Thomas Dixon

Background

Dixon, Thomas was born on January 11, 1864 in Shelby, North Carolina, United States. Son of Review Thomas and Amanda Elizabeth (McAfee) Dixon.

Education

Master of Arts, 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 courts, 1886.

Scholarship, history and politics, Johns Hopkins, 1883-1884.

Career

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.

Achievements

• Thomas Dixon has been listed as a noteworthy novelist, playwright. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member North Carolina legislature, 1885-1886.

Connections

Married Harriet Bussey, March 3, 1886. Married Madelyn Donovan, Raleigh, North Carolina, March 20, 1939. Children: Jordan (deceased), Charlotte Louise, Thomas.

Father:

Review Thomas Dixon

Mother:

Amanda Elizabeth (McAfee) Dixon

Spouse:

Madelyn Donovan

Spouse:

Harriet Bussey

child:

Jordan Dixon (deceased)

child:

Thomas Dixon

child:

Charlotte Louise Dixon