Color Code:
Blue is Alexander Franklin Dix
Green is Albert Sidney Dix
Francis Marion Nicoles
Notes and Historic Perspectives
| Date | Event |
| 07/27/1831 | AFD born in Wilson NY (1) |
| 11/30/1835 | Samuel Clements (Mark Twain) born |
| 12/15/1838 | AFD's future wife , Helen (Nellie) Beach born, Williamsville NY |
| 05/31/1841 | Francis Marion Nicoles born near Dayton Ohio [From Etta's letter to Nelle] |
| 11/06/1841 | Mary Jeniluska [Jenie] (Holipeter) Nicoles born Covington, (Miami County)Ohio |
| 1849 | California gold rush |
| ??/??/1849 | AFD Studied University of Rochester, N.Y.(1) |
| ??/??/1853 | AFD Graduated from N.Y. State Normal College (1) |
| ??/??1856 | AFD Licensed to ministry by Newfane Church, N.Y. (1) |
| 1859-1860 | AFD Moved from NY to Union Springs to teach with cousin, Milton Butterfield (2), (6) |
| 1860 | AFD is boarding with Abednego McGinty, the Postmaster in Union Springs, per 1860 census |
| 12/11/1861 | Alabama secedes from the Union. |
| 01/02/1861 | AFD Married Helen (Nellie) Beach in Buffalo NY & returned to Midway AL as pastor of Midway Baptist Church |
| 05/12/1862 | AFD enlisten as a Private in Confederate Army. Served in the infantry. Promoted to Sergeant Major (6) |
| 09/01/1863 | ASD born Midway AL Barbour Co. (now Bullock Co.) Son of Alexander F. & Nellie Beach Dix |
| 03/19/1865 | William Beach Dix born, Midway AL |
| 05/09/1865 | Discharged from Confedarate Army (7) |
| 04/18/1867 | Hattie Lillis (Dix) Hall [Dimple], born |
| 05/10/1869 | Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad |
| 04/18/1869 | AFD Ordained; Midway Church, Ala.(1) |
| 10/10/1869 | Nellie Butterfield [Daisy] Dix born |
| ??/??/1869 | AFD Pastored Enon Baptist Church, Ala. (1) |
| 01/07/1870 | IND born in Plymouth IN; daughter of Francis Marion Nicoles & Mary Jeniluska Holipeter Nicoles |
| Fall of 1870 | AFD Pastored Fairview, Ala (1) thru December 1871 |
| 06/14/1871 | Mary Belle [Dollie] Dix born |
| 08/22/1871 | Nellie Butterfield [Daisy] Dix died. Buried in Midway AL Baptist Cemetery |
| ??/??/???? | ASD baptized by Rev. Joseph Dill in Union Springs AL |
| 10/08/1871 | The Great Chicago Fire |
| 10/??/1871 | AFD & family moved to Winchester TN as pastor of the First Baptist Church.(Oct.1871-Sept.1877) |
| ??/??/1872 | AFD Mary Sharp College, Tenn., received his M.A degree(1) |
| 02/12/1873 | L. Daniel Dix born |
| 08/20/1874 | Alexander Franklin Dix Jr. [Allie] born |
| 11/01/1875 | Paul Finch Dix born |
| 1876 | The Battle of the Little Bighorn; Statue of Liberty Dedicated; Bell invents telephone; American Centennial |
| 1876-1877 | ASD and WBD enrolled at Carrick Academy, Winchester TN |
| 10/??/1877 | AFD Pastor, First Baptist Church,. Winchester TN (2nd Call).Oct.1877- Sept. 1878 |
| 1871-1878 | Jr. & Sr. High Winchester, TN Carrick Academy (4) |
| 09/24/1878 | Philo Castle Dix born |
| 1878-1879 | A.F. Dix, Prof. of English and History at Winchester Normal School and College, Winchester TN (his last year) |
| 1878-1879 | ASD, WBD,HLD, MBD, & LDD attended Winchester TN Carrick Academy / Winchester Normal College |
| 1879-1880 | Albert Sidney Dix, Willie B. Dix, Hattie L. Dix, Mary Belle Dix and Daniel Dix enrolled at Winchester Normal |
| 1880 | Helen Keller born |
| 1878-1880 | AFD, College Winchester, TN Winchester Normal College (4) |
| 06/16/1880 | Thomas Murrell Dix born in Winchester TN (5) |
| 07/??/1880 | AFD and family moved to Stevenson AL (5) |
| 1880-18?? | AFD, President of William and Emma Austin College, 1880-1889 [ the 1889 date MUST be wrong] |
| 1881 | The Death Of Billy The Kid |
| 07/??/1883 | AFD moved from Stevenson AL back to Union Springs AL, Principal of the Union Springs Institute (1), (2), (5) |
| 09/04/1884 | AFD lived in Union Springs; Preached in revival at Midway |
| 1885 | Buffalo Bill Cody tours Wild West Shows |
| 03/08/1885 | William Beach ordained as minister at age 19 in Union Springs (1) |
| 1885-1886 | AFD, President of Classical Institute, Union Springs, Ala. (1) |
| 1886 | Coca-Cola introduced |
| 08/27/1886 | William Beach Dix died |
| ??/??1886 | AFD Pastored Country churches (1) |
| 04/??/1887 | AFD, Circuit preacher for Midway, Fairview, Aberfoil and Liberty (1) |
| 06/18/1888 | ASD, teacher; married Isadora J. Nicoles in Brewton AL |
| 1889 | Oklahoma Land Rush. Aunt Jemaima pancake mix hits the stores. |
| 06/27/1889 | Prof. ASD & IND of Anderson TN spend summer in Pine Grove. ADF baptizes IND |
| 09/29/1889 | Nelle born in Brewton AL Photo of Nelle as an infant has "Brewton" written on it. |
| 1890 | Wounded Knee Massecare |
| 1892 | Tchaikovsky premiers The Nutcracker Ballet Suite |
| 06/03/1892 | Ruth born in Postoak AL, Barbour Co. (now Bullock Co.) |
| 10/20/1892 | Dimple married James Hall at Pine Grove AL. (1) |
| 09/19/1893 | Dimple's daughter, Lillis Hall, born |
| 09/20/1894 | AFD Buggy accident in Bullock County (1) |
| 10/22/1894 | Francis Albert Dix (Uncle Buddy) born in Fitzpatrick AL, Bullock Co. |
| 12/03/1894 | Dimple's son, E. Winchester Hall, born |
| 05/16/1895 | Bro. A.F. Dix preached in Montgomery (1st Baptist?) church |
| 1896 | "Stars and Stripes" by John Phillip Sousa |
| 02/12/1896 | Dimple's daughter Helen Hall born. Twin sister, Sarah, died |
| ??/??/1896 | Mary Belle "Dollie" Dix, joined First Baptist Church in Montgomery |
| 05/22/1897 | ASD mentioned in minutes of Butler GA Church Conference meetings |
| 11/25/1897 | AFD/Nellie joined the First Baptist in Montgomery AL (1) |
| 03/24/1898 | ASD's daughter, Issalee born in Butler GA (Location inferred from surrounding dates) |
| 05/12/1897 | Dimple's son, James M. Hall, born |
| ??/??/1898 | Address given as 514 Jefferson St., Montgomery AL (8) |
| 1899 | Scott Joplin's "Mapleleaf Rag" |
| ??/??/1899 | Paul Dix was Montgomery BYPU President & 1st VP of State BYPU. YMCA Director in Montgomery. (3) |
| 02/13/1899 | Dimple's daughter, Winifred, born |
| 02/28/1899 | ASD Ordained in Butler GA. Source: American Baptist Year-Book, under "Ministers Ordained in 1899" |
| 09/13/1899 | Alexander Franklin Dix Jr.(Allie), died. Buried in East Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery AL |
| 02/27/1900 | Bayer introduces aspirin in water-soluble tablets - the first medication to be sold in this form. |
| ??/??/1900 | ASD still in Butler GA, per the 1900 Census Microfilm records found by Lyn Simonton |
| 07/25/1900 | ASD and family left Butler GA, moved to Perry GA as pastor of the Perry Baptist Church. |
| 08/25/1900 | Aunt Dollie writes to Nellie and Ruth in Knoxville GA |
| 09/30/1900 | "Dimple's" son, William A Hall born |
| 10/16/1900 | A.S. Dix was listed as pastor of the Knoxville Church and Benevolence Church. |
| 05/29/1901 | ASD's son, Will Allie (Uncle Billy) born in Perry GA or Knoxville GA (?) (Location uncertain) |
| 07/16/1901 | Lell Daniel Dix married Annie G. Stakely |
| 10/15/1901 | ASD pastor of the Perry Baptist Church, & Houston Factory Church in Perry (Perry is in Houston Co.) |
| 12/20/1901 | Mary Belle "Dollie" Dix died. Buried in East Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery AL |
| 01/01/1902 | "Dimple's" daughter Dorothy born |
| 10/14/1902 | ASD still pastor of the Perry Baptist Church, & Houston Factory Church in Perry. |
| 10/22/1902 | Daniel's "Lell" daughter Annie born |
| 11/12/1902 | Thomas Murrell Dix married Frances E. Gray |
| 03/101903 | "Dimple's" daughter Nina Hall born |
| 05/22/1903 | Paul & Vernon's Oliver Paul Dix is born |
| ??/??/1903 | AFD family portrait was made. |
| 10/13/1903 | ASD has moved from Perry GA to Forsyth GA; Pastor, Forsyth Baptist Church |
| 12/17/1903 | Wright brothers first controlled, powered flight |
| 03/04/1904 | Thomas Murrell "Murray" Dix's daughter, Madelin (Dix) Reeves born |
| 03/20/1904 | ASD's daughter, Dorothy born in Forsyth GA. From her book of poerty, "Plateau Pauses and Other Poems" |
| 06/301905 | Albert Einstein publishes theory of Special Relativity. |
| 02/09/1906 | Paul and Mary Vernon's daughter, Susan Elizabeth Dix born |
| 04/18/1906 | San Francisco earthquake |
| 1906 | Kelloggs cornflakes introduced |
| 08/23/1906 | Thomas Murrell "Murray" Dix's son, Arthur F. Dix, born |
| 12/25/1906 | AFD family portrait in Montgomery |
| 05/28/1907 | Nelle Graduates from Bessie Tift College in Forsyth GA |
| 06/??/1907 | ASD moved to Macon; Manager, Georgia Industrial Home |
| 08/18/1907 | Mary Jeniluska (Jenie) Holipeter Nicoles died. Buried at Riverside Cemetery, Macon GA |
| 1907-1908 | Ruth Dix enrolled at Bessie Tift College Academy, in Forsyth GA |
| 04/14/1909 | Helen "Nellie" (Beach) Dix, died in Montgomery AL. Burried at East Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery AL |
| 1908-1910 | Ruth Dix enrolled at Wesleyan College, Macon GA |
| 03/13/1909 | Eleanor (Dix) Smith born in Macon GA |
| 1910 | Halley's Comet; Mark Twain dies |
| ??/??/1910 | 1910 census list AFD as part of James & Dimple Hall's household |
| 11/14/1910 | ASD was accepted as pastor at Roberta Baptist Church (near Knoxville) for ensuing 12 months. |
| 12/27/1910 | ASD died in Macon GA Buried Riverside Cemetery, Macon GA |
| ??/??/1911 | IND and family moved to 12 Marshall St. Montgomery AL |
| 04/15/1912 | Titanic sinks |
| 06/15-1914 | Ruth marries Ralph F. Whigham Sr. and moves to Rutherford AL |
| 1916 | Albert Einstein publishes theory of General Relativity |
| 10/04/1917 | Paul and Mary Vernon's daughter, Susan Elizabeth Dix, died |
| 1918 | Penumonia epidemic |
| 1920 | Panama Canal completed |
| 10/25/1921 | AFD died in Decatur AL; Buried in East Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery (Gravestone) |
| 1922 | King Tut's tomb exhumed |
| ??/??/1924 | Francis Marion Nicoles died; buried in Riverside Cemetery, Macon GA |
| 1925 | Scopes "Monkey Trial", Dayton TN |
| 1927 | First nonstop solo transatlantic flight by Charles Lindburg |
| 02/01/1929 | Thomas Murrell Dix died |
| 1929 | Stock Market Crash; Depression begins |
| 1930 | Pluto discovered |
| 1931 | “The Star-Spangled Banner” was officially made the national anthem by Congress |
| ??/??/1949 | Hattie Lillis (Dix) Hall [Dimple], Buried in 1st Baptist.Church cemetery, Midway, AL) |
| 03/29/1951 | IND died in Robinson Springs AL; Buried Riverside Cemetery, Macon GA |
(1) Research notes on Alexander Franklin Dix &
Family from "Alabama
Baptist" Newspaper on record at Samford
University Special Collection at Davis Library. Researched
and transscribed by Martha Whigham Picardy on September 26, 2001.
(2) Uncle Lell Daniel Dix's letter to Milton
Butterfield found on Internet at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~butterfield/franke5.html
(3) First 150 Years Montgomery's First
Baptist Church, by Lee N. Allen
(4) Winchester TN First Baptist Church records
(5) Alabama State Archives "clippings", murray1.jpg
& murry4.jpg
(6) Confererate Pension Application, located
in Alabama State Archives, by Martha Picardy
(7) Confererate Military Record, located
in Alabama State Archives, by Martha Picardy
(8) The Ministerial Directory of the Baptist
Churches Edited by George W Lasher, Published Ministerial Co, Oxford,
Ohio Copyright 1899 Pg. 214
(9) Scenes from My Life by Annie Dix Meiers
