Individual Details

Jessie Benton Dixon

(8 Sep 1889 - 6 Jul 1944)



Said to have had the middle name Benton. Jesse married Sadie, surname unknown.

5 Jun 1917 World War I Draft Registration
Jessie Benton Dixon of Wills Point, Texas was age 27, born 8 Sep 1889. He was a farmer and married. He claimed exemption for "dependent wife in bad health". He was Tall, medium build, with gray eyes and brown hair.

1920 Census. Justice Prec 8, Van Zandt County, TX, Hh 122
Jessie B. Dixon, age 30, b. TX, parents b. MO, farmer
Sadie M., wife, age 25, b. TX
Luther F., son, age 2 years 2 months.

Son Luther:
Texas Births: Dixon, b. 27 Oct 1917, Van Zandt Co, TX. Father: Jessie Benton Dixon

1930 Census. Texas Twp, Cotton Co, OK [where his brother John S. lived], Hh 56
Jesse B. Dixon, age 40, married at age 21, b. TX, parents b. MO, farmer
Sadie M., age 37, 18 at marriage, b. TX, parents b. GA
Luther F., son, age 12, b. TX
Oscar E., son, 9, b. TX
Gilbert E., son, 6, b. OK
Mabel A., dau, age 1 year, 11 months, b. OK

1940 Census. Cache, Cotton Co, OK, Hh 76
Lived in same place in 1935
Jessie B. Dixon, 50, b. TX, Farmer
Sadie M., wife, 46, b. TX
Luther, son, 22, b. TX, car salesman
Oscar, son, 19, b. TX
Albert, son, 16, b. TX
Mabel, dau,11, b. OK

27 Apr 1942. World War II Draft Registration.
Jessie Benton Dixon of Temple, Cotton Co, OK was age 52, born 8 Sep 1889, Hopkins Co, TX. Mrs. Sady M. Dixon, wife, of Temple, would always know his address. He was 5'11", 190 #'s, blue eyes, brown hair.

Jessie B. Dixon is buried Fairview Cemetery, Randlett, Cotton Co, OK:
Birth 8 Sep 1889; died 6 Jul 1944
Sarah M., b. 25 Sep 1893, d. 24 Feb 1947
they share a marker with
Infant Dixon, b. 12 Mar 1926, d. 14 Mar 1926
Oscar C. Dixon, b. 11 Nov 1920, d. 16 Dec 1946

Social Security Claims: Luther Franklin Dixon, b. 27 Oct 1917, Edgewood, TX, died 24 April 1999. Parents were Jessie B. Dixon & Sarah M. Stallings.

Events

Birth8 Sep 1889Texas
MarriageCa 1912Sarah Melinda "Sadie" Stallings
Death6 Jul 1944Cotton County, Oklahoma

Families

SpouseSarah Melinda "Sadie" Stallings (1893 - 1957)
FatherJohn H. Dixon (1846 - 1910)
MotherMarietta Clay Haden (1846 - 1912)
SiblingBenjamin Perkins Dixon (1866 - 1921)
SiblingWilliam Haden Dixon (1868 - 1953)
SiblingSarah Dixon (1870 - )
SiblingJames Dixon (1872 - )
SiblingBirdie Dixon (1873 - 1939)
SiblingAubrey Dixon (1874 - 1945)
SiblingJohn Sam Dixon (1876 - 1963)
SiblingLucy Dixon (1879 - )
SiblingOllie Dixon (1882 - 1909)
SiblingDora Dixon (1884 - )