WILLIAM ZIMMERMAN DIXON
William Zimmerman Dixon, b February 22, 1823 in South Carolina, d May 10,
1878 and buried in Grimes Cemetery, located on the J. D. Headge farm in Austin
County, Texas. William was a fanner, and moved from South Carolina to Alabama as
a young man.
On January 8, 1841 in Montgomery, Alabama, William was married to Mrs.
Rebecca (Landrum) Alexander, b November 10, 1813, d September 1, 1880 and buried
by her husband in Austin County, Texas - a
daughter of George and Rebecca (Drake) Landrum, and a sister to Dr. Benjamin L.
Landrum and Samuel Landrum, who settled in Falls County and reared families. The
Dixons settled in Falls County, Texas between 1852 and 1856; and he enlisted in
the Confederate States Army when the Civil War began - serving as a Private in
Company A 20th Texas Infantry.
The six children of William Zimmerman and Rebecca (Landrum) Dixon were:
Antoinette Dixon, b October 6, 1841 in Alabama, d January 3,1887 -
married January 1, 1857 in Falls County, Texas to Edward Daughtery.
George B. Dixon, b August 1844 in Alabama, d April 28, 1930 - married
Julia A. Shelburne.
John DeKalb Dixon, M. D., b October 3.1, 1846 in Alabama, d January 14,
1878 - married Anne Camp- bell and lived in Falls County, Texas when the 1870
Census was recorded. The children born at that time were: Caroline, b ca 1868,
and William b ca 1870. No further information.
Margaret Tabitha Dixon, b May 7, 1849 in Alabama, d April 18, 1933 -
married Anson Jones Harvey.
Eunice R. Dixon, b ca 1851 in Alabama - married Isaac Lewis, No further
information.
Edward Davidson Dixon, b August 22, 1856 in FaIls County, Texas, d
October 29, 1938 - married Mary Lou Minton. No further information.
Copyright
Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these
Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical
Commission, page 120 column 1 and 2.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission.
