William Palmer Dixon

William Palmer Dixon

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William Palmer Dixon, B.A. 1868.
Born: March 19,1847 in New York City, New York
Died: June 24, 1926 in Lawrence, New York

Father, Courtlandt Palmer Dixon; son of Nathan Fellows Dixon (BA Brown 1799) and Betsy (Palmer) Dixon; descendant of John Dixon, who came to America from Ireland in 1719 and settled at New London, Connecticut.

Mother, Hannah Elizabeth (Williams) Dixon; daughter of Capt. Ephraim Williams, of Stomngton, Connecticut., a collateral descendant of Colonel Ephraim Williams, the founder of Williams College, and Hannah Eliza (Denison) Williams; descendant of Isaac Williams, who settled in Stomngton about 1685.

Yale relatives include Henry B. Barnes, '66, and Louis L. Stanton '79 (brothers-in-law); and Henry B. Barnes, '93, Courtlandt Dixon Barnes, '02, Theodore Palmer Dixon, '07, Thomas S. Barnes, '10, George A Dixon, Jr , '13, and L. Lee Stanton, '19 (nephews).

Overhiser's School, Brooklyn. One of the Cochlaureati; made presentation address at Wooden Spoon Exhibition; member Junior Promenade and Junior Exhibition committees, Thanksgiving Jubilee Committee (Senior year), Delta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon and Skull and Bones. LL B Columbia 1870; admitted to bar May 14, 1869; in partnership with his classmate, Charles H. Farnam, under firm name of Dixon & Farnam 1870-75; then practiced independently until January, 1882; in partnership with George M. Miller and Wheeler H. Peckham m firm of Miller, Peckham & Dixon from 1882 until dissolution of firm in 1900; since then in partnership with his cousin, Jabish Holmes, in firm of Dixon & Holmes; trustee Mutual Life Insurance Company; director Lawyers Title Insurance Company, Mortgage Bond Company, Fidelity & Casuahty Company, Lawyers Westchester Title & Insurance Company, American Exchange National Bank, and City of New York Insurance Company; president and director New York, Manhattan, Central, and Colonial Real Estate companies; Episcopalian.

Married: April. 26, 1871, at Riverdale-on-Hudson, New York, Evelena Franklin, daughter of Samuel Denison and Elizabeth (Crary) Babcock. Children: Evelena Babcock, the wife of Eben Foster Stevens, '92; William Henry (BA Columbia 1900); and Courtlandt Palmer (BA 1908). Mrs. Dixon died April 30,1908.

Death due to heart failure Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York. Survived by three children, six grandchildren, two of whom are Byam Kerby Stevens, '19, and William Dixon Stevens, '23, and two brothers, Ephraim W. Dixon, '81, and George A. Dixon (M.D. Columbia 1878), of New York City.

WILLIAM PALMER DIXON, born March 19, 1847; died in New York City, June 24, 1926; married at Riverdale, New York, April 26, 1871, EVALENA FRANKLIN BABCOCK, born May 13, 1849; died April 30, 1908, the daughter of SAMUEL DENISON and ELIZABETH CRARY BABCOCK. They are both buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City.

Their children were:

• Evalena Babcock Dixon, born at New York City, New York on January 7, 1873.
• William Henry Dixon, born at Riverdale, New York on August 16, 1877.
• Courtlandt Palmer Dixon, born at Seabright, New Jersey on July 2, 1884.