Husband Gen. William Dunlop Dixon 1
Born: 11 Dec 1833 - St. Thomas Twp, Franklin Co, PA 2
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Father: David Dixon (1786-1849) 3
Mother: Catharine Jeffrey (1791-1871) 3
Marriage: 14 Jun 1855 2
Wife Martha Gillan 4
Born: 1833 2
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Died: 23 Nov 1902 2
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Father: William Gillan (1797-1867) 5
Mother: Sarah Dyarman (1796-1868) 2
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1 M David Jeffrey Dixon 6
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Spouse: Isabelle MacMurray ( - ) 6
Marr: 1903 6
2 F Margaret Dixon 6
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Died: Abt 1861-1865
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3 F Sarah Catherine Dixon 7
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Spouse: Edgar Brough Diehl (1865- ) 8
Marr: 18 Feb 1891 9
General Notes: Husband - Gen. William Dunlop Dixon
He was educated in the public schools and at Milnwood Academy at Shade Gap. He followed farming until he was twenty-two years old and was afterward engaged in mercantile business at St. Thomas, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, for fourteen years. He thereafter lived on his farm north of St. Thomas. At the beginning of the Civil war he organized a company for the three months' service, but owing to the great number of volunteers it was not mustered. The company was immediately reorganized for the three years' service and was mustered in April 24, 1861, with Mr. Dixon as captain. Upon the organization of the Pennsylvania Reserves it was designated as Company D, 6th Regiment, 35th P. V. The regiment was sent to the front to assist in the defense of Washington in June, 1861, and was assigned to the 3d Brigade of Gen. McCall's Division. It first went into action at Dranesville, Virginia, Dec. 20, 1861. The regiment participated with the Reserves in the seven days' battle in front of Richmond and left the peninsula in August, 1862, to see war in its sternest aspect at the second battle of Bull Run. Then by a forced march the command was hurried to Antietam, on Sept. 14th, reaching South Mountain, where the regiment lost heavily, being on the extreme right that turned the enemy's left flank. They remained there that night, and the next morning, with the brigade, marched to Keedysville and camped for the night near a mill on Antietam creek. On the morning of the 16th a general forward movement was made, the 6th moving with the brigade across the creek where the enemy's line was posted, and on the afternoon of that day, together with the famous "Bucktail" Regiment, they opened the battle of Antietam. On that and the following day the regiment assisted in the stubborn contests in the cornfield, where the enemy was driven back, meeting with an aggregate loss of 132, and they were not relieved until 10 A. M. on the 17th. Fighting under Franklin on the left at Fredericksburg, the 6th Reserves lost one-third of its entire number. Capt. Dixon was promoted in December, 1862, to be acting major, and served in that capacity until May 23, 1863, when he was promoted to be lieutenant-colonel. Arriving at Gettysburg at 2 P. M., July 2, 1863, the regiment charged from Little Round Top after Gen. Sykes' Regulars were repulsed, when the 3d Corps under Sickles, was defeated with heavy loss. Lieut.-Col. Dixon was wounded in the charge on the eve of the 3d of July. He was breveted July 3, 1863, for gallant and meritorious service at Gettysburg. Gen. Dixon was wounded in his left knee at Dranesville, Virginia, Dec. 20, 1861; he was wounded in the head and right shoulder near Harrison's Landing, Virginia, July 2, 1862; on July 3, 1863, he received a flesh wound in the face at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; and at Bethesda, Virginia, June 10, 1864 he was struck in the left breast by a spent ball. He received the brevet rank of brigadier-general, March 11, 1865, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Spottsylvania Court House, North Anna River and Bethesda Church. On the last day of the regiment's term of service, when only 150 veterans remained, it captured 102 prisoners, fortune permitting a glorious ending to its career and that of its commanding officer. No Franklin county officer, when the regiment was mustered out, June 1, 1863, had a war record more brilliant than Col. Dixon. After the Civil war Gen. Dixon resumed the mercantile business at St. Thomas, in which he continued until 1872. In politics he was an independent Republican. In religion he was a Presbyterian. Socially he belonged to the Loyal Legion and the Masonic fraternity, having been a member of George Washington Lodge, No 143, F. & A. M., for over thirty-six years.