Sophronia (Riggs) Dixon (abt. 1826 - aft. 1910)

Born about Dec 1826 in Ralls County, Missouri

Ancestors

Wife of Calvin Saling — married 24 Mar 1842 (to about 1860) in Adair County, Missouri

Descendants

Died after 1910 after about age 83 in Oregon

Biography

Sophronia's birth date is variable in the available records. I have arbitrarily chosen a year immediately after her parent's marriage in 1825. This would make her about 16 at her marriage.

NOTE: Sophronia's paternal grandmother is Catherine Saling-315.

1842 Marriage

Name Calvin Saling

Spouse's Name S. Riggs

Event Date 24 Mar 1842

Event Place Adair County, Missouri^[1]

1850 Census

See photo and see her brother Garnett's profile. Many of the families listed on this census are inter-related.

Event Place Independence, Appanoose, Iowa, United States

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Calvin Salin M 30 Tennessee

Sophronia Salin F 26 Missouri

Mary J Salin F 5 Missouri

Sarah E Salin F 4 Iowa {Sarah Elizabeth}

Martha M Salin F 1 Iowa^[2]

1860 Census

See photo. Calvin & Sophronia are in House #936. Calvin is listed as a blacksmith.

Event Place Wayne Township, Buchanan, Missouri, United States

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Calvin Saylin M 40 Tennessee

Saphronia Saylin F 33 Illinois

Mary J Saylin F 15 Missouri

Elizabeth S Saylin F 14 Missouri {Sarah Elizabeth}

Martha M Saylin F 12 Missouri

William E Saylin M 6 Missouri^[3]

1860-1870

I have not been able to find a death record for her first husband, Calvin. While rummaging around on various on-line trees I found this

Sophronia's 2nd Spouse: Enoch /Dickson/

Marriage 1872

While further research proves this information to be mostly erroneous, it did spark alternate avenues of research which provided the information below.

1870 Census

As of 2019, I have not added a profile for Enoch. (He MAY be Dixon-8665) I am still trying to determine if the two children listed here were Calvin's or Enoch's children. (UPDATE: now near certain they are Calvin's children; therefore Saling's) So far the other known children researched have been married and/or are on their own. Sophronia & Enoch are in House #123. Her daughters, Elizabeth & Theodore Peck are in House # 283 and Martha & Edward Fairley are in House #250.

Event Place {Lowell Twp, Cherokee County} Kansas, United States

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Enoch Dixon M 58 Tennessee^[4]

Sophronia Dixon F 40 Illinois

Louisa Dixon F 8 Iowa

Vilena Dixon F 8 Iowa^[5]

1880 Census

Update 2021: See the photo. Note the 'Dickson' family located between (red lines) William Saling and Louisa (Saling) Wallace. I now believe that to be Sophronia and her 2nd husband. Another daughter, Vilena, is newly re-married and living nearby in Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona.

Also note:

Event Type: Voter Registration

Name: Enoch Dixon

Age: 63

Event Place: Yavapai, Arizona Territory, United States

Birthplace: Tenn^[6]

1900 Census

Sophronia has followed her parents, some siblings and some of her children westward. She is living near her sister Nancy Riggs-3534 McKinney and her nephew David P. McKinney-5089 is in the home with her.

Name Sophrona Dixon

Event Place Dolph, Little Nestucca, and Union Precincts, Tillamook, Oregon, United States^[7]

Marital Status Widowed

Mother of how many children 9

Number of Living Children 5

Birth Date Dec 1822

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Sophrona Dixon Head F 78 Missouri

David P Mckinny Nephew M 44 Oregon^[8]

1910 Census

Name Sofrona Dixon

Event Place Dolph, Tillamook, Oregon, United States

Marital Status Widowed

Mother of how many children 10

Number of Living Children 6

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

David Mckinney Head M 53 Oregon

Sofrona Dixon Aunt F 85 Missouri

Nelly M Wallace Hired man F 31 New York

Anna Wallace Boarder F 11 Colorado

Clara Wallace Boarder F 4 Colorado^[9]

1910+

No death, burial or any other additional information located as of 2019.

Sources

1. ↑ "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V28M-9P1 : 11 February 2018), Calvin Saling and S. Riggs, 24 Mar 1842; citing Adair,Missouri; FHL microfilm 1,009,591.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4Z-18S : 12 April 2016), Calvin Salin, Independence, Appanoose, Iowa, United States; citing family 15, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHCB-FWQ : 14 December 2017), Calvin Saylin, 1860.
4. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L8Q5-K3Y
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJJ-QSN : 12 April 2016), Sophronia Dixon in household of Enoch Dixon, Kansas, United States; citing p. 18, family 123, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,929.
6. ↑ "Arizona, Yavapai County, Voting Records, 1875-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZN7Y-3G2M : 2 July 2020), Enoch Dixon, 1880.
7. ↑ Dolph is an unincorporated community in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States, near the Yamhill County line. It lies at the junction of Oregon Route 22 and Oregon Route 130 between Grande Ronde and Hebo, on the Little Nestucca River. It is within the Siuslaw National Forest in the Northern Oregon Coast Range.Wikipedia
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSDP-4GF : accessed 9 January 2019), Sophrona Dixon, Dolph, Little Nestucca, and Union Precincts, Tillamook, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 76, sheet 4B, family 85, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,351.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLYT-4MP : accessed 10 January 2019), Sofrona Dixon in household of David Mckinney, Dolph, Tillamook, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 257, sheet 5A, family 80, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1283; FHL microfilm 1,375,296.