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Henry Aldous Dixon, I

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: May 04, 1884 (49)
Provo, Utah, Utah, United States
Place of Burial: Provo, Utah, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Henry Dixon, SV/PROG and Judith Dixon
Husband of Augusta Dixon; Emma Dixon; Sarah Dixon and Mary Ann Dixon
Father of John DeGrey Dixon; Arthur DeGrey Dixon; Maria Louise Taylor; Ernest DeGray Dixon; Robert Smith Dixon and 9 others
Brother of Anne Judith Hartman; Joseph Dixon; Margaret Boardman; Ellen Dixon; John Boardman Dixon and 2 others
Half brother of Mary Barber; Emma Margaret Webber; Eliza Sargeant; Sarah Dixon; John Thomas Dixon and 1 other

Occupation: Pvt. Utah Territory Militia, Black Hawk War. He had 14 children with 2 wives.
Managed by: Ian Andrew Fenton
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About Henry Aldous Dixon

In about 1854 Henry A. Dixon; a young man of nineteen years became acquainted with Elder Leonard I. Smith from Salt Lake City, Utah, and was taught the Gospel of Jesus Christ. After being baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints John Henry Dixon told young Henry, "that inasmuch as you have gone in direct opposition to my wishes you must try the world on your own".

In April of 1864 Henry A. Dixon said his last good bye to his Mother. She died in Uitenhage on September 23, 1865. His father returned to Grahamstown to live with his widowed daughter Anne.

"South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-23580-53779-30?cc=146... : accessed 03 Sep 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Grahamstown Cathedral, St George > Baptisms 1826-1836 > image 76 of 80; citing William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.

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Henry Aldous Dixon's Timeline

1835
March 14, 1835
Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1836
January 24, 1836
1856
March 14, 1856
Age 21
Uitenhage, C.P., South Africa
1860
April 18, 1860
Age 25
1867
July 16, 1867
Provo, Utah, Utah, United States
1869
October 5, 1869
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1870
April 29, 1870
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
1871
December 7, 1871
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
1872
January 5, 1872
Provo, Utah, Utah, United States