Descendants of Obediah Dixon  

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Compiled by Stern Dixon Obediah Dixon , 4th son of Murphrey Dixon and Mourning Garner, was born in 1770 and died July 29, 1849, in the Dixonville community, in the vicinity of Hookerton, Dobbs Co., N.C.  He followed his father in the building and furniture- making trade and was well known for building homes, churches and government buildings in the area (see North Carolina Preservation, No. 69, Fall 1987, pp. 3-5; Architects and Builders in North Carolina, a History of the Practice of Building,

1650-1980).   He settled on a section of Grampion Hills, the Dixon family farm, given him by his father on his death.  This farm, which he named Fort Hill, became the site of Obediah's various enterprises, including the making of brandy, warehousing, and the operation of a tar landing at a section of the farm alongside Contentnea Creek.  A settlement eventually grew up there called Dixonville.  Obediah died July 29, 1849.  He married Sarah (Sally) (maiden name unknown), d. Oct. 23, 1834, and they had the following children:
 
Gatsey Dixon, b. Sept. 12, 1801, d. Sept. 9, 1880 (never married)
John W. Dixon, d. Dec. 9, 1885
Richard W. Dixon, b. Dec. 26, 1804, d. Sept. 27, 1824 (19 years old, never married)
Washington Dixon , b. Nov. 5, 1806, d. Dec. 24, 1856 (m. Mary Ormond)
Marilla Dixon, b. Dec. 5, 1808, d. Feb. 11, 1855
Cathrine Dixon b. Apr. 8, 1811 (m. Lemuel Sugg)
? b. July 31, 1814
Sarah Dixon, b. Mar. 11, 1817 (m. Nathan Edwards)
Susan Matilda Dixon, b. Mar. 11, 1817, d. Nov. 16, 1885 (m. Col. Nethercutt)

Washington Dixon

Washington Dixon, b. Nov. 5, 1806, d. Dec. 24, 1856, son of Obediah Dixon,
married Mary Ormond, b. Aug. 25, 1809, d. June 13, 1860, daughter of Thomas
Ormond and Margaret (Peggy) Grimsley on Jan. 13, 1828. Children included:
 
William Thomas Dixon , b. Oct. 14, 1828, d. (m. Susan James Harper)
Sarah Ann Richard Dixon, b. Oct. 21, 1831, d. 1897, (m. Thomas Hart) son, George
Washington Hart, b. Dec. 20, 1865
Mary Elizabeth Margaret Dixon, b. March 25, 1834
Leah Dixon (name ?), b. April 27, 1836
Eliza Frances Dixon, b. Aug. 8, 1840
John Washington Dixon , b. Oct. 4, 1842. , d. ? (m. Mary Freeman Sugg, 1868)
daughter Dixon, b. Nov. 7, 1844
James Dixon, b. March 8, 1849

William Thomas Dixon

William Thomas Dixon, son of Washington Dixon and Mary Ormond Dixon, married
Susan (Susannah) James Harper, b. Dec. 8, 1833.    Susan James Harper was the daughter
of James Harper and Susannah Ormond.  William Thomas Dixon and Susan James Harper
Dixon had several children, including:
 
William Odell Dixon (m. Lillian Annie Moseley)
Dulas H. Dixon (m. Ann Patrick)
Addie L. Dixon (m. A.J. Grimsley)
David Dixon (m. Corinne Patrick)
James Harper, b. Mar. 18, 1800, was the son of John Harper and Ann Ormond.
Susannah Ormond, b. Aug. 25, 1808, was the daughter of Watkins Ormond and Elizabeth Taylor

William Odell Dixon

William Odell Dixon, b. , d., (m. Lillian Annie Moseley ).  Lived in the town of Hookerton,
N.C., and ran a a large boarding house, a general store and operated part of the original Dixon
farm.  His son, Sidney Stern Dixon was named for a Jewish traveling salesman, Sidney Stern,
who often stayed at the boarding house.  Dixon had several children, including:
 
Sidney Stern Dixon (m. Marjorie Floyd of Fairmont, N.C.)
Susan Dixon (unmarried)
Thelma Dixon (m. Harry Stanton Taylor)

Lillian Annie Moseley

Lillian Annie Moseley was the daughter of Francis Marion Moseley and Mary Elizabeth Edwards. 
She had two brothers, Clyde Moseley (m. Jesse Brown) and Franklin Moseley (wife?)

Francis Marion Moseley was the son of William Augustus Moseley and Rachel Mewborn.

Mary Elizabeth Edwards was the daughter of William Franklin Edwards and Martha Ann Grimsley.

William Augustus Moseley was the son of William Augustus Moseley and Sallie Kilpartrick.

Rachel Mewborn was the daughter of Lemuel Mewborn and Louisa Kilpatrick.

William Franklin Edwards was the son of John Jones Edwards and Elizabeth Ormond.

Martha Ann Grimsley was the daughter of John Grimsley and Mary Ann Albritton.

John Washington Dixon

John Washington Dixon, b. , d., son of Washington Dixon and Mary Freeman Sugg, b., d., were
married in 1868 and had three children:
 
Annie S. Dixon (m. Willis Dixon, Dec. 24, 1888) (see letter from Annie S. Dixon in Dixon
papers section of Old Dobbers)
 
Ed. D. Dixon, (m. Jincie Grant, 1900)
Corinne W. Dixon (m. George Edwards, 1886)

Sidney Stern Dixon

Sidney Stern Dixon, b. d. (m. Marjorie Mae Floyd).  Sidney Stern Dixon married
Marjorie Floyd, a teacher at the Hookerton Institute who came to live at the Dixon
boarding house.  After marriage, Dixon became a salesman for Lance, Inc., of Charlotte,
and eventually moved to Nashville, Tenn.  He returned to N.C. and lived briefly in
Hookerton and Wilson, retiring in Hookerton where he worked part-time at his brother-
in-law, Harry Taylor's hardware store.  Sidney and Marjorie had two children:

Sidney Stern Dixon Jr., b. d., (m. Barbara Ann Smith of Wilson, N.C., daughter of James

Thomas Smith and Irene Robbins, children Sidney Stern Dixon III and Laura Susan Dixon)

Marjorie Floyd Dixon, b.d., (m. Leonard Hall Barlow Jr. of Kannapolis, N.C., children

Leonard Hall Barlow III., William Dixon Barlow, Marjorie Lucill Barlow)

Annie S. Dixon

Annie S. Dixon, daughter of John Washington Dixon and Mary Freeman Sugg, married
Willis Dixon, Dec. 24, 1888.  Annie S. Dixon penned several papers found in the Dixon papers
section of Old Dobbers.  She had at least one child, Leather M. Dixon, b. Jan. 31, 1890.

Harry Stanton Taylor

Harry Stanton Taylor married Thelma Louise Dixon and they had three children:

Harry Stanton Taylor Jr.
William Fredrick Taylor
Alice Odell Taylor
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