History of Henderson County, Edmund L. Starling, 1887 pgs 588-9.

ARCHIBALD DIXON, M.D., Physician and Surgeon, is the second son of 
Hon. Archibald Dixon and Elizabeth Robertson Cabell, and was born in 
Henderson on the 4th day of March, 1844.  He received his early education 
at the local schools of his town, was then sent to the Sayre Institute at 
Frankfort, KY., and afterwards to the University of Toronto, Canada.
     On the __ _ day of December, 1864, he married Miss Maggie Herndon, of 
Frankfort, an intelligent, as well as beautiful woman, a good talker, and a
social, interesting companion, of a bright and happy disposition.
     Dr. and Mrs. Dixon have had born unto them four children, two 
promising sons, Wynn and Archibald, and two affectionate, loving daughters, 
Maggie and Julia.
     Our subject followed the business of farming on his place near 
Henderson up to 1876, yet in earlier life he had acquired a fondness for 
physics, and occupied a great part of his time in reading medical works.  
Circumstances, however, denied him adopting his chosen life's work until 
1877, when he graduated from the Louisville Medical College, one of five 
of the brightest of his class.  Having lost his patrimony in 1877, he 
moved to the City of Henderson to practice his profession, starting life 
anew, with nothing but the profits arising from his profession on which to
support his family.
     At that time, as now, the profession had enrolled among its numbers in
Henderson physicians of equal standing with any in the entire Commonwealth.
 These old practitioners held their score of patrons against the world, and 
only when one would die, or move away, could a young graduate hope to 
subsist on anything more than the pickings, at all times uncertain in the 
payment of fees.  This fact, then, together with all the proverbial 
difficulties that are attendant upon a young physician's first practice, 
Dr. Dixon was necessarily required to encounter.
     Did he hesitate? Did he flinch? By no means.  On the contrary, no
difficulties, no distresses, dampened his professional zeal.  It was life 
and death with him, and for that reason, if for none other, he devoted 
himself to the work ahead of him with an energy and intelligence seldom 
equaled.  He went up, up, his evening and morning star growing brighter 
with each day's practice.  While many others were prophesying his downfall, 
he was then tasting the fruits of a deserved harvest, a testimony to his 
worth, geniality and ability as a practicing physician.  He fought a manly
fight with poverty, and the frowns and scowls of an unforgiving and 
pursuing world, and he has won.
     Dr. Dixon is a member of the "Mississippi Valley Medical Society," the
second largest Association in the country.  In 1885, the very distinguished 
honor of President was conferred upon him by the Society.  He served with 
a dignity and intelligence that made him a host of friends.
     He is a member of the Kentucky State Medical Society, member, and now
President of the District McDowell Society, of the local Medical Club, and 
an extensive correspondent and contributor to various medical journals in 
this country.
     Dr. Dixon was raised in the Presbyterian faith, and some time since
connected himself with the church.  He is a member of the Masonic and 
Knights of Pythias orders, in the former having attained to the rank of 
Knights Templar.  The first Laparotomy ever performed in Henderson was 
done by him.

Dixon Cabell Herndon 
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Frankfort-KY Toronto-Canada

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