Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-06-16
WILLIAM H. DIXON III
PASSES BEYOND.

WILLIAM H. DIXON
PASSES BEYOND.
When a telegram came last Friday
forenoon announcing the sudden death
OF our former tOwnsman, William III.
Dixon, at his home in Marysville,
WASH, this community, where he has
lived SO long and where he has done
his real life work, was greatly shocked
and the heart Of every citizen was fill
ed with regret and sorrow. His death,
evidently, had occurred on Thursday
evening or night, June 10th. The son,
William III. Dixon Jr., who after his
graduation from the Warren High
School, left to join his parents in Wash
ington state, had just arrived home, the
father having met the son at Everett,
of which city Marysville is suburb.
Only a few minutes after. father and
son had entered the home, the spirit of
William III. Dixon took sudden fight
from its house Of clay and his life work
was finished Death was probably due
to heart failure.
OF Mr.. Dixon's early life we have
been able to learn but little Accord
ing to information given u.s. he was
born in Iowa in 1850, hence. his span
of years was three score and ten. He
lived in southern Minnesota, near
Rochester, for number Of years, and
then came to Warren in 1886, and from
that time, his life is an open book. -
Soon after his arrival in Warren, he
bought the southwest quarter Of Sec
ton 10, in town Of Farley! VIM. Lam
bert, Charles Rue and III. J. Beardmore
owned the other three quarters, all
joining that corner, and Mr.. Dixon
named it Bachelors Corner" Later
on, Mr.. Dixon bought threshing ma-
chine and threshed for number Of
years before moving to Warren to live.
After moving to Warren, he took out
an auctioneer's license and became
known as "the Warren auctioneer." He
was very successful in conducting pub
lie sales, his services being in demand
all over the county and he built up a
fine business in that line. He also in-
augurated two days Combination
Sales in Warren every spring and TALL,
the merchants of Warren also being in
duced by him to make reduced prices
on those days. Dixon's Combination
Sales were well advertised and always
proved drawing card nearly as many
people being attracted to Warren on
these sale days as at the Fourth Of
July celebrations. T..
Mr.. Dixon was a good, useful and
progressive citizen. He took a lively
interest in every movement for the
benefit of this city and community. In
getting up a Fourth of July celebration
or any other enterprise of a public ma
ture, Mr.. Dixon was always along to
boost and work He took great interest
in the county fair and was for years q
member Of the board of directors af
the fan assocfa ton. s..:s
AS man and friend, he possessed
sterling qualities that made him re-
spected and esteemed by all with whom
he came in contact. He not only be-
lieved in, but practiced ''the square
dear' in his every day life. Mr.. Dixon
was member of the Warren Oddfel-
lows lodge and also of the Modern
Woodmen of America. AT social ga
therings his geniality and good nature,
and willingness to serve, were traits
that will long be remembered. Many
of the old settlers here feel that in his
death they have sustained a personal
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After coming to Warren. Mr.. Dixon
married Mrs. Josephine Seeley: Three
children were born to them, namely,
Mrs. Josephine Mangan, of Morris,
MINI. Milan, who died in infancy; and
William H., who has just moved to
Marysville, Wash, arriving there the
day his father died. Mr. Dixon leaves
host Of friends in Warren who ex-
tend deep sympathy to his bereaved
family. Mr.. Dixon also leaves a
brother in California, and other rela-
tives elsewere, to mourn his demise:
He was buried at Marysville. In the
land of the setting sun, not far from
the placid waters Of Puget Sound, will
his bones rest. Peace to his memory
They never quite leave us our friends
who have passed
Through the shadows of death to the
sunlight above; - - .,..-:- .
A thousand sweet memories are holding
them fast
To the places they blessed with their
presence and love. ..5.4....
The work which they left and the books
which they read
Speak mutely, though still with an elo-
And the songs that they sung, and the
words that they said .
Yet 1inger and sigh on the desolate air."
Resolutions Passed by Friendship
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