Dixon Hall Lewis 
Dixon Hall was born on August 10th, 1802 in Dinwiddie Co., Va.1 Dixon Hall's father was Francis Lewis and his mother was Mary Dixon Hall. His maternal grandparents were Hugh Hall and Mary Dixon. He had five brothers and three sisters, named Henry Dudley, Edward B., James, Hamlin Freeman, William Francis, Rebecca Ann, Carolyn Eliza and Mary Dixon. He died at the age of 46 on October 25th, 1848 in New York, NY. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings Co., N.Y.1 1 General Notes
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LEWIS, Dixon Hall, a Representative and a Senator from Alabama; born on
Bothwick plantation, Dinwiddie County, Va., August 10, 1802; moved to
Hancock County, Ga., with his parents in 1806; graduated from Mount Zion
Academy and from South Carolina College at Columbia in 1820; moved to
Autauga County, Ala., the same year; studied law and was admitted to the
bar in 1823, and commenced the practice of law in Montgomery, Ala.;
member, State house of representatives 1826-1828; elected as a States
Rights Democrat to the Twenty-first and to the seven succeeding
Congresses and served from March 4, 1829, to April 22, 1844, when he
resigned, having been appointed Senator; chairman, Committee on Indian
Affairs (Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses); appointed and
subsequently elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation of William R. King; reelected in
1847 and served from April 22, 1844, until his death in New York City on
October 25, 1848; chairman, Committee on Finance (Twenty-ninth Congress),
Committee on Retrenchment (Twenty-ninth Congress); interment in Greenwood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Bibliography American National Biography; Dictionary of American
Biography; Moore, Frederick W., ed. "Calhoun as Seen by His Political
Friends: Letters of Duff Green, Dixon H. Lewis and Richard K. Crallé
During the Period from 1831 to 1848." Publications of the Southern
History Association 7 (May 1903): 159-69; (July 1903): 269-91; (September
1903): 353-61; (November 1903): 419-26; Watson, Elbert L. "Dixon Hall
Lewis." In Alabama United States Senators, pp. 45-48. Huntsville, AL:
Strode Publishers, 1982.
Alabama
At one time Alabama claimed to have the "largest representation in
Congress." Senator Dixon H. Lewis of Montgomery weighed 500 pounds, and
his Senate seat had to be specially made.
"Calhoun is now my principal associate and he is too intelligent, too
industrious, too intent on the struggle of politics to suit me except as
an occasional companion. There is no relaxation in him."
From Sen. Dixon H. Lewis of Alabama to Richard Cralleé, March 20, 1840.
In Publications of the Southern History Association VII:03, 355.
Who are the below?
Lewis, Dixon Hall
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, at Little Rock,
Arkansas, March 30, 1863; paroled at Appomattox, Virginia, April 12,
1865; born in Autauga county, Alabama, January 17, 1844; died in Union
county, Arkansas, April 7, 1913; buried in Mount Holly Cemetery in Union
county; married Nancy; filed Arkansas pension application #4841 from
Union county, August 29, 1901; listed in Union county 1860 census;
occupation farmer; brother of Private Freeman Lewis.
Lewis, Freeman
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, at Three Creeks,
Arkansas, June 19, 1861; promoted first corporal, November 1862; killed
in action at the Wilderness, Virginia, May 6, 1864; born in Autauga
county, Alabama, c1836; listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation
farmer; brother of Private Dixon H. Lewis.
Lewis, Perry E
Private—Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, at Three Creeks,
Arkansas, June 19, 1861; promoted fourth corporal; promoted third
corporal; wounded in the left leg and captured at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863; confined in U.S. Army Hospital at Baltimore,
Maryland, until exchanged; discharged for disability, November 1863; born
in Autauga county, Alabama, November 3, 1837; died in Union county,
Arkansas, December 4, 1885; buried in Mount Holly Cemetery in Union
county; listed in Union county 1860 census; occupation miller.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.26 Dec 1768 in Dinwiddie Co., VA d.01 May 1837 in Lowndesboro, Lowndes Co., AL
- b.10 Aug 1802 in Dinwiddie Co., Va d.25 Oct 1848 in New York, NY
- b.1733 in ? d.1771 in St. Andrew's Parish, Brunswick Co., VA
- b.~ 1783 in Dinwiddie Co., VA d.1871 in Lowndes Co., AL
- b.1734 in ? d.Bet 1787 and 1788 in Sussex Co., VA
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Dixon Hall and Susan Elizabeth were married in a religious ceremony on March 11th, 1823 in Autauga Co., AL.1 They had four sons and three daughters, named Frances Maxey, John Archer, Dixon Hall II, William Henry, Laura Ann, Mary Susan and Sally Terry Fitzpatrick.
Family Notes
_UNKNIn a Directory and Hoisory of Montgomery, it lists her marriage to Dixion, but her name is listed as Elizabeth L. Elmore.@@S726784@@Date of Import: Jul 31, 2003
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"Lewis, Dixon H.
Married on the 11th Inst, Dixon H. Lewis, Esq. of this place to Miss
Elizabeth S. Elmore, daughter of Gen. John Elmore, of Autauga Co., Ala."
(1)
(1) Montgomery Republican, Montgomery Ala., March 24th, 1823. p. 3. Col.
5.
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Children
Laura Ann Lewis
Laura Ann was born on September 17th, 1824 in Lowndesboro, Lowndes Co., AL.1 She died at the age of 57 on July 20th, 1882 in Galveston, TX.1
Frances Maxey Lewis
Frances Maxey was born on November 29th, 1826 in Lowndesboro, Lowndes Co., AL.1 He died at the age of 76 on December 2nd, 1902 in Waverly, Walker Co., TX. He was buried in Old Waverly Cemetery, Walker Co., TX.1 1
John Archer Lewis
John Archer was born on November 3rd, 1829 in Lowndesboro, Lowndes Co., AL.1 He died at the age of 20 on January 25th, 1850 in Lowndes Co., AL. He was buried in Francis Lewis Family Cemetery, Lowndesboro, Lowndes Co., AL. Located behind and to the left of the Randolph home in Lowndesboro..1 1
Mary Susan Lewis
Mary Susan was born on March 23rd, 1831 in Lowndesboro, Lowndes Co., AL.1 She died at the age of 18 on February 2nd, 1850 in Lowndes Co., AL. She was buried in Francis Lewis Family Cemetery, Lowndesboro, Lowndes Co., AL. Located behind and to the left of the Randolph home in Lowndesboro..1 1
Dixon Hall II Lewis
Dixon Hall II was born on February 12th, 1834 in Lowndesboro, Lowndes Co., AL.1 He died at the age of 65 on April 9th, 1899 in Waverly, Walker Co., TX. He was buried in Old Waverly Cemetery, Walker Co., TX.1 1
William Henry Lewis
William Henry was born on November 26th, 1835 in Lowndesboro, Lowndes Co., AL.1 He died at the age of 28 on May 7th, 1864 in Battle of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Co., VA.1
Sally Terry Fitzpatrick Lewis
Sally Terry Fitzpatrick was born on January 12th, 1839 in Lowndesboro, Lowndes Co., AL.1 She died at 4 months old on May 17th, 1839 in Lowndesboro, Lowndes Co., AL. She was buried in Francis Lewis Family Cemetery, Lowndesboro, Lowndes Co., AL. Located behind and to the left of the Randolph home in Lowndesboro..1 1
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