Mathias Dix (1867 - 1916)

Born 28 Dec 1867 in Mount Calvary, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States

Ancestors

Died 10 Feb 1916 at age 48 in Turton, Spink, South Dakota, United States

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Biography

Mathias was born at Mount Calvary in Wisconsin^[1] and came to the Dakotas in the early 1880s. He met Lydia Fortier, who was born in Chicago and came to the Dakotas in 1883. They were married 15 Oct 1893 at Turton, Spink, South Dakota and had three sons and two daughters. They lived their married life on a farm in Sumner Township until he died 10 Feb 1916.^[2] Lydia stayed on the farm till 1929 when she moved to Turton. She died 1 Mar 1966 at the James Valley Nursing Home in Redfield.

Sources

• Spink County Area History, ^[3]
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 February 2019), memorial page for Mathias Joseph Dix (28 Dec 1867–10 Feb 1916), Find A Grave Memorial no. 44425875, citing Saint Josephs Cemetery, Turton, Spink County, South Dakota, USA ; Maintained by JLRemily (contributor 47051186) .

1. ↑ 1870 US Census Year: 1870; Census Place: Marshfield, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; Roll: M593_1714; Page: 401A; Family History Library Film: 553213
2. ↑ Indexed Land Ownership Maps Owner's Name: Mathias Dix ate: South Dakota County: Spink Town: Turton Year: 1909
3. ↑ Leta Anne Nolan, project director. published Curtis Media Corporation, Dallas TX copyright 1989, ISBN: 0-88107-152-8. 482 pages. Personal copy held by Robin Rainford