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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

George DIXON, farmer; P. O. Lockport; was born in Lincolnshire, England, Dec. 25, 1832; 
he emigrated to America in 1851, and engaged in farm labor for G. R. DYER; he remained 
with him six years, and then labored for a Mr. RAY for the same length of time; in 1856, 
he purchased 320 acres of land in Michigan; this he purchased chiefly for the timber upon 
it, and, in the great fire which occurred throughout that region a few years ago, he 
suffered a loss of $3,000 to $4,000; subsequently, he sold out and went to England, and, 
after a sojourn of nine months, returned to America, and, in 1869, purchased where be now 
resides. He was married Sept. 14, 1869, to M. Jennie BURGESS, a native of Lincolnshire, 
England. Owns 160 acres, worth $5,000. Mr. DIXON has led a somewhat romantic life since 
coming to America; while a young man, he was accustomed to spend the winter season hunting 
and trapping in Michigan, and always realized handsomely from his winter's sport; much of 
the time was passed with the Indians, and often-times he was far from the habitations of 
white men, surrounded by the beasts of the forest, with only the savage for a companion.


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HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.