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 1835-10-28 DIXBORO M T {1825-1836} NAME CHANGE-DIXBOROUGH----V9---BLACK #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE-----TO BENJAMIN PERKINS DIX (1860 CENSUS, B.MASS 1793, D. 1881, FATHER, BENJAMIN DIX, MOTHER, SARAH RUSSELL DIX {B. 1769, D. 1845, FATHER, JOHN RUSSELL, MOTHER, ABIGAIL RUSSELL, OTHER SON THOMAS RUSSELL DIX}, SPOUSE, M. CAROLINE WARD DIX 1830{ B. 1802, D. 1869, CHILDREN, HARRIET CAROLINE DIX KERLIN, SARAH ELIZABETH DIX FISHER, ALFRED PERKINS DIX, BENJAMIN WARD DIX, HENRY DANA DIX), GROTON, MIDDLESEX CO, MASS FROM HIS BROTHER AT DIXBORO----"THEY TOOK THE PAINS TO COUNT THE LOADED WAGONS OF IMMIGRANTS THAT PAST DIXBORO ON THEIR WAY FROM DETROIT- THE NUMBER WAS SEVENTY, THIS EXCEEDS ALL OTHER YEARS"---MENTIONS LINEMAN AND KENARD, BRADLEY, JOHN LANE, MR. WARD, LUCRETIA, RUSSELL, SARAH, MARTHA KIBBUN, LEN, AND MISS HUBBARD---HE IS LOOKING FOR A HOUSE KEEPER, A WOMAN WITHOUT A FAMILY, AND IF HE CAN'T FIND ONE HE'LL GO TO DETROIT "AND GET A NEGRO"---BLACK HISTORY---GENEALOGY 12----5PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Date: 1835-10-28 , Associated Pages:()