History of Lee County, Illinois - Bushnell Historical Society

68 HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY
household, or his personal friends, but for the youngest and most
irresponsible of those in his employ, and of all with whom he was
brought into associaton, his loss will be most keenly and widely
felt. He was the embodiment of unselfish devotion to his parents
and family, and his unswerving loyalty to his friends, through
all emergencies, bound him to them with ties stronger than steel.
He took the keenest delight in granting a favor, even to a casual
acquaintance, and seemed scarcely to possess the ability to say
no to a request. He doubtless made some enemies—as a man outspoken
for the right, as he sees it, does do; but no man could
accuse him of acting deceitfully, for he was a man of the keenest
conscientiousness and the soul of honor. Surely a good man has
gone from our midst and the community is sadly the loser." Such
is a splendid tribute to a man honored and esteemed by all who
knew him and, most of all, where he was best known.
HENRY S. DIXON.
Henry S. Dixon is practicing law in the city of Dixon under the
firm style of Dixon & Dixon. He is a sou of Sherwood and Melissa
Gr. (Mead) Dixon, the fomier a son of James P. Dixon and the
grandson of John Dixon.
Henry S. Dixon Avas born in the city which is still his home,
August 28, 1870, and was educated in the south side public schools,
being graduated therefrom in Jime, 1888. Immediately after his
graduation he was employed in the factory of C. M. Henderson &
Company as a shoe cutter for more than a year. Subsequently he
attended the Northwestern XTniversity and the Kent College of
Law at Chicago, being graduated from the latter with the class of
1893. In 1894 and a part of 1895 he was employed in the United
States attorney's office at Chicago. He returned to Dixon in the
latter year to become a partner of S. H. Bethea, with whom he
retained this connection until 1898. He then engaged in practice
alone until 1899, when he became a partner of George C. Dixon
under the firm style of Dixon & Dixon.
On the 24th of July, 1895, in Chicago, Mr. Dixon was united in
marriage to Miss Margaret C. Casey, of that city, and they are
the parents of four children: Sherwood, Marion E., Jerome F. and
Robert A.