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I don't have much on my mother's great-grandparents, Charles Dix and Emmagene Cummings, but I do have this photo of him. --Jennifer Conkling-Donovan

GENERATION ONE Charles Dix (1851) and Emma G. Cummings (1850) lived in the Town of Tompkins and Charles was a farmer. They were the parents of Charles D. Dix (1880) who was born in Walton, NY. After Charles died, Emma later married ?? Townsend. He appears on the grand juror records for Delaware County in 1788 and 1880. In the 1880 list, he is listed as a lumberman in Carpenter's Eddy.

Charles Dix b. 1851, m. ?, d. 1908
Emmagene Cummings b.1850, m. ?, d. 1928
Children:
... Charles D. Dix (1880) married Willis Butler
... Alice M. (1878 - 1968) Weeks Drake married John W. Drake (1876 - 1936). Their children were Ella E. Weeks (1900 - 1983) who married John J. Chase (1896 - 1969), and Everette J. Weeks (1905 - 1985) who married Leona Carpenter (1907 - 1996).
... Jane (1889 - 1971) married Fred W. Heylmun (1883 - 1938). They had no children.
... Nellie G. (1883 - 1858) married Edgar A. Maltby (1877 - 1954) and had 2 children, Jean Maltby (she married Edward F. Timanus) and Herbert Maltby.
... Iva (1891 - 1987) married C. Arthur Fenner and had 4 children, Ruth, Barbara, Ernest and ?

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Charles Dix
Age: 27
Birth Year: abt 1853
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1880: Tompkins, Delaware, New York
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Emma Dix
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Dix 27
Emma Dix 26
Alice Dix 2
Charles Dix 10m

Census information:
Source: Ancestry.com United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com

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