During the first French revolution and empire the father was once condemned to the guillotine and thrice imprisoned. In 1816 the father visited the United States where he remained two years and on 30 May 1818 married, in Boston, Massachussetts, Mary Bethia, daughter of Benjamin Perrott Homer, of No 37 Beacon street, Boston, and they returned to Holland where they had three sons, one of whom died.
After a few years they returned to Boston where their daughter, Harriett Elizabeth Mann Dixon was born in 1826.
The father died in 1849 leaving two sons; the younger of whom, Fitz Eugene, married Catherine Chew, daughter of the Hon George M Dallas, vice president of the USA and removed to Philadelphia.
During the first French revolution and empire the father was once condemned to the guillotine and thrice imprisoned. In 1816 the father visited the United States where he remained two years and on 30 May 1818 married, in Boston, Massachussetts, Mary Bethia, daughter of Benjamin Perrott Homer, of No 37 Beacon street, Boston, and they returned to Holland where they had three sons, one of whom died.
After a few years they returned to Boston where their daughter, Harriett Elizabeth Mann Dixon was born in 1826.
The father died in 1849 leaving two sons; the younger of whom, Fitz Eugene, married Catherine Chew, daughter of the Hon George M Dallas, vice president of the USA and removed to Philadelphia.
Family Members
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Alexander James Dallas Dixon
1850–1948
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Thomas Fraser Dixon
1852–1923
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Sophia Dallas Dixon Alison
1854–1936
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Mary Homer Dixon Thayer
1855–1944
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George Dallas Dixon Sr
1857–1937
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Thomas Henry Dixon
1858–1922
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William Boulton Dixon
1860–1892
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Catherine Eugenia Dixon Keating
1864–1920
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Harriet Dixon Newbold
1866–1960
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Susan Dixon Sharpless
1867–1943
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Cary Sanders Dixon
1871–1872
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