Biography

Amy (Taylor) Dixon is a part of US Black heritage.

Amy was born about 1878 in Croom, Sumter County, Florida. Her parents were Jerry Taylor and Rachel Kenselo.^[1] She married Henry Dixon before 1900.^[2] She died in Pennsylvania in 1968.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Health, Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death no 020945-68, Amy Dixon, 15 February 1968, Phila[delphia], Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Box Number: 2557; Certificate Number Range: 019801-022650; Ancestry.com, database with images, "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967" > 1968 > 019801-022650 Ancestry Record 5164 #15200755 with attached Image viewed 25 September 2021 (Ancestry Sharing Link) [Amy's spouse was identified as Henry Dixon, decs'd; her parents as Jerry Taylor and Rachel Kenselo. The informant for the certificate was Amy Ray of Philadelphia. This is probably the daughter Amy. An Amy Dixon married Babe Ray in Lake County, Florida, in 1942.]
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSC1-JCZ : accessed 25 September 2021), Amy Dixon in household of Henry Dixon, Civil District 13 (excl. Mt. Pleasant town), Maury, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 83, sheet 6B, family 540, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,588.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNZC-STZ : 19 February 2021), Amie Taylor in household of Jerry Taylor, Hays Ferry, Sumter, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district ED 144, sheet 252C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,132.

• "Florida State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNJ8-1CZ : 19 February 2021), Ada Taylor in household of Jerry Taylor, 3, Sumter, Florida; citing p. 4, sheet letter D, number , line 7, NARA microfilm publication M845 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 888,973.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVK8-VBM : accessed 25 September 2021), Amy Dickson in household of Henry Dickson, Eustis, Lake, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 70, sheet 17A, family 239, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 163; FHL microfilm 1,374,176.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNYR-BTF : 1 February 2021), Amey Dixon, household 223, page 8A, Eustis, ED 96, Lake, Florida, USA

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:STYP-3MM : accessed 25 September 2021), Amy Dixon, Eustis, Lake, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 16A, line 1, family 460, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 322; FHL microfilm 2,340,057.

• "Florida State Census, 1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNVX-KWV : 2 March 2021), Amy Dixon in household of Jerry Dixon, Eustis, Lake, Florida; citing line 25, State Archives, Tallahassee; FHL microfilm 2,425,162.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTHB-NJV : 4 January 2021), Amy Dixon, Eustis, Lake, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 35-6, sheet 13A, line 34, family 331, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 595.

• "Florida State Census, 1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNXG-RF4 : 23 February 2021), Amy C Dixon, Eustis, Lake, Florida; citing line 48, State Archives, Tallahassee; FHL microfilm 2,425,195.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JRS8-CJZ : 7 January 2021), Amy Dixon, Feb 1968; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

See Also:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/224633891/amy-dixon : accessed 25 September 2021), memorial page for Amy Taylor Dixon (4 Jul 1877–15 Feb 1968), Find a Grave Memorial ID 224633891, citing Mount Zion Cemetery, Collingdale, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by W. S. Borders Jr (contributor 49161493). [A photograph of the grave has been requested 25 September 2021]

• "Florida Deaths, 1877-1939", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP7L-M7C : 23 February 2021), Amy Taylor in entry for Albert Melvin Dixon, 1934.

• "Florida Births and Christenings, 1880-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7R3-Y17 : 10 January 2020), Amy Cornelia Taylor in entry for Hosea Hubbard Dixon, 1905.