Some of the nieces and nephews have passed, as the oldest would have been well into their 90’s. However, several are very much alive… and have contributed to this family history blog. They are the source of many (never before seen) family pictures and some of the most interesting family stories.
I realized that my coverage of this group is very scattered. My uncle, Don Dixon, has been a major contributor and I have a few articles about him and Aunt Janet. Ditto for my Uncle Jim Dixon and Aunt Lois and for Aunt Wilma Thacker and Uncle Warren and my own folks, Jerry and Mary Alice Dixon. I’m sure there is more that could be said and a few more pictures and stories to discover. I also had published some information about the Illinois cousins who came to a very special Dixon/Fisher meeting in Albion just to share what they had with me and with each other. It was a special day!
Recently, I spoke with my dad’s cousin, Ray Elliott, by phone and he followed up with even more pictures and information.
I’ve shared a few obituaries of nieces and nephews…I got some of these from family at the 2008 meeting and pulled some from the web. Having done work on the family on Ancestry.com a few years ago, I didn’t follow up with detailed information about each of these folks in this blog. This is partly because I am more interested in the kind of information you can only get from those who really knew them. However, I’ve decided that I now need to at least make a listing of this group so I can tell which of the nieces and nephews have been documented in the blog in some manner.
So here goes:
The Children and Grandchildren of Joseph Freemont Dixon, Jr and Mina Kershaw Dixon
Alice Ann Dixon (1888-1976) m. Thomas Jefferson Wick
Helen Susan Wick Ferguson
Herman Jefferson Wick
Harold D. Wick
Stella May Dixon Frankland (1889-1943) m. Benjamin Harrison Frankland
Bernadine Frankland Perrine
Thelma Frankland Tangea
Albert Frankland
Robert Frankland
Donald Dewey Frankland
Benjamin Frankland
Loren Ivan Dixon (1891-1909) had no children, since he died in a hunting accident on New Years Eve at age 18.
Sadie Ray Dixon Glover (1993-1935) m. Harry J. Glover
Virginia Glover
Mildred Glover Everett
Royal Harry “Bud” Glover
Janet Glover McKenzie
Herman Hobart Dixon (1896-1907) had no children since he died from complications from the measles at age 10.
George Dewey Dixon (1898-1982) m. Della May Fisher
Wilma Jean Dixon Thacker
Jarrett Denton “Jerry” Dixon
James McClain Dixon
Donald Dewey Dixon
Lucy Mina Dixon Perkins (1901-1994) m. Carroll D. Perkins
Ronald Perkins
Faye Perkins Shaw
Son (name unknown)
Son (name unknown)
The Children and Grandchildren of John Rudolph Fisher and Marinda Myra Bell Fisher *and Maude Bell Fisher
Della May Fisher Dixon b. 1903 (see above)
Mabel Avis Fisher Reid b. 1905 m. Earl W. Reid
Herschel Reid
Hubert Reid
Hazel Reid Mason
Vera Sylvia Fisher Elliott b. 1907 m. Virgil Elliott
Robert “Bob” Elliott
Vernon Elliott
Ray Elliott
Emily Marie Fisher Smerdon b. 1909 m. Ralph Smerdon
James Smerdon
Helen Smerdon Chalcraft
Margaret Ruth Smerdon Ellis
Ethel Smerdon Powell
Ina A. Fisher Shilling (daughter of J. Rude and Maude) (1923-1959) m. Roy Shilling
Linda Shilling
Betty Shilling
Note: I have not been able to find anyone who knows the whereabouts of Linda and Betty. Please let me know if you know how to contact them or their families.
I also have not identified the two boys of Lucy and Carroll Perkins. The obituaries for both parents indicate that two sons predeceased the parents. I have spoken to Faye, but not since our 2008 meeting.
This listing/summary is intended as an aide to the “work in progress” that is the section on the nieces and nephews of George and Della Dixon. To know if they are mentioned in the blog, just type their name in the search box in the top left corner of the blog.