Marshall Dixon

Marshall Dixon served in Company G, in the 32^nd U.S.C.T. He was born around 1846 in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, to his father Jim Dixon, and his mother, who’s name is unknown. He was the youngest of seven children at the time of the 1850 United States Federal Census.¹ In 1860, at fourteen, he was living with the family of John and Nancy McCullough in Peters, Pennsylvania, likely as a laborer or hired help.² At eighteen years old, he enlisted into Company G as a corporal on February 29, 1864, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was mustered in on the same day.³ He was promoted to the rank of sergeant on March 18, 1964. Dixon was mustered out with the rest of his company on August 22, 1865, at Hilton Head South Carolina, due to the end of the Civil War. At the time of his discharge, he owed the military $33.80 for clothing, and $6.00 for arms and equipment.⁴

Dixon married his wife Ellen around 1870, and moved into a home at 217 River Avenue, in Harrisburg. He was a member of the Union Central Republican Club, the Corp. McLean Post of the G.A.R., a member and secretary for the Wesley Union Church on South Street in Harrisburg, and was employed as a barber.⁵ By the 1880 Federal Census, he and his wife had four children, William, Zella, Carrie, and Minnie. In August of 1880, he sold his home on River Avenue to a George Cunkel for $550, and moved into a home at 702 Pennsylvania Avenue, in Harrisburg’s 8^th Ward.⁶ According to the 1900 Census, he was renting his home, he could read and write, and his wife and three daughters were still living with him.⁷ Between 1900 and 1910 he moved into a home on 626 Walnut Street, still in Harrisburg’s 8^th Ward. At this point, he was running his own barber shop. His wife and youngest daughter still lived with him, as well as a lodger named Nancy Green.⁸

Soon after the 1910 Census, Dixon retired and moved to 111 Locust Street in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. He lived there until April 3, 1915, when he died of kidney disease. He was survived by his four children, and is buried in Queen Street Cemetery, row A-1, grave number 8.⁹ An article in the Shippensburg Chronicle soon after his death honors him in the account of the annual Memorial Day service held by the Corp. McLean Post, G.A.R.¹⁰

1. 1850 United States Federal Census for Marshall D Dixon.
2. 1860 United States Federal Census for Mashal Dixon.
3. Marshall Dixon, Co. G, 32 Regiment, U.S.C.T. Company Muster-in Roll, Feb 29, 1864.
4. Marshall Dickson, Co. G, 32 Regiment, U.S.C.T. Company Muster-out Roll, Aug 22, 1865.
5. “Notice”, Harrisburg Telegraph, 4, Aug 21, 1879; “The Sumner Memorial Meeting”, Harrisburg Telegraph, 3, Apr 1, 1874; “Union Central Republican Club”, Harrisburg Telegraph, 3, Aug 8, 1872.
6. “Sherriff’s Sales”, Harrisburg Telegraph, 4, Aug 19, 1880.
7. 1900 United States Federal Census for Marshall Dixon.
8. 1910 United States Federal Census for Marshall Dixon.
9. “Dixon”, The Chronicle, 4, Apr 8, 1915.
10. “Arrangements completed for annual Memorial Day service”, The Chronicle, 1, May 27, 1915.
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1850 United States Federal Census for Marshall D Dixon. Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census - AncestryLibrary.com

1860 United States Federal Census for Marshal Dixon. Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census - AncestryLibrary.com

1880 United States Federal Census for Marshall Dixon. Ancestry.com. 1880 United States Federal Census - AncestryLibrary.com

Marshall Dixon. 1890 Veterans Schedules of the U.S. Federal Census. Ancestry.com. NARA: Washington, n.d. 1890 Veterans Schedules of the U.S. Federal Census - AncestryLibrary.com

1900 United States Federal Census for Marshall Dixon. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census - AncestryLibrary.com

1910 United States Federal Census for Marshall Dixon. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census - AncestryLibrary.com

Marshall O Dixon. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995. Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 - AncestryLibrary.com

“Dixon”. The Sentinel. Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Apr 15, 1915. Page 7. https://www.newspapers.com/image/344779507

“Dixon”. The Chronicle. Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. Apr 8, 1915. Page 4. https://www.newspapers.com/image/89247696

“Former Resident Dies”. Harrisburg Telegraph. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Apr. 10, 1915. Page 7. https://www.newspapers.com/image/171493956

“Arrangements Completed for Annual Memorial Day Service”. The Chronicle. Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. May 27, 1915. Page 1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/89249310

“Sherriff’s Sales”. Harrisburg Telegraph. Harrisburg, Telegraph. Aug 19, 1880. Page 4. https://www.newspapers.com/image/44279656

“Notice”. Harrisburg Telegraph. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Aug 21, 1879. Page 4. https://www.newspapers.com/image/44270465

“The Sumner Memorial Meeting”. Harrisburg Telegraph. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Apr 1, 1874. Page 3. https://www.newspapers.com/image/44053299

“Union Central Republican Club”. Harrisburg Telegraph. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Aug 8, 1872. Page 3. https://www.newspapers.com/image/44228197

Marshall Dixon, Co. G, 32 Regiment, U.S.C.T. Company Muster-in Roll, Feb 29, 1864.

Marshall Dickson, Co. G, 32 Regiment, U.S.C.T. Company Muster-out Roll, Aug 22, 1865.