Eighth Generation

149. Aubrey DIXON was born on 30 March 1874 in Texas. He died on 30 May 1945 at the age of 71 in Cooper, Delta County, Texas.

Texas Marriages: Aubrey Dixon married Ida Covington, 15 Jul 1897, Hopkins Co, TX

1900 Census. Justice Prec 8, Hopkins Co, TX
Hh 4
Aubrey Dixon, b. Mar 1873, age 27, married 2 years, b. TX, parents b. MO
Ida M., wife, b. Jun 1879, age 20, 2 children, b. AL
Annie M., dau, b. Mar 1898, age 2
Willie, son, b. Feb 1900, age 4 months

1910 Census. Hopkins Co, Justice Prec 8, TX, Hh 188
Aubry Dixon, age 33, married once for 13 years, b. TX, parents b. MO
Idar M., wife, 28, 4 children, b. AL
Anie M., dau, 12. Willie D., son 10. Ernest C., son 8. Livern, son 6.
John F., cousin, age 35,b. TX.

12 Sep 1918 World War I Draft Registration. Aubry Dixon was living at Sulphur Springs, Hopkins Co, TX. Born 30 Mar 1873. He was a farmer. Ida Dixon would always know his address. He was of medium height, medium build, had blue eyes

1920 Census. Justice Prec 8, Hopkins Co, TX, Hh 65
Aubry, age 45, farmer, b. TX, parents b. MO
Ida, wife, 42, b. Al
Earnest, son 17. Laverne, son, 14
Next door in Hh 66
Willie Dixon, age 20. Ibah, wife 18. Lavarda, Daughter, 1 month old

1930 Census. Prec 8, Hopkins Co, TX, Hh 63
Aubry Dixon, age 54, was 20 when 1st married, b. TX, parents b. MO
Ida M., 50, married at age 17, b. AL

Death Certificate for Aubrey Dixon of Cooper, Delta Co, TX. He died 30 May 1945 of endocarditis complicated by influenza. Aubrey was married; had been born 30 Mar 1874. He was 71 years old; worked as a laborer. Father was listed as John Dixon; mother as Mary Haden. Lee Dixon of Cooper was the informant and he didn't know where the parents had been born. He was buried Oak Lawn.
Death Certificate for Ida Missouri Dixon, who died in Dallas. Her residence was Cooper, Delta Co. bor 5 Jun 1879, in Alabama; she was age 71 years, 5 months, 13 days, when she died 18 Nov 1950. She was a widow. Her father was John Covington, b. AL; her mother Mary Baggett, b. AL. she died of cardiac decease. W. O. Dixon signed as informant. Buried Cooper Cemetery [she's at Oaklawn along with Aubrey]

A Death Certificate for Willie Dee Dixon, who died at age 73, 20 Mar 1973, Palestine, Anderson Co, TX, gave his parents' names as Aubrey Dixon and Ida Mae Covington. Mrs. W. D. Dixon was the informant. He was a retired machinist, said to have died of "natural casues" - there was an inquest, so perhaps he was found dead. Born 23 Feb 1900. He was buried Laurel Oaks Cemetery, Mesquite, TX.

Texas Death Certificate #26983 for son Earnest:
Earnest Clifton Dixon died 12 April 1973 of cardiac failure,and metestatic lymphosarcoma, in the East Town Osteopathic Hospital, Dallas, Dallas Co, TX. He had lived in Dallas for 26 years - his address was 2806 Lolita. He was born 4 Nov 1902 in Hopkins County. Earnest was married. His occupation had been that of welder, at Venta-Hood. Aubrey Dixon was his father, Ida Covington, his mother. Mrs. Ivy Dixon was the informant. He was buried April 13th, Laurel Oaks Cemetery, Mesquite, Dallas Co, TX

Aubrey DIXON and Ida Missouri COVINGTON were married on 15 July 1897 in Hopkins County, Texas. Ida Missouri COVINGTON was born on 5 June 1879 in Alabama. She died on 18 November 1950 at the age of 71 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.

1880 Census. Crittenden Cross Roads, Lauderdale Co, AL, Hh 14
John Covington, 21, Farmer, b. AL
Mary, 22, wife, b. AL
Jonas, 2, son, b. AL
Ida, 1, dau, b. AL

undated, unidentified newspaper clipping
By Paris News Correspondent
Funeral for Mrs. Ida Dixon Set at Cooper
Funeral service for Mrs. Ida Dixon, 73, who died in Dallas, was set for 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at First Baptist Church here. The Rev. Eugene T. Johnson of Antioch Baptist Church has charge and McDonald Funeral Home will make burial in Oaklawn Cemetery.
Mrs. Dixon died Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of a son, D. D. Dixon in Dallas. Other children surviving are Willie Dixon, Ernest Dixon and Mrs. A. M. Chance, all of Dallas, and Lee Dixon of Cooper. She leaves a number of grandchildren also.