Frank Dixon
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Frank Murray Dixon (1892 - 1965)

Frank Murray Dixon
Born in Oakland, Alameda, California, United Statesmap
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Son of and [mother unknown]
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Died at age 73 in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United Statesmap
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Profile last modified | Created 16 Aug 2015
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Preceded by
Bibb Graves
40th Governor of Alabama
1939 - 1943
Succeeded by
Chauncey Sparks

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Frank Murray Dixon was an American Democratic politician. He served as the 40th governor of Alabama from 1939 to 1943.

Frank Murray Dixon was born in Alameda County, California in 1892. He was the son of Frank and Laura Murray Dixon.[1]

Frank Dixon served in the US Army during World War I. [2]
2LT Frank Dixon served in the United States Army in World War I
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About 1927, Frank Murray Dixon was appointed to the personal military staff of Gov. David Bibb Graves as Aide-de-Camp with the rank of Brev. Lieutenant Colonel in the Alabama State Militia. [3]

He married Juliet Perry.[citation needed]

He died in 1965.[4]

Sources

  1. "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLQ-JXQM : Thu Mar 07 15:41:27 UTC 2024), Entry for Frank Murray Dixon and Frank Dixon, 25 July 1892.
  2. "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP2K-VD7D : Sat Mar 09 17:08:18 UTC 2024), Entry for Frank Murray Dixon, 5 March 1919.
  3. State of Alabama Department of Archives and History. Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1927. Birmingham, AL: The Birmingham Printing Company, 1927, p. 168.
  4. Find a Grave, database and images (findagrave.com/memorial/8023915/frank_murray-dixon: accessed April 24, 2024), memorial page for Frank Murray Dixon (25 Jul 1892–11 Oct 1965), Find A Grave: Memorial #8023915, citing Oak Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.

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