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About Capt. Henry Dixon, III
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Captain Henry DIXON, better known as Captain Hal, was born in Caswell County, NC, in the year 1777, during the Revolutionary troubles. His grandfather, Henry DIXON, was a distinguished Colonel in the Revolutionary War, and was killed at the battle of Eutaw Springs. He was also highly complimented for gallantry at the battle of Camden. Captain DIXON was a brother of Wynn DIXON, father of Governor Archibald DIXON. He immigrated to Kentucky in 1808 and settled upon the land now owned by Joshua STAPLES. Subsequent to that he purchased the farm now owned by Thomas BUCKMAN, lying on the Madisonville road, and built the house that is yet used as a residence by Mr. BUCKMAN. In 1853 he sold his farm and removed to Union County, settling at the Sulphur Springs. In November 1858, he died. Captain DIXON was a remarkable man, large, muscular and weighing ordinarily from two hundred and twenty-five to two hundred and fifty pounds. He was a man of indomitable will and absolutely fearless. He was an industrious worker, ever active in attending to business matters. He was never much of a politician, yet he possessed unbounded influence and was a power when he chose to exercise it. He was an unflinching Jackson Democrat and took and active interest in his race again Henry CLAY. He was elected and served one term in the Kentucky Legislature, and in this connection several good stories are told. It is said that when the Captain approached the polls to cast his vote and the usual question, “How do you vote?” had been asked him, he good humoredly, yet positively, replied, “I like Captain Dixon better than I do the other feller, so put me down for DIXON.” It is a traditionary statement that up to that time the vote between the Captain and his opponent was a tie, and that the Captain voting for himself decided the election. Again another good story is told of him while a member of the Legislature. It is said that he was no speaker, and for a man of his courage and good sense was remarkably timid upon such occasions, even though he knew every man in the house.
The Legislature was in session, and the Captain in his seat. He desired to introduce a bill and to preface it by a few remarks. When he arose, he imagined that one or two of the members offered him an indignity and bringing himself to the full extent of his majestic proportions and forgetting what he had arisen for, he addressed the speaker in the following laconic language: “Mr. Speaker, I am no speaker, but sir, I can whip any infernal scoundrel in this house who dare insult me.” This raised a breeze and the Captain took his seat, never again to be intentionally or humorously joked.
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Capt. Henry Dixon, III's Timeline
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1777
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Caswell County, NC
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1806
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1821
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| 1858 |
1858
Age 81
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Henderson, KY, United States
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