Biography

William Young Dixon (1843-1874) is the son of Rev. Thomas Ferguson Dixon and Sarah Ann Simms Dixon. He was born in Clinton, Louisiana, and attended Centenary College of Louisiana before and after serving as a soldier in the Confederate army during the American Civil War. He was enrolled in Centenary’s preparatory department (1860-1861, 1865) and college (1866-1869). The college awarded Dixon his degree at the 1870 commencement exercises. From 1870-1871, Dixon taught school in Columbia, Louisiana. He later moved to California.