Person:Nathan Dixon (2)

American Biographical Library The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans Volume 3 D page 259 Dixon, Nathan Fellows, senator, was born in Plainfield, Conn., Dec. 13, 1774; son of William and Priscilla (Denison) Dixon. He was graduated from Brown university in 1799, was admitted to the bar and settled in Rhode Island, beginning practice at Westerly in 1802. He was a member of the general assembly of the state, 1813-30, and a senator in congress. 1839-42, and died while in office, at Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 1842.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Denison, Frederic. Westerly and its witnesses: for two hundred and fifty years, 1626-1876 ; including Charlestown, Hopkinton, and Richmond, until their separate organization, with the principal points of their subsequest history
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   The Hon. Nathan Fellows Dixon (son of the late William Dixon, Esq., of Plainfield, Conn.) He commenced the practice of Law in Westerly in the year 1802. He was for seventeen successive years a member of the General Assembly of Rhode Island, and by that body was elected Senator to the Congrees of the United States in October, 1838, and died at Washington, January 29th, 1842, in the 68th year of his age, while in the discharge of the duties of his office and his remains were removed to his home for interment.