupation: Newspaper Reporter
Residence: Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas
Cemetery name: Llano
Burial place: Amarillo, Randall Co., Texas
Burial date: 20 Mar 1956
Additional relatives:
Film number: 2114667
Digital GS number: 4165416
Image number: 1703
Reference number: 15659
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
-------------------
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.
Services for Mrs. Olive K. Dixon, 83, historian and widow of Billy Dixon, famous Texas Indian fighter, will be held at Griggs Chapel. Mrs. Dixon, a newspaper writer for many years, worked for the Amarillo Globe - News until the day before her death. She once wrote a series of articles for the Star-Telegram on Panhandle history, particularly as it concerned her husband. She was the author of the biography, "The Life of Billy Dixon." She was born in Virginia and came to the Panhandle in 1883 to visit a brother. Later, she taught a country school in Hutchinson County where she was married in 1884. She and Dixon made their home near the ruins of Adobe Walls, where he took part in the famous battle with the Indians in 1884, until his death in 1913.
Amarillo Globe
March 19, 1956
------------
Name: Olive King Dixon
Death date: 17 Mar 1956
Death place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas
Gender: Female
Race or color (on document): w
Age at death: 83 years 1 month 17 days
Estimated birth year:
Birth date: 30 Jan 1873
Birth place: Roanoke Co., Va
Marital status: Widowed
Spouse name:
Father name: Woods King
Father birth place: Va
Mother name: Jane Blankenship
Mother birth place: Va
Occupation: Newspaper Reporter
Residence: Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas
Cemetery name: Llano
Burial place: Amarillo, Randall Co., Texas
Burial date: 20 Mar 1956
Additional relatives:
Film number: 2114667
Digital GS number: 4165416
Image number: 1703
Reference number: 15659
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
-------------------
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.
Amarillo Globe
March 19, 1956
------------
Name: Olive King Dixon
Death date: 17 Mar 1956
Death place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas
Gender: Female
Race or color (on document): w
Age at death: 83 years 1 month 17 days
Estimated birth year:
Birth date: 30 Jan 1873
Birth place: Roanoke Co., Va
Marital status: Widowed
Spouse name:
Father name: Woods King
Father birth place: Va
Mother name: Jane Blankenship
Mother birth place: Va
Occupation: Newspaper Reporter
Residence: Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas
Cemetery name: Llano
Burial place: Amarillo, Randall Co., Texas
Burial date: 20 Mar 1956
Additional relatives:
Film number: 2114667
Digital GS number: 4165416
Image number: 1703
Reference number: 15659
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
-------------------
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.
Family Members
Siblings
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
