In Memoriam.

On the 12th of Jan, 1888, at his home near San Marcos, passed to the other shore, one of the noblest spirits of earth, Maj. S Dixon, in the 84th year of his age. He was born in the Old North State on the 29th of Dec., 1804, and his parents removed to Georgia when he was quite young, where he spent his youth and grew to manhood. Being the oldest of a large family of children, on the death of his father, while they were still young, the cares of a husband devolved upon him, which gave him training for the duties of his life. His first wife was Elizabeth Cason, by whom he raised seven children. They lived awhile in Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Louisiana. In Louisiana he had the misfortune to lose his beloved wife, Elizabeth, and was married to Judy Covington, who was a companion and a help-mate to him until his death, and by whom he raised twelve children. Of the nineteen, fourteen are now living, all in Texas. All are married except the youngest, a daughter. He gave six sons to the aid of the Lost Cause, and lost one, killed in battle.

Maj. Dixon removed from Louisiana to Hays Co., Texas, in the year 1859, and resided here continuously until the time of his death. Although never actively engaged in politics, he was a close observer of passing events, and enthusiastic democrat of the State Rights School, and took a deep interest in affairs of the State. While in Alabama, he was elected and served one term in the Legislature.

During the last years of life, he did little else but read, and became a political cyclopedia. He was also a devoted believer in Christianity, and was sixty years a member of the Baptist Church, and died buoyant in the faith he had so long held.

During the days of his prime manhood, Maj. Dixon's qualities and tact enabled him to get along well with the world, and he made and handled much money, but his open hearted hospitality, and ever readiness to trust his fellow man, caused him to part with it just as fast.

While living on the old place over the Blanco, his house was the wayfarers home, never a traveler or a hungry tramp was told to go on because he had no money to pay his way.

The farm became too cumbersome for him to manage, and he sold it and bought a small place on the Stingtown road about a mile west of town, where his widow now resides. He leaves one sister, who is living in Pike Co., Ala.

Though he has left no gigantic fortune, nor Napoleonic fame as a legacy for his children, he has bequeathed them something less perishable than gold or marble of empty renown - a pure life and spotless name.

Peace be to his memory, and may we all live so as to meet him in the "Sweet By and By."

TRIBUTE OF A NEPHEW
Julian, Isaac H., editor. San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 15TH YEAR, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 22, 1888, Newspaper, March 22, 1888; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth295701/ : accessed September 29, 2013), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries, Denton, Texas.