Background
Simpson, John Dixon was born on April 22, 1858 in Bradford, Coosa Company, Alabama, United States. Son of William Kennedy and Susan Frances (Dixon) Simpson.
Simpson, John Dixon was born on April 22, 1858 in Bradford, Coosa Company, Alabama, United States. Son of William Kennedy and Susan Frances (Dixon) Simpson.
Educated Prattville Academy, Alabama to 18. Southern University, Greensboro, Alabama, 1886-1867, Bachelor of Arts, 1896. (Doctor of Divinity, Birmingham College, 1902).
Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1878. Served as pastor in 2 circuits Alabama Conference. Transferred to North. Alabama Conference, 1883.
Pastor Pratt City and Wesley Chapel, 1884-1886.
Assistant professor Southern University, Greensboro, 1887. Pastor Avondale, 1888.
Presiding elder, Decatur district, 1889-1890, Huntsville station, 1891-1894, Tuscaloosa station, 1895. President Tuscaloosa Female College, 1896-1897.
Presiding elder Tuscaloosa district, 1898.
Pastor Decatur, 1899-1900. Presiding elder Birmingham district, 1901-1904, Florence district, 1905. Pastor Anniston, 1906-1909, Ensley, 1909-1910.
President and trustee Birmingham (Alabama) College, 1910-1916.
Pastor Athens, Alabama, 1917-1918, Woodlawn Church, Birmingham, Alabama, since 1919. Delaware General Convention Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1902, 06, 10, 14, 18.
Mason.
Married Hortense Wilson, of Mobile, Alabama, April.