E.T. Dixon, son of R.L. Dixon, was born in Jackson, Mississippa, November 13, 1847. While quite young he moved with his parents to Washington County, where he lived on a farm until the close of the war between the North and South. In 1867, at the age of nineteen years, he entered a drug stoe as an apprentice, and paid his own board for the privilege of working in the store until he became acquainted with the business.

in July 1869, on account of ill-health, he was compelled to seek a healthier climate, and decided to go to Fresno County, California, where the grain interest, though in its infancy at that time, was attracting much attention. He engaged in grain raising for three years, which proved an entire failure on account of droughts, and being satisfied that the business could not be made profitable in this section, he decided to go to Merced, a town just being laid out on the Central Pacific Railroad, and engage in the drug business which he has made a profitable by close attention and economy.

In April, 1877, he married Miss Minne Ralston, of Napa City, with whom he had been acquainted ten years previous.

In 1879, the nomination for School Superintendent on the Democratic ticket was tendered him, which he accepted, and was elected and assumed the duties of the office January, 1880, which he holds at the present time.

History of Merced County, California
Elliott & Moore, Publishers
San Francisco, Cal.
1881
Page 149
Transcribed by Julie Appletoft

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