Sedgwick County KSGenWeb

Portrait And Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kan.

Chapman Brothers 1888

Pages 1097 - 1098

CYRUS DIX, the son of Moses and Lucy Dix, was born Oct. 31, 1836, and is the owner of 240 acres of land in Ohio Township, where he now lives, upon section 22. The place of his birth was Wilmington, Vt., but when quite young he removed with his parents to Bureau County, Ill., where he was reared to manhood. He received his education in the excellent schools of the Prairie State, and assisted in the farm labors on his father's place. While still a resident of that county, Jan. 9, 1866, he was united in marriage with Miss Helen C. Carrington, a native of Madison County, N. Y., who was born July 20, 1841.

    When Mrs. Dix was about nine years old her parents, Harvey and Laura (Warriner) Carrington, both of whom were born in the Empire State, died, leaving their daughter an orphan. She was reared in the family of F. Winchester, of her native county, and moved with them to Bureau County, Ill., in 1856, where her marriage took place ten years later. To Mr. and Mrs. Dix there have been sent three children to enliven their lives and brighten their joys. Their names are as follows: Alice, who was born June 7, 1868; Jay C., Aug. 1, 1870, and Blanche E., Feb. 22, 1878.

    In the spring of 1878, after mature deliberation, having heard so much of the wonderful fertility of the soil and salubrious climate of Kansas, Mr. Dix determined to come hither, and accordingly gathering his little family around him, made the tiresome journey, feeling all the time that "although the road was long the way was glad." On his arrival in this State he at once came to Sedgwick County, and settled on the farm in Ohio Township where he still resides. On this place he is extensively engaged in stock-raising, and is classed among the leading and influential citizens of the township. Nearly all that he owns he has gained by his own efforts, and by the exercise of frugality and economy. Farming in all its various branches is carried on upon his place, which is a model to most of the people of the community. Mrs. Dix is also a property owner, having in her own right considerable real estate, both in Wichita and Clearwater, which is very valuable.

    In his political affiliations Mr. Dix is strongly Republican, and adheres closely to party lines. For a number of years he held the office of Postmaster at Ohio Center, but the office was discontinued in the fall of 1887. He has also served as Clerk of the School Board of District No. 54, and is intensely interested in all matters of an educational or moral tendency. With his estimable wife and eldest daughter, he is a member of the Baptist Church, and they are all prominent in religious and social circles. As a highly respected citizen of the township and county, Mr. Dix enjoys the confidence of his neighbors to an unusual degree, and with his wife, is greatly beloved by all with whom they come in contact.

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