★★★ Dixon, Leonidas Virginius

Leonidas Virginius Dixon​

Born: 1816

Birthplace: Abingdon, Virginia

Father: Henry St. John Dixon 1773 – 1846

(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi)​

Mother: Boadicea 1785 – 1844

(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi)​

Wife: Sarah Jane Forester 1822 – 1890

(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee)​

Married: December 9, 1841 in Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi

Children:

Margaret Campbell Dixon 1857 – 1944​

(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery Memphis, Tennessee)​

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Leonidas Virginius Dixon Jr. 1859 – 1909​

(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery Memphis, Tennessee)​

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Ida Dixon Paine 1861 – 1944​

(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery Memphis, Tennessee)​

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Frank Gilmer Dixon Sr. 1865 – 1945​

(Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown Memphis, Tennessee)​

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Law Partner with General Charles W. Adams in Memphis​

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Colonel of the Memphis Legion Infantry Battalion​

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Judge​

Died: September 17, 1878

Place of Death: On the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad, Abingdon, Virginia

Age at time of Death: 63 years old

Cause of Death: Yellow Fever

Burial Place: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee (Jan. 24, 1879)