Background
Dixon, Thomas was born on January 11, 1864 in Shelby, North Carolina, United States. Son of Review Thomas and Amanda Elizabeth (McAfee) Dixon.
Dixon, Thomas was born on January 11, 1864 in Shelby, North Carolina, United States. Son of Review Thomas and Amanda Elizabeth (McAfee) Dixon.
A.M., Wake Forest College, North Carolina, 1883. Bachelor of Laws, Greensboro (North Carolina) Law School, 1886. Admitted to bar all courts, North Carolina and United States District and Supreme cts., 1886.
Scholarship, history and politics, Johns Hopkins, 1883-1884.
Member North Carolina legislature, 1885-1886. Resigned to enter Baptist ministry, October, 1886. Pastor Raleigh, North Carolina, 1887, Boston, Massachusetts, 1888-1889, New York, New York, 1889-1899.
Popular lyceum lecturer, 1889-1903. Clerk United States District Court, Eastern District, North Carolina, 1938-1943.
Author: Leopard’s Spots, 1902. The One Woman, 1903
The Clansman, 1905. The Life Worth Living, 1905.
The Traitor, 1907
Comrades, 1909. The Root of Evil, 1911. The Sins of the Father, 1912.
The Southerner, 1913. The Victim, 1914
Foolish Virgin, 1915. The Birth of a Nation (photoplay), 1915.
Fall of a Nation, 1916. The Way of a Man, 1918. A Man of the People, 1920.
The Man in Gray, 1921. The Black Hood, 1924. The Love Complex, 1925.
The Sun Virgin, 1929. Companions, 1931
The Inside Story of the Harding Tragedy (with Harry M. Daugherty), 1932. A Dreamer in Portugal, 1934.
The Flaming Sword, 1939.
Member North Carolina legislature, 1885-1886.
Married Harriet Bussey, March 3, 1886.; married Madelyn Donovan, Raleigh, North Carolina, March 20, 1939. Children: Jordan (deceased), Charlotte Louise, Thomas.