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    Eliza Dixon (Holt)

    Birth: 1804

    Death: 3-10-1858

    Alternate First Name: Elizabeth

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Dixon, Abram | Marriage Date: 1840

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Biography

Second wife of Abram Dixon, a lawyer in Westfield, NY who was an acquaintance of Benjamin Jennings Seward mentioned in his letters from the 1830s. The first Mrs. Dixon died in 1837, and he was married to Eliza "about 1840," according to Abram's obituary. Her name is listed as Elizabeth on Find A Grave, but contemporary sources say Eliza. She was born in Cherry Valley in Chenango County, NY. Her father, General Elijah Holt, moved to western New York and became an early settler and prominent citizen of Buffalo. 

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Biography: 
Second wife of Abram Dixon, a lawyer in Westfield, NY who was an acquaintance of Benjamin Jennings Seward mentioned in his letters from the 1830s. The first Mrs. Dixon died in 1837, and he was married to Eliza "about 1840," according to Abram's obituary. Her name is listed as Elizabeth on Find A Grave, but contemporary sources say Eliza. She was born in Cherry Valley in Chenango County, NY. Her father, General Elijah Holt, moved to western New York and became an early settler and prominent citizen of Buffalo.
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Annual Obituary Notices of Eminent Persons who Have Died in the United States: For 1857-[1858]
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Nathan Crosby
Publisher Location: 
Boston
Publisher Name: 
John P. Jewett and Company
Year: 
1859
Start Page: 
90
End Page: 
90
ISBN: 
https://books.google.com/books?id=o0wTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=dixon%20westfield%2C%20ny&f=false
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Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi/httpL/trees.ancestory.com/fhs/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=79458854
Title of Webpage: 
Find A Grave
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Website Last Modified Date: 
Sunday, June 25, 2017 - 12:30
Citation for Death Info:
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Annual Obituary Notices of Eminent Persons who Have Died in the United States: For 1857-[1858]
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Nathan Crosby
Publisher Location: 
Boston
Publisher Name: 
John P. Jewett and Company
Year: 
1859
Start Page: 
90
End Page: 
90
ISBN: 
https://books.google.com/books?id=o0wTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=dixon%20westfield%2C%20ny&f=false