Brooks-Sumter-Washington County GaArchives Biographies.....Dixon, Llewellyn Robinson 1836 - 1912 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 October 20, 2004, 8:22 pm Author: William Harden p. 868-869 LLEWELLYN ROBINSON DIXON. A long and prosperous career was that of Mr. Dixon. Born in Georgia seventy-seven years ago, he had been identified with the southwestern part of the state since pioneer times when there were no railroads. He is a veteran of the Civil war., and for many years has successfully managed a large estate in Brooks county, his residence being in the village of Morven. Llewellyn Robinson Dixon was born on a farm in Sumter county, August 26, 1836. His grandfather was a pioneer of Washington county, and there, it is thought, Pleasant Dixon, the father, was born and reared to manhood. From Washington he moved to Houston county, and after a few years to Sumter county and then to Pulaski county. Pleasant Dixon was a plantation overseer and managed a number of large estates in Georgia. He was overseer on Major McCormick's plantation until about 1846, when he settled in Dooly county and bought a farm of his own. In 1854, coming to that portion of Lowndes county now included in Brooks and buying land in the Morven district, he there devoted himself to the quiet pursuits of the farm until his death at the age of seventy-two. The maiden name of his wife was Fanny Lycett, and she was born in Washington county and her death occurred at the age of about eighty-six. She reared five children, Caroline, Moses, William, Lewellyn R. and Jimmie. Mr. Dixon was a youth of eighteen when the family settled in Lowndes county (now Brooks), and at that time Troupville was the county seat. There was yet no railroad transportation for the products of this region, and the nearest markets were Tallahassee or Newport, Florida. His father often hauled his crops to one of these ports, and it required four or five days to make the round trip. Mr. Dixon lived at home most of the time until his marriage, when he settled on land inherited by his wife. When his brothers went into the war he returned to the home farm to care for his parents. But when practically all the youth of the South was needed to sustain that giant struggle he also left home in August, 1862, enlisted in Company A of the Second Florida Battalion. His command was soon sent to northern Virginia and placed in A. P. Hill's corps. He was engaged in many of the greatest battles of the war and served until the end. At the surrender at Appomattox he was a near observer of Generals Grant and Lee in their meeting, and was thus one of the actual witnesses of that culminating event in the war between the states. On being paroled he marched with his command to the James river, took boat to Fortress Monroe, was there transferred to a steamer which carried him to Savannah, and from there walked to Jessup and thence came by railroad the rest of the way to Lowndes county. After nearly three years' absence in the army he resumed farming on the old homestead for five or six years, and then bought land about a mile northwest of Morven. Possessed of energy and good judgment, as the years went by he added to the sum of his material prosperity and has long since acquired a position of comfort and moderate affluence. He owned upwards of twelve hundred acres, and some years ago retired from the personal supervision of his property and lived retired in the village of Morven. Mr. Dixon was married at the age of twenty-three to Miss Mary Beasley. She was born in Lowndes county, a daughter of Isaiah and Polly (Campbell) Beasley, pioneer settlers of that county. Mrs. Dixon died at the age of twenty-five and left three children: Pleasant, Frankie and May, and he then married her sister, Catherine, his faithful companion for many years. Her death occurred in 1909. Mr. Dixon then married Mrs. Julia (Devane) Alderman. She was born in Brooks county, a daughter of John and Martha (Hicks) Devane, and her paternal grandparents were Benjamin and Mary (Rogers) Devane, and her maternal grandparents, Benjamin and Mosley (Brice) Hicks. Mrs. Dixon's first husband was Timothy Alderman, a Confederate soldier and until his death a farmer of Brooks county. Mr. Dixon's daughter. Frankie married Moses Dixon, and their children are Pleasant, Llewellyn, William, Katie Lou and Temperance. Mary married Isom Walker and has one daughter, Mollie, who is the wife of Herbert Purvis, and their son Herbert is a great-grandchild of Mr. Dixon. By his second wife Mr. Dixon had seven children, namely: Jimmie, Emma, Annie, Alice, Mattie, Brax-ton and Estelle. Jimmie married Katie Briggs and has seven daughters, named Rachel, Inez, Jimmie, Julian, Estelle, Annie Lou and Reba, Emma is the wife of John Wiggins. Annie became the wife of John Moody, and their five children are Catherine, Braxton, Ina, R. F. and Frankie. Alice married George Edwards and has two children, Sally and Thelma. Mattie is the wife of William Council, and their three children are Emma Lee, Ralph C. and Alma. Braxton died at the age of twenty-one years. Estelle, who married John Hammett, died leaving an infant daughter, Estelle, who now lives with her uncle, John Wiggins. Mr. Dixon died December 20, 1912, and was buried at Mount Zion camp ground near Morven. Additional Comments: From: A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA BY WILLIAM HARDEN VOLUME II ILLUSTRATED THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO AND NEW YORK 1913 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 5.9 Kb