El Dorado County Biographies


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F. R. J. DIXON
 
            Was born in Humbleton, near Hull, in Yorkshire, England, June 8th, 
1829.  He received a collegiate education, intending to fit himself for a 
physician, but when nineteen years old he accepted a position as assistant in 
the Colonial Secretary�s office at Melbourne, Australia.  He resigned this 
position and went to the gold diggings to engage in the mercantile business.  
While merchandising he also acted as a correspondent for the English newspapers. 
 In January, 1860, eh arrived in California and engaged in mining at Pilot Hill, 
and thence to Bath, and engaged in farming.  From here he went to San Francisco, 
where for four years he was in the insurance business, after which he again 
returned to the mines in Placer and El Dorado counties.  In 1879 he removed to 
Greenwood, where he is Justice of Peace and Notary Public; before the adoption 
of the new Constitution, he did some law practice.  Mr. Dixon is an enthusiastic 
opponent of Chinese immigration; in 1867 he was President of the Anti-Coolie 
Convention, etc.  On the 18th of August, 1851, he was united in marriage to 
Rebecca Chappell, by which union there have been nine children, six of whom are 
yet alive, viz.:  William H., Robert P., Eleanor J., Frederick R., John H. and 
Mary H.  The three deceased ones are Frederick E. K., Isaac J. and Arthur C.  
These three and William H. were born in Australia, the balance of the family in 
California.  The first venture of the Dixon Brothers was in establishing 
themselves in the butchering business at Greenwood, on December 1st, 1881.  They 
are both active workers in the order of the Blue Ribbon temperance club, of 
which Mr. Dixon, Sr., is President.
 
Historical Souvenir of El Dorado County, California with Illustrations & 
Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men & Pioneers - Oakland, Cal. - Paolo 
Sioli, Publisher, 1883. p - 240
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler