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My Earliest Texas Ancestor Felix Benedict Dixon A San Augustine County, Texas Pioneer and a Republic of Texas Citizen www.dasharpe.com/geneology/Dixon_Family.pdf by Dwight Albert Sharpe Aurora, Texas www.dasharpe.com August 17, 2007 Table of Contents Dedication & Special Recognition ........................................................................................................................2 Copyright...............................................................................................................................................................5 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................................................7 Sons of the Republic of Texas Certificate .............................................................................................................9 Register Report for John Dixon, Father of Felix B. Dixon..................................................................................11 Descendants of Elisha Benedict.........................................................................................................................145 What is a Half Cousin, Twice Removed?..........................................................................................................147 Kinship Report for Felix Benedict Dixon..........................................................................................................151 Family Group Sheet of Felix Benedict Dixon....................................................................................................155 Family Group Sheet of Martha Jane Dixon .......................................................................................................157 Family Group Sheet of Margaret Lavina Abney................................................................................................159 Family Group Sheet of Martha Dixon Chapman ...............................................................................................160 Family Group Sheet of Martha de Noailles Sharpe ...........................................................................................162 Family Group Sheet of Martha Lynne Ehlers ....................................................................................................164 Family Group Sheet of Nancy Lea Ehlers .........................................................................................................165 Family Group Sheet of Matthew Scott Reeves ..................................................................................................167 Family Group Sheet of Elizabeth Anne Sharpe .................................................................................................168 Family Group Sheet of Mark Andrew Jumper...................................................................................................170 Family Group Sheet of Peter Sharpe Jumper.....................................................................................................172 Family Group Sheet of Carol Anne Jumper.......................................................................................................173 Family Group Sheet of Dwight Albert Sharpe...................................................................................................174 Family Group Sheet of Tiffany Lenn Sharpe.....................................................................................................176 Family Group Sheet of Todd Wittman Sharpe ..................................................................................................178 Bibliography......................................................................................................................................................179 Index..................................................................................................................................................................181 1 This book is dedicated to: Martha Dixon Chapman Sharpe My Mother Special Recognition Benjamin Christopher Reeves Benjamen is my great grand nephew who is the only eithth generation Texan in my family lineage. May his issue grow abundantly to carry forward the spirit and traditions of being a Texan. Great, Great Uncle D. A. Sharpe Copyright 2004 Dwight Albert Sharpe All rights reserved. Sixth PRINTING May 30, 2006 This book is a private publication of myself. It's primary purpose is to chronicle the family lineage that comprises my direct lineal descent as a Texan. The occasion for the first printing was for submission to the Dallas Genealogical Society for its writer's contest of August 2004. It was given an Homorable Mention award, which represented second place in the contest, which was awarded at the annual banquet DGS held in December 2004. D. A. Sharpe 805 Derting Road East Aurora, Wise County, Texas 76078-3712 www.dasharpe.com 2006 Dixon Family Felix Benedict Dixon (1818 - 1896) is the earliest ancestor of mine with a presence in Texas. First and most importantly to me, he was a citizen of the Republic of Texas. The data gathered for this work was intended as the initial step toward qualifying me to apply for membership in the revered genealogical society, the Sons of the Republic of Texas. Texas residents any time before February 19, 1846, the date Texas ceased being a Republic and became a State in the United States, represents the ancestry cutoff date necessary for that membership qualification. Felix even became an elected official in the Republic of Texas, having been elected San Augustine County Surveyor in 1844. Born in Ohio in 1818, Felix B. Dixon migrated to Texas circa 1840. He was a pioneer in San Augustine County, Texas, living there over 50 years till his graduation to heaven at the advanced age of 78. One element that is sought to have been enlightened in these stories is the Christian heritage that our family has enjoyed and pursued. I have been in four generations of Presbyterians through my Sharpe family, but Felix now skips that to a presence in my fifth generation. Felix makes me a fifth generation Texan, defined as having every generation since him to have been born in Texas. Were it not for the fact that my children were born in New Orleans, my grandchildren would be seventh generation Texans! But, alas, the claim cannot be made. The old saying is true. The important things are location, location and location. However I do have one Texas-born niece who is a sixth generation Texas, Nancy Lea Ehlers Reeves, who lives in Round Rock, Williamson County, Texas. Her three children are the only seventh generation Texans in my lineage, and one of them has born in 2005 an eighth generation Texan. On December 3, 2005, I was inducted into the membership of the Ephraim M. Daggett Chapter #36 (Fort Worth) of the Sons of the Republic of Texas. D. A. Sharpe 805 Derting Road East Aurora, Texas 76078-3712 September 2005 www.dasharpe.com 7 Dixon Family 8 Dixon Family SRT Membership This is the certificate awarded to me in 2005, recognizing membership in the Sons of the Republican of Texas. This was accomplished by acquiring certified legal documents to prove my direct lineage to a citizen of the Republic of Texs, who was Felix Benedict Dixon. I was sworn in as a member in good standing of the Fort Worth Ephraim M. Daggett Chapter #36 on December 3, 2005. 9 Dixon Family 10 Dixon Family Descendants of John Dixon Generation No. 1 1. JOHN1 DIXON1 was born Abt. 1800 in West Virginia2, and died Aft. 1818. He married SARAH BENEDICT3 Abt. 1817, daughter of FELIX BENEDICT and CLARISSA HUBBELL. She was born Abt. 1800 in West Virginia4, and died Aft. 1818. Notes for JOHN DIXON: We do not have much about the parents of Felix B. Dixon, who was born in Ohio. However, the 1880 U.S. Census recording the family of Felix B. Dixon in San Augustine County, Texas included an inquiry about the location of the parents of the people being counted. The information for Felix indicates that his parents were born in West Virginia. We have undocumented information that Felix's parents' names are these recorded here. More About JOHN DIXON and SARAH BENEDICT: Marriage: Abt. 1817 Children of JOHN DIXON and SARAH BENEDICT are: 2. i. JUDGE FELIX BENEDICT2 DIXON, b. 1818, Ohio; d. April 1896, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas. 3. ii. LUCINDA DIXON, b. October 23, 1822, Drake, Ohio; d. July 28, 1897, Union City, Randolph County, Indiana. Generation No. 2 2. JUDGE FELIX BENEDICT2 DIXON (JOHN1)5 was born 1818 in Ohio6,7, and died April 1896 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas8. He married (1) LOVINIA SHANKS January 20, 1846 in San Augustine County, Republic of Texas9, daughter of JOSEPH L. SHANKS. She was born 1828 in Tennessee10, and died April 21, 1873 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas11. He married (2) FRANCES L. MCKNIGHT Aft. 1873. She was born 1842 in Texas12,13,14, and died 1904. Notes for JUDGE FELIX BENEDICT DIXON: Felix Benedict Dixon, my great, great grandfather, was born in 1818, which was the year Karl Marx (5/5/1818 - 3/14/1883), the German political philosopher and economist was born. Marx wrote "The Communist Manifesto," a book whose adherents were and still are a constant irritant and challenge to the American ideals of freedom and representative democracy. Source:http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/marx.html 11 Dixon Family Dixon is a Northern English name, described as "patronymic from the personal name Dick. Source: Patrick Hanks, Editor, Dictionary of American Family