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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

William A. DIX, farmer, Sec, 18; P. O. Minooka; the subject of this sketch was born in 
Windham Co., Vt., Jan. 17, 1828. He married Miss S. R. RICHARDSON Jan. 27, 1859; she was 
born in Concord, Vt., April 6, 1831; they have four children, viz. - Lucy E., born June 
12, 1859; Hattie E., born Jan. 31, 1861; Emma M., born Nov. 25, 1862, and William C., 
born April 13, 1868. He lived nearly eleven years in Vermont, when, with his parents, he 
moved to Bureau Co., IL; this was in 1838; they came the entire distance in a wagon; they 
engaged in farming, and remained there until 1861, when he came to his present place; he 
came here in fair circumstances; he owns over 200 acres, mostly in this township, which he 
has earned principally by his own labor; his parents, Moses DIX and Mrs. Lucy (STEARNS) 
DIX, are living in Mendota, IL; his wife's parents, Stephen RICHARDSON and Mrs. Erepta 
(WILDER) RICHARDSON, are living in Bureau Co., IL, where they settled in 1839.


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