U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
Name: John P Dix
Residence: Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Occupation: Deputy Sheriff
Age at enlistment: 30
Enlistment Date:15 Aug 1862 at Oshkosh,Winnebago Co WI
Rank at enlistment: Principal Musician
State Served: Wisconsin
Was POW?: Yes
Survived the War?: Yes
(Service Record: Enlisted in Company S, Wisconsin 21st Infantry Regiment on 05 Sep 1862.)
Mustered out on 29 Apr 1863.
PARENTS: Alexander G. Dick and Samantha Seketer.
SPOUSES: Charlotte A. Edwards and Jane Caves
Chilton Times Reporter:
JOHN PAUL DIX alias DICK
One of the First Brothertowners to Set Foot in Wisconsin
The Milwaukee Journal of Feb. 14th contained the following death notice of one of the first settlers of Calumet County, formerly a resident of Brothertown. The deceased was known to many of our people. The Journal says:
John P. Dix, aged 79, who for several years had held the distinction of being the first of all living men to set foot within the confines of what is now the state of Wisconsin, died yesterday at a hospital at Soldier's home.
Mr. Dix was a member of the tribe of Brothertown Indians, and came with his parents to Wisconsin with the forerunners of the tribe, who were sent here in 1833 to settle up government land allotted them near old Fort Howard, now Green Bay. The voyage up the Great Lakes was made in a schooner, and the party landed at the trading post at the fort.
Not liking the land allotted them, the party cut out a road through the unbroken wilderness for their ox teams to the east shore of Lake Winnebago, bought the land from the aborigines for a trifle and there established the settlement which has since become famous.
Mr. Dix's parents were persons of education and leaders in the tribe. In his youth he became a shingle-maker and later a carpenter, and assisted in building the first frame houses in several of the towns now mskirting Lake Winnebago.
He served with honor in the civil war and afterward entered the employ of the Milwaukee Road as a mechanic, remaining with the road until compelled to retire because of old age.
For several years he had lived at 3108 Mt. Vernon av. A son arrives today from Chicago to attend the funeral tomorrow afternoon.
Personally Mr. Dix was reticent and it was only with his personal friends that he often talked of the many historical events of pioneer Wisconsin with which he was associated.
Among other interesting incidents which he recalled was a trip through the wilderness to Milwaukee when it was little more than a trading post. Some of his relatives were prominent in the early territorial politics.
Name: John P Dix
Residence: Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Occupation: Deputy Sheriff
Age at enlistment: 30
Enlistment Date:15 Aug 1862 at Oshkosh,Winnebago Co WI
Rank at enlistment: Principal Musician
State Served: Wisconsin
Was POW?: Yes
Survived the War?: Yes
(Service Record: Enlisted in Company S, Wisconsin 21st Infantry Regiment on 05 Sep 1862.)
Mustered out on 29 Apr 1863.
PARENTS: Alexander G. Dick and Samantha Seketer.
SPOUSES: Charlotte A. Edwards and Jane Caves
Chilton Times Reporter:
JOHN PAUL DIX alias DICK
One of the First Brothertowners to Set Foot in Wisconsin
The Milwaukee Journal of Feb. 14th contained the following death notice of one of the first settlers of Calumet County, formerly a resident of Brothertown. The deceased was known to many of our people. The Journal says:
John P. Dix, aged 79, who for several years had held the distinction of being the first of all living men to set foot within the confines of what is now the state of Wisconsin, died yesterday at a hospital at Soldier's home.
Mr. Dix was a member of the tribe of Brothertown Indians, and came with his parents to Wisconsin with the forerunners of the tribe, who were sent here in 1833 to settle up government land allotted them near old Fort Howard, now Green Bay. The voyage up the Great Lakes was made in a schooner, and the party landed at the trading post at the fort.
Not liking the land allotted them, the party cut out a road through the unbroken wilderness for their ox teams to the east shore of Lake Winnebago, bought the land from the aborigines for a trifle and there established the settlement which has since become famous.
Mr. Dix's parents were persons of education and leaders in the tribe. In his youth he became a shingle-maker and later a carpenter, and assisted in building the first frame houses in several of the towns now mskirting Lake Winnebago.
He served with honor in the civil war and afterward entered the employ of the Milwaukee Road as a mechanic, remaining with the road until compelled to retire because of old age.
For several years he had lived at 3108 Mt. Vernon av. A son arrives today from Chicago to attend the funeral tomorrow afternoon.
Personally Mr. Dix was reticent and it was only with his personal friends that he often talked of the many historical events of pioneer Wisconsin with which he was associated.
Among other interesting incidents which he recalled was a trip through the wilderness to Milwaukee when it was little more than a trading post. Some of his relatives were prominent in the early territorial politics.
U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
Name: John P Dix
Residence: Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Occupation: Deputy Sheriff
Age at enlistment: 30
Enlistment Date:15 Aug 1862 at Oshkosh,Winnebago Co WI
Rank at enlistment: Principal Musician
State Served: Wisconsin
Was POW?: Yes
Survived the War?: Yes
(Service Record: Enlisted in Company S, Wisconsin 21st Infantry Regiment on 05 Sep 1862.)
Mustered out on 29 Apr 1863.
PARENTS: Alexander G. Dick and Samantha Seketer.
SPOUSES: Charlotte A. Edwards and Jane Caves
Chilton Times Reporter:
JOHN PAUL DIX alias DICK
One of the First Brothertowners to Set Foot in Wisconsin
The Milwaukee Journal of Feb. 14th contained the following death notice of one of the first settlers of Calumet County, formerly a resident of Brothertown. The deceased was known to many of our people. The Journal says:
John P. Dix, aged 79, who for several years had held the distinction of being the first of all living men to set foot within the confines of what is now the state of Wisconsin, died yesterday at a hospital at Soldier's home.
Mr. Dix was a member of the tribe of Brothertown Indians, and came with his parents to Wisconsin with the forerunners of the tribe, who were sent here in 1833 to settle up government land allotted them near old Fort Howard, now Green Bay. The voyage up the Great Lakes was made in a schooner, and the party landed at the trading post at the fort.
Not liking the land allotted them, the party cut out a road through the unbroken wilderness for their ox teams to the east shore of Lake Winnebago, bought the land from the aborigines for a trifle and there established the settlement which has since become famous.
Mr. Dix's parents were persons of education and leaders in the tribe. In his youth he became a shingle-maker and later a carpenter, and assisted in building the first frame houses in several of the towns now mskirting Lake Winnebago.
He served with honor in the civil war and afterward entered the employ of the Milwaukee Road as a mechanic, remaining with the road until compelled to retire because of old age.
For several years he had lived at 3108 Mt. Vernon av. A son arrives today from Chicago to attend the funeral tomorrow afternoon.
Personally Mr. Dix was reticent and it was only with his personal friends that he often talked of the many historical events of pioneer Wisconsin with which he was associated.
Among other interesting incidents which he recalled was a trip through the wilderness to Milwaukee when it was little more than a trading post. Some of his relatives were prominent in the early territorial politics.
Name: John P Dix
Residence: Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Occupation: Deputy Sheriff
Age at enlistment: 30
Enlistment Date:15 Aug 1862 at Oshkosh,Winnebago Co WI
Rank at enlistment: Principal Musician
State Served: Wisconsin
Was POW?: Yes
Survived the War?: Yes
(Service Record: Enlisted in Company S, Wisconsin 21st Infantry Regiment on 05 Sep 1862.)
Mustered out on 29 Apr 1863.
PARENTS: Alexander G. Dick and Samantha Seketer.
SPOUSES: Charlotte A. Edwards and Jane Caves
Chilton Times Reporter:
JOHN PAUL DIX alias DICK
One of the First Brothertowners to Set Foot in Wisconsin
The Milwaukee Journal of Feb. 14th contained the following death notice of one of the first settlers of Calumet County, formerly a resident of Brothertown. The deceased was known to many of our people. The Journal says:
John P. Dix, aged 79, who for several years had held the distinction of being the first of all living men to set foot within the confines of what is now the state of Wisconsin, died yesterday at a hospital at Soldier's home.
Mr. Dix was a member of the tribe of Brothertown Indians, and came with his parents to Wisconsin with the forerunners of the tribe, who were sent here in 1833 to settle up government land allotted them near old Fort Howard, now Green Bay. The voyage up the Great Lakes was made in a schooner, and the party landed at the trading post at the fort.
Not liking the land allotted them, the party cut out a road through the unbroken wilderness for their ox teams to the east shore of Lake Winnebago, bought the land from the aborigines for a trifle and there established the settlement which has since become famous.
Mr. Dix's parents were persons of education and leaders in the tribe. In his youth he became a shingle-maker and later a carpenter, and assisted in building the first frame houses in several of the towns now mskirting Lake Winnebago.
He served with honor in the civil war and afterward entered the employ of the Milwaukee Road as a mechanic, remaining with the road until compelled to retire because of old age.
For several years he had lived at 3108 Mt. Vernon av. A son arrives today from Chicago to attend the funeral tomorrow afternoon.
Personally Mr. Dix was reticent and it was only with his personal friends that he often talked of the many historical events of pioneer Wisconsin with which he was associated.
Among other interesting incidents which he recalled was a trip through the wilderness to Milwaukee when it was little more than a trading post. Some of his relatives were prominent in the early territorial politics.
Inscription
JOHN P. DIX PRIN MUS 21 WIS INF JUL 29 1828 FEB 13 1908
21 WIS INF
Gravesite Details
Gravesite Details: His marker was obtained through the Forest Home Cemetery Adopt-a-Soldier Program, 2018.
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