Evelena Babcock Stevens

• Title History of the Class of 1868: Yale College, 1864-1914
• Author Yale University. Class of 1868
• Compiled by Henry Parks Wright
• Publisher Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Press, 1914
• Original from the University of California
• Digitized Sep 24, 2007
• Length 382 pages

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William Palmer Dixon

Son of Courtlandt P. and Hannah E. (Williams) Dixon, who were married in Stonington, Conn., September 9, 1841. His father, Courtlandt Palmer Dixon, was born in Westerly, R. I., June 23, 1817, and died in Brooklyn, N. Y., June 5, 1883. Courtlandt P. Dixon's father was Nathan Fellows Dixon, United States Senator from Rhode Island, who died in Washington, D. C, January 29, 1842, while serving his term as Senator; his mother was Betsy Palmer Dixon, daughter of Captain Amos Palmer of Stonington, Conn. She died in Westerly, R. I., March 30, 1859.

Dixon's mother, Hannah Elizabeth Williams, born in Stonington, November 16, 1817, died in the City of New York October 30, 1888, was daughter of Captain Ephraim Williams of Stonington, who was a collateral descendant of Colonel Ephraim Williams who founded Williams College. Her mother was Hannah Eliza Denison, daughter of Amos Denison of Stonington, who was son of Deacon Joseph Denison and great-grandson of George Denison of Westerly. A brother, Ephraim W. Dixon, was graduated from Yale College in 1881.

William P. Dixon was born in New York City, March 19, 1847. The family removed to Brooklyn in 1848, and he was prepared for college there by J. C. Overhiser. He was a member of the Promenade Committee, which had charge of the Junior Exhibition and Promenade, was one of the nine Cochlaureati, made the Presentation Address at the Wooden Spoon Exhibition, and was a member of the Thanksgiving Jubilee Committee in Senior year.

He was graduated at Columbia College Law School in May, 1870, and formed a partnership with Farnam, under the firm name of Dixon & Farnam, with whom he continued till 1875, when Farnam retired. Dixon continued by himself at 29 Wall Street until January 1, 1882, when he joined George Macculloch Miller and Wheeler H. Peckham, forming the firm of Miller, Peckham & Dixon. This firm continued until July 1, 1900, when it was dissolved, and he entered into partnership with his cousin, Jabish Holmes, forming the firm of Dixon & Holmes.

Dixon is a Trustee of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York; a Director of the Lawyer's Title Insurance Company of New York, of The Mortgage-Bond Company, of The Fidelity and Casualty Company, of The American Exchange National Bank, of The City of New York Insurance Company; President and Director of the New York Real Estate Association, of The Manhattan Real Estate Association, of The Central Real Estate Association, of The Colonial Real Estate Association.

April 26, 1871, he married, at Riverdale-on-Hudson, Evelena F. Babcock, daughter of Samuel D. Babcock, Esq. They had one daughter, Evelena Babcock, born in New York City, January 7, 1873, and two sons, William Henry, born at Riverdale (New York City), August 16, 1877, and Courtlandt Palmer, born at Seabright, N. J., July 2, 1884.

Evelena was married December 2, 1896, to Eben Stevens (Yale College 1892), and has two sons: Byam K. Stevens, born November 16, 1897, and William Dixon Stevens, born May 17, 1901.

William Henry was graduated as Bachelor of Arts from Columbia College in 1900 and is now a broker in New York City. On January 30, 1901, he married, in the City of New York, Josephine T. Williams, and has two children: William Palmer Dixon, born March 19, 1902, and Barbara W. Dixon, born April 30, 1903, both in New York City.

Courtlandt Palmer was graduated as Bachelor of Arts from Yale College in 1908. He was a member of the Yale Polo Team three years, and in Senior year was President of the Yale University Club. On January 26, 1911, he was married in New York City to Hortense Howland.

Mrs. Evelena F. Dixon died in New York City, April 30, 1908.

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• Title Isaiah Babcock, Sr. and his descendants
• Author A. Emerson Babcock
• Publisher Eaton & Mains, 1903
• Original from Harvard University
• Digitized Feb 1, 2008
• Length 119 pages
• Subjects
• Reference›Genealogy

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1447. Evelena9 Babcock, dau. of Samuel D. and Elizabeth C. (Franklin) Babcock (Benjamin F., Paul, Harry, Joshua, James, John, James), b. May 13, 1849; res. 1902, New York City; m. Apr. 26, 1871, William Palmer Dixon, son of Courtland Dixon, of Brooklyn, N. Y., Mar. 19, 1847. Children:

Evelena Babcock.10 b. Jan. 6, 1873; res. New York City: m. Dec. 2, 1896, Eben Stevens, of New York, b. Feb. 7, 1871. Child: Byam K., b. Nov. 16, 1897.

William H., b. Aug. 16. 1877; res. 1902, New York City; m. Jan. 31, 1901, Josephine Williams.

Courtland Palmer Dixon, b. July 2, 1884; res. 1902, New York City.

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