Caroline Dixon (1851)

Born 25 Dec 1851 in Illinois

Ancestors

Wife of Rufus Warren Kendrick — married 25 Oct 1881 in Coldwater, Missouri

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Des Arc, Iron Co., Missouri

Biography

Occupation: domestic.

Buried Mountain View Cemetery. Des Arc, Iron Co., Missouri.

Census: 1880 Cedar Creek Twp., Wayne Co., Missouri. 1900 Union Twp, Iron Co., Missouri.

Note: #N92.

Notes

Note N92REFN: 835.

Caroline is buried near the top of the hill, on the left-hand side, at.

the fork in the path, under the large oak tree. Her husband, Rufus.

Warren is buried to her left, and their daughter Mary Glass is buried.

to her right. Mary is buried with her stillborn son. Mary and the baby.

share a coffin.

She could read, but not write. Perhaps she was left-handed???.

There may have been a previous husband. Family tradition has it that.

she had a son Andrew before she married Rufus.

She suffered from Hemoroids so bad she had to stand up to eat. 1

The 1880 Cedar Creek Twp., Wayne Co,. Missouri Census lists Caroline Dixon, age 26 as a servant in the household of Joel Simpson. This is the Reverend Joel Simpson who would later perform the marriage between her and Rufus Warren Kendrick. 1

1900 Union Twp., Iron Co., Missouri Census lists Caroline as the wife of Rufus Warren Kendrick. It lists 5 children born and 3 living.

Sources

Searched Family Search and Missouri Death Records, no luck Whitaker-2830 16:37, 15 March 2018 (EDT)

United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHX-BZ1 : 13 December 2017), Caroline Dickson in entry for John Dickson, 1860.