Born in Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Henry Dixon
and Mary (Johnston) Dixon
Sister of
Roger Dixon, Martha (Dixon) Green, Henry Dixon, Mary Johnston (Dixon) Bailey, John R Dixon, Robert Dixon, Charles Cornielius Dixon, Susan (Dixon) Grayson, George Wynne Dixon, Judith (Dixon) Towles, Frances (Dixon) Allen, Marion Hart Dixon [half] and Emma Dixon [half]
Wife of
William Thornton Posey
— married
7 May 1829 in Henderson County, Kentucky, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Reuben Thornton Posey, Mary Hall (Posey) Lyle, Lucy Frances (Posey) Marshall, Thomas Lloyd Posey, Henry Dixon Posey, John W Posey, Martha Anne (Posey) Beatty, Eliza M (Posey) Bailey, William Thornton Posey, George Posey, Robert D. Posey, Sarah Posey and Addison Cornelius Posey
Died
at age 66
in Henderson County, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Feb 2020
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Biography
Elizabeth was born in 1810. She is the daughter of Henry Dixon and Mary Johnston.
She passed away in 1877. She is buried at the Fernwood Cemetery, Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky.
Sources
- Edmund L. Starling, History of Henderson County, Kentucky, Henderson, KY: n.p. 1887, pp. 608-612, Captain Henry Dixon bio and family information; image copy, Internet Archive, (https://archive.org/details/historyofhenders00star/page/608/mode/2up?q=towles : accessed 30 Nov 2022)
- Marriage: "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW1J-T2C : 11 May 2022), Eliza Dixon in entry for William Posey, 1829.
- 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M654-24W : 19 December 2020), Eliza Posey in household of William F Posey, Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- 1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:MZB4-VRS : Tue Apr 04 22:43:44 UTC 2023), Entry for Eliza Posey and Thomas L Posey, 1860.
- 1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXW4-TJ9 : 29 May 2021), Eliza J Ross in entry for Wm J Marshall, 1870.
- Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #89755928 (accessed 25 June 2023)
Memorial page for Elizabeth Jane “Eliza” Dixon Posey (20 Apr 1810-20 Mar 1877), citing Fernwood Cemetery, Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky, USA (plot: Lot 474); Maintained by The Genealogy Archaeologist (contributor 47279987).
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