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Eliza (Peters) Dixon (abt. 1822 - 1894)

Eliza Dixon formerly Peters
Born about in Licking Co., Ohio, USAmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married before 1843 in Licking Co., Ohio, USAmap [uncertain]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 72 in Homer, Licking Co., Ohio, USAmap
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Biography

Eliza Peters was born in July 1822 in Licking Co., Ohio. She was the daughter of John Peters and Lydia Phillips.

1830 census -- Burlington Twnp, Licking County, Ohio, USA

Name: Lydia Peters
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Burlington, Licking, Ohio
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 (Jackson)
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 (John)
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 (Peache)
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 (Lydia)
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1 (Mary Polly)
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 (Eliza?)
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 2 (Catherine, Rachel)
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 (Lydia)
Free White Persons - Under 20: 8
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 9[1]

In 1832, Eliza was mentioned as a minor child of John Peters in a Knox Co., Ohio Chancery case, Thornhill vs Peters, where her uncle, Bryant Thornhill, filed against her father's estate and her mother and siblings.

1840 census -- Burlington Twnp, Licking Co., Ohio, USA

Name: Lydia Peters
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Burlington, Licking, Ohio
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 (son C: Jackson)
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1 (son B: John)
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 (son A: unknown)
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 (daughter G: Lydia)
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 (daughter F: Mary Polly)
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1 (Lydia)
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 2
Persons Employed in Manufacture and Trade: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 6
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 6[2]

She married Archibald Dixon sometime prior to 1843 probably in Licking Co., Ohio.

A daughter in the right age bracket does not appear in the 1840 household of Lydia Peters. Possibly Eliza was working out, living with family, or had already married (and she and Archibald had additional children who did not survive infancy indicating their marriage may have been earlier that 1842).

1850 census -- Burlington Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio, USA

Archibald Dixson, age 34, male, , farmer, born Ohio; Eliza Dixson, age 29, female, , born Ohio; Edith D Dixson, age 8, female, , born Ohio, attended school; Perry A Dixson, age 6, male, , born Ohio, attended school; Mary E Dixson, age 4, female, , born Ohio, attended school; Elimus M Dixson, age 2, male, , born Ohio; Phebe J Dixson, age 2/12, female, , born Ohio.[3]

1860 census -- Burlington Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio, USA

Archibald Dixon, age 42, male, , farmer, $4000 real estate, $668 personal property, born Ohio; Eliza Dixon, age 38, female, , housekeeper, born Ohio; Emily D Dixon, age 17, female, , housekeeper, born Ohio; Perryander Dixon, age 16, male, , farmer, born Ohio, attended school; Mary E Dixon, age 14, female, , born Ohio, attended school; Elmus N Dixon, age 12, male, , born Ohio, attended school; Phebe J Dixon, age 9, female, , born Ohio, attended school; Lydia A Dixon, age 8, female, , born Ohio, attended school; Eloisa M Dixon, age 3, female, , born Ohio; Fanny C Dixon, age 2, female, , born Ohio; John W Dixon, age 1/12, male, , born Ohio[4]

1870 census -- Bennington Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio, USA

Archibald Dixon, age 52, male, white, farmer, $4000 real estate, $930 personal property, born Ohio; Eliza Dixon, age 49, female, white, keeping house, born Ohio; Lydia A Dixon, age 17, female, white, assists in housekeeping, born Ohio, attended school; Malvina Dixon, age 14, female, white, attending school, born Ohio, attended school; Fanny Dixon, age 12, female, white, attending school, born Ohio, attended school; John Dixon, age 10, male, white, attending school, born Ohio, attended school[5]

1880 census -- Bennington Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio, USA

Archibald Dixon, white, male, age 61, married, farmer, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia; Eliza Dixon, white, female, age 57, wife, married, keeping house, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Melvina E Dixon, white, female, age 24, daughter, single, housekeeping, not at home, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Fannie C Dixon, white, female, age 21, daughter, single, attended school, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; John Dixon, white, male, age 19, son, farm hand, single, not at home, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; John Houck, white, male, age 8, grandson, single, attending school, attended school, born Illinois, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio[6]

She died 5 December 1894 in Homer, Ohio.[7]She is buried in Homer Cemetery in Homer, Ohio.[8]

Sources

  1. "United States Census, 1830", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGK-XZM : Tue Oct 03 04:14:14 UTC 2023), Entry for Lydia Peters, 1830.
  2. "United States Census, 1840", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTC-9ZX : Tue Oct 03 21:17:30 UTC 2023), Entry for Lydia Peters, 1840.
  3. "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQV-4XS : Wed Oct 04 22:39:06 UTC 2023), Entry for Archibald Dixson and Eliza Dixson, 1850.
  4. "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCGK-MSQ : Fri Oct 06 09:31:49 UTC 2023), Entry for Archibald Dixon and Eliza Dixon, 1860.
  5. "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M62Y-2L1 : Wed Oct 04 13:47:43 UTC 2023), Entry for Archibald Dixon and Eliza Dixon, 1870.
  6. "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M89N-F1C : Fri Oct 06 21:44:33 UTC 2023), Entry for Archibold Dixon and Eliza Dixon, 1880.
  7. "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6FH-ZZW : Fri Dec 15 23:20:26 UTC 2023), Entry for Eliza Dixon, 05 Dec 1894.
  8. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42549240/eliza-dixon: accessed February 25, 2024), memorial page for Eliza Peters Dixon (1822–1894), Find A Grave: Memorial #42549240, citing Homer Cemetery, Homer, Licking County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by d clary (contributor 47126895).




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