JOSHUA DIX was born in Fairbanks Township, February 10, 1822, second son of
seven children born to William and Ann (Jessup) Dix, who emigrated from North
Carolina in 1818, settling in Fairbanks Township. Joshua remained at home till
of age, and received but a limited education. February 12, 1846, he married
Miss Lucretia Ann Amanda Nesbitt, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Morgan)
Nesbitt, and to this marriage have been born twelve children--Lafayette, William
Thomas, Madison J., Mary Ann, Sarah Elizabeth, Lucretia, Joshua, Diana Maria,
Eliza,, Anna Florence and Wiette Franklin. Mr. Dix is one of the leading farmers
and stock-raisers of Fairbanks, and has a farm of 344 acres. Mr. Dix has given
to each of his eight married children $2,500. He is a stockholder in the Sullivan
County Bank. He and wife are leading members in the Christian Church, and he
is a Nationalist in politics. The daughters of Mr. Dix married as follows: Mary
Ann married George W. Banister; Sarah Elizabeth, Samuel McKee; Lucretia,
Lycurgus C. Morgan; Diana M., Jerome O'Neal.
"HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, STATE OF INDIANA, FROM
THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC."
CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1884.
SULLIVAN CO., IN, FAIRBANKS TWP.
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