HENRY DIX
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HENRY DIX
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HENRY DIX is now successfully engaged in farming on section 26, Manito Township, Mason County, and is doing a good business. He owns two hundred and forty acres of land, a part of which he now rents, while the remainder he operates, engaging in general farming. He is a wide-awake and enterprising man and carefully manages his interests. Mr. Dix was born in Ohio on the 12th of August, 1849, and is a son of Barney and Regina (Erfman) Dix, both of whom were natives of Germany. The father died in Indiana in 1870, at the age of sixty-seven years, and the mother's death occurred in 1876 at the age of fifty-six. Our subject was reared in the usual manner of farmer's lads, spending the days of his boyhood and youth at work in the fields or in attendance upon the district schools of the neighborhoods in which he made his home. He came to Illinois in 1879. He has since made his home in Mason County and is one of its well known citizens. On the 28th of May, 1875, Mr. Dix was united in marriage with Miss Minnie Wickemeyer, who was born in Germany, July 25, 1850, and is a daughter of Benedict Wickemeyer. Their marriage was celebrated in Ripley County, Ind., and they began their domestic life this county. For four years Mr. Dix rented land, and then purchased the farm upon which he now resides. He first bought one hundred and sixty acres of land, and as his financial resources increased, he added to this by additional purchase until he now has a fine and valuable tract of two hundred and forty acres. There are good buildings and other improvements upon the place, including an orchard which covers two acres. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Dix has been blessed with the presence of who children, both daughters, named Katie M. R. and Louisa E. The parents are members of the Lutheran Church, and take an interest in its growth and welfare. In his social relations Mr. Dix is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America and in his political affiliations is a Republican. He has served as School Director of his district and has been commissioner of drainage, but has never sought or desired public office, preferring to give his entire time and attention to his business interests, in which he has met with a well deserved success. He and his estimable wife are held in high regard by all who know them, and it is with pleasure that we present this sketch of their lives to our readers. |