John Dixon

At Bishop, Inyo County, CA, August 30, 1802, 
John Dixon, aged 59 years and 11 months.

(Deceased was born in England, but came to the 
United States in early youth and has ever been 
a stanch American citizen and a true Christian.  
He came to this valley, accompanied by his 
devoted wife, a few weeks ago from Iowa in the 
vain hope of restoration to health from a most 
painful malady from which he had long suffered.  
Here, with his son, Professor W. G. Dixon and 
other members of his family, was to have been 
his home.  He lived for his family; to educate 
his sons and daughters has been his life's 
work; as shown by an incident elsewhere 
mentioned, education was in his thoughts down 
to the very portals of death.  Besides his wife 
and two sons here, he leaves a son a cadet at 
West Point, and two daughters - one in Cornell 
College - Iowa, and, though a stranger to us 
all here, we may safely say all who ever met 
him, deeply mourn his loss.  Evidentially the 
world is bettered by such men.)

The Inyo Register
Bishop, Inyo County, California
Thursday, Sept 1, 1892 - Page 3

Transcribed by Pat Houser for 
Inyo County GenWeb, June 5, 2004