Charles DIXON

                   Source: Hist of Chas. Dixon by James D. Dixon

Rhoda Emmerson's father, Benjamin, was one of the original land owners of
Sackville N.B. After Rhoda's death her husband Charles married Elizabeth
Humphrey. In 1837 he and Elizabeth with 7 young children went to Kirtland Ohio,
having joined the L.D.S. church in Sackville. Charles with daughter Jane and his
youngest son went from there to Quincy Ill. with the refugees. Later went back
to his family in Ohio where he farmed until the spring of 1854. When 89 years
old he became almost blind. He with his family left Ohio for Salt Lake City.
They stopped at Rock Island Ill. for a few days preparing their outfit
to go on. Here Charles the father, due to blindness, fell and sustained
injuries which proved fatal. After his burial the family resumed their journey
to Salt Lake City. Charles was 6 years old when he left England. He was a
healthy youth. At the age of 16, during the closing years of the Revolutionary
War, preformed garrison duty at Fort Cumberland.