| Here's what I've learned about the AFDix family and ASDix in Winchester,
TN during the 1870's.
The Winchester First Baptist Church records list Alexander Franklin Dix as the minister from Oct. 22, 1871 to Sept. 7, 1877. Then he was "recalled" Nov. 2nd 1877 with no record of when he stopped this 2nd time. (There are two other ministers incompletely listed in 1878 and 1879 and with another minister clearly beginning in 1880). (Source: The current church secretary. She is mailing me a pamphlet containg this and other historical information about the church.) The 1880 Census Report for Franklin Co.(including
Winchester) gave the following information for the family:
There are 3 schools and colleges that were in Winchester that AF Dix and/or the children were associated with that I found out some information for: 1. Mary Sharp College was founded in 1850 and closed in 1896. It was a very well known "Latin and Greek" liberal arts college for women, supported by Baptist Churches. I found no specific records of who taught there, but I tnink it is logical that he taught there for several years after 1872 and maybe by some special arrangement he received an M.A. degree there in 1872. (Sources: Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives, Nashville, TN. and the Franklin Co. Historical Society, Winchester, TN.) 2. Carrick Academy was the state chartered school for Winchester from 1809 until 1878. It offered mainly high school edu. for boys, but also had some "primary" and "grammar" male students. A printed report for Carrick Academy for 1876-77 listed students alphabetically, including: Albert Dix and William Dix. There was no listing of faculty and this is the only year report found for C.A. 3. C.A. merged into a new school in 1878 - Winchester Normal School and College. It was open to girls and boys and offered 2 years of college (an AB degree), as well as high school, primary and grammer level classes. It opened in 1878 and finally closed in 1915. A printed report for "Winchester Normal" for 1878-79 has a faculty listing which includes: "A.F. Dix, Professor of English and History" and a note that he "Will not teach next year". It also lists students alphabeically including: Albert Sydney Dix, Daniel Dix, William B. Dix, Hattie L. Dix and Mary Belle Dix. The printed report for 1879-80 for "Winchester Normal" does not include AFD as a faculty member, but the student list includes: Albert Sidney Dix, Willie B. Dix, Hattie L. Dix, Mary Belle Dix and Daniel Dix". (Source: Books and School materials at Tenn. State Library and Archives, Nash., TN) Pulling together the two biographical sketches (from Lynn and Martha) and these records I found for Winchester and Franklin Co., I think we might infer the following for AS Dix time line – 1871-78 Jr. & Sr. High, Winchester,
TN Carrick Academy
I hope this helps confirm and fill in a little for AS Dix. If in the future we work on AF Dix time line, some of this will help. Let me know if I need to clarify any of this -- Alice Newman Shannon
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