CS Dixon, John Abernathy

John Abernathy Dixon​

Born: September 20, 1830

Birthplace: Alabama

Father: Mixon Draper Dixon 1802 – 1855

(Buried: Sibley Cemetery, Sibley, Louisiana)​

Mother: Miriam DeVane 1801 – 1852

(Buried: Sibley Cemetery, Sibley, Louisiana)​

Wife: Martha Effijane Hogan 1838 – 1917

(Buried: Longstreet Memorial Cemetery, Longstreet, Louisiana)​

Children:

William Draper Dixon 1858 – 1910​

(Buried: Marthaville Cemetery, Marthaville, Louisiana)​

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John Byron Dixon 1860 – 1913​

(Buried: Longstreet Memorial Cemetery, Longstreet, Louisiana)​

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Susanna Louise Dixon Harrell 1862 – 1924​

(Buried: Beulah Baptist Church, Cheneyville, Louisiana)​

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Matilda Ellen Dixon Harper 1864 – 1940​

(Buried: Runge City Cemetery, Runge, Texas)​

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Henry Walter Dixon 1866 – 1935​

(Buried: Longstreet Memorial Cemetery, Longstreet, Louisiana)​

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George C. Dixon 1868 – 1929​

(Buried: Grand Cane Cemetery, Grand Cane, Louisiana)

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Martha Dixon Connell 1872 – 1962​

(Buried: Smyrna Cemetery, Grand Cane, Louisiana)​

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Ella Mourning Dixon McMichael 1874 – 1951​

(Buried: Grand Cane Cemetery, Grand Cane, Louisiana)​

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Mary F. Dixon Coody 1876 – 1924​

(Buried: Longstreet Memorial Cemetery, Longstreet, Louisiana)​

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Daniel Benjamin Dixon 1878 – 1947​

(Buried: Fairlawn Cemetery, Elk City, Oklahoma)​

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Franklin Dixon 1883 – 1885​

(Buried: Campground Cemetery, Melder, Louisiana)​

Occupation before War:

Farmer in Winn Parish, Louisiana​

Civil War Career:

1861: Enlisted in the 12th​ Louisiana Infantry on August 18th​​

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Captain of Company C, 12th​ Louisiana Infantry Regiment​

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1863: Captured and Paroled at Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi​

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1865: Temporary Commander of Scott's Brigade at Bentonville​

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1865: Major of 12th​ Louisiana Infantry Regiment on April 9th​

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1865: Paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina on April 26th​

Occupation after War:

Farmer in Winn Parish, Louisiana​

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Farmer in Rapides Parish, Louisiana​

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Farmer in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana​

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(All of the above comes from censuses)​

Died: February 4, 1901

Place of Death: DeSoto Parish, Louisiana

Age at time of Death: 70 years old

Burial Place: Longstreet Memorial Cemetery, Longstreet, Louisiana

 

[Luke Freet]

1865: Temporary Commander of Scott's Brigade at Bentonville
1865: Major of 12th Louisiana Infantry Regiment on April 9th

Not a good sign when you hold the rank of captain and are commanding a brigade. Just...makes one wonder what happened to everyone else.