Henry Cohen Dixon (1907 - 1968)

Born 19 Oct 1907 in Avera, Jefferson, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Died 21 Dec 1968 at age 61 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Henry was born in 1907 to Booth Cohen Dixon and Judith Eugenia Ivey.

• Fact: Residence (1910) Militia District 1593, Jefferson, Georgia, United States^[1]
• Fact: Residence (1920) Augusta Ward 2, Richmond, Georgia, United States^[2]
• 1930 census record not found
• 1940 census record not found
• Fact: Draft Registration (16 Oct 1940) Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States^[3]
• Fact: Marriage to Daisy J Childre (8 Nov 1940) Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, United States^[4]
• Fact: Obituary (23-24 Dec 1968) Augusta, Georgia^[5][6]

He passed away in 1968.^[7][8]

• Fact: Burial (1968) Westover Memorial Park, Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, United States^[9][10]

Research Notes

At some point after his fathers death, Henry lived at Anson Dodge Home for Boys at Frederica on Saint Simons Island.

He worked as a "carney" for The Johnny J. Jones Exposition.

per Thomas Walter Klose, nephew of Henry Dixon Ancestry Profile

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML27-PN5 : accessed 29 July 2021), Henry C Dixon in household of Booth C Dixon, Militia District 1593, Jefferson, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 36, sheet 6A, family 94, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 194; FHL microfilm 1,374,207.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJXW-WTL : 1 February 2021), Henry Dixon in entry for Judie Dixon, 1920.
3. ↑ "Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QZ-L956 : accessed 29 July 2021), Henry Cohen Dixon, 1940-1942; citing Atlanta, , Georgia, United States, Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147, National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri; FamilySearch digital folder 005427587.
4. ↑ "South Carolina, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1907-2000", Ancestry.com, accessed 29 Jul 2021, http://search.ancestry.com/collections/61450/records/256062, Henry Cohen Dixon and Daisy J Childre, 8 Nov 1940, Anderson, Anderson County.
5. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP1B-8JXN : 18 July 2020), Henry C Dixon, 1968.
6. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP1B-PTFF : 18 July 2020), Henry C Dixon, 1968.
7. ↑ "Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V498-T28 : 24 December 2014), Henry C Dixon, 21 Dec 1968; from "Georgia Deaths, 1919-98," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Chatham, Georgia, certificate number 038480, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, Atlanta.
8. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP1G-P8RV : 18 July 2020), Henry C Dixon, 1968.
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134343562/henry-cohen-dixon : accessed 29 July 2021), memorial page for Henry Cohen Dixon (19 Oct 1907–21 Dec 1968), Find a Grave Memorial ID 134343562, citing Westover Memorial Park, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Jimmy Morris (contributor 47132742).
10. ↑ BillionGraves.com. Grave record for Henry C. Dixon (19 Oct 1907 - 21 Dec 1968), BillionGraves Record 25695637 Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, United States