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Louis Gordon Dixon
1905–1948 · Male · died at 42 or 43
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Overview
Family
Parents
- Mother: Mary Catherine 'Katherine' (Young) Dixon c. 1869–1937
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- Father: William Lemon "Buster" Dixon 1869–1937
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Wife: Rilla Evonda Dupriest 1907–1970 Unconfirmed evidence: show why
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- Daughter: Evelyn Dupriest Dixon Oak 1932–1997
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Life events
| Born | 5 AUG 1905, Amory, Monroe, Mississippi, USA Likely evidence: show whyWhy: His WWII draft card, his own statement made in 1942, gives Aug. 5, 1905, at Amory, Mississippi. No birth record has been seen. Records: Review: assessed 11-02-2026; evidence: Image examined. Earlier: Unconfirmed (09-24-2026, imported tree): From the imported family tree; not yet reviewed. · Confirmed (10-26-2026, research): His WWII draft card gives his birth on Aug. 5, 1905, at Amory, Mississippi, with his wife Rilla E. Dixon (his own statement). |
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| Died | 1948, Amory, Monroe, Mississippi, USA Unconfirmed evidence: show why |
| Marriage | 1929, with Rilla Evonda Dupriest 1907–1970 |
| Occupation | City motorscout (motorcycle officer), Birmingham, Alabama, 1932, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA |
| Residence | 1935, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama |
| Residence | 1940, Lake Twp, St Clair Shores, Macomb, Michigan, USA |
| Residence | Relation to Head of House: Self, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA |
Newspapers
Cited, with no image here
- The Birmingham News (Birmingham, Alabama), Sunday 7 August 1932, p. 2, 'Sunday in Birmingham' (Newspapers.com image 573534219) Newspaper or record reference; read it at the archive or publisher.
Record images
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1910 U.S. census, Amory Ward 1, Monroe County, Mississippi, ED 57, sheet 2A, lines 36-40: Dixon household (crop of the name columns).1910 · sheet 2A
1920 U.S. census, Monroe County, Mississippi, District 1 (Amory), ED 58, sheet 4A, lines 23-27: Dixon household (crop of the name columns).1920 · sheet 4A
1940 U.S. census, Lake Township (St. Clair Shores), Macomb County, Michigan, ED 50-24, sheet 26A, lines 5-7: Louis G. Dixon household (crop of the name columns).1940 · sheet 26A, lines 5-7
Louis Gordon Dixon, 1905–1948, Masonic Cemetery, Amory, Mississippi. Inscription: "Precious."
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Sources
- U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 Military Viewable scan Birth, Residence
National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Michigan, 10/16/1940-… - Find a Grave memorial 178115676, Rilla Evon Dupriest Dixon, Masonic Cemetery, Amory, Section VI: stone transcription "Wife of L.G. Dixon 1929-1948" Burials and memorials Citation only Marriage
- The Birmingham News (Birmingham, Alabama), Sunday 7 August 1932, p. 2, 'Sunday in Birmingham' (Newspapers.com image 573534219) Newspapers Citation only Occupation
- 1940 United States Federal Census Census Scan: family sign-in Birth
- 1940 United States Federal Census Census Scan: family sign-in Residence
- 1940 United States Federal Census Census Scan: family sign-in
- U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Birth, marriage and death records Citation only
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