When Walter Shelton Dixon was born on 26 May 1890, in Zenobia, Washington, Virginia, United States, his father, George Washington Dixon, was 30 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Crumley, was 39. He married Rachel Helen Purdy on 10 May 1913, in Scott, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Scott, Virginia, United States in 1935 and Estillville District, Scott, Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 25 March 1964, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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English: variant of Dickson , a patronymic from the personal name Dick .
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