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ELISHA DIXON, farmer; P. O. Oak Grove; was born in Hampshire Co., Va., June 14, 1809; in 1815, his father moved with his family to Ohio, and settled in Harrison Co.; here Mr. Dixon grew to manhood with the experiences of a pioneer farmer’s boy; his education was limited to the common schools, reading and spelling being the chief studies; in 1828, he came West to prospect the country, and, in 1829, his father came with the family and settled in Dry Grove Township, McLean Co., on the farm now owned by Peter Dewner; in the winter of 1830, Mr. Dixon came to White Oak Grove and made an improvement where James Johnson now resides; here he lived nearly forty years; he then sold his fine farm of 254 acres, and, in 1869, purchased where he now lives; owns 120 acres, valued at $6,000. He was married in December, 1829, to Mary Brown, a native of Tennessee; she died in 1866; nine children were born to them — William and Eliza Ann (twins), Lucinda, Sarah, John; four died in infancy. William and John are still living. He has held the offices of Constable, Road Commissioner, and was School Treasurer fourteen years in succession. In 1828, when only 19 years of age, Mr. Dixon voted for Gen. Jackson for President; there were only thirteen votes polled in a district of territory larger than two or three of the smaller New England States.