John was born in 1798. John Dexter ... the son of Richard and Martha Dexter
Many family trees have their marriage in Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi; however, Lowndes was not created until January 30, 1830 and was created from southern Monroe County. Based on this history, they would have married in Monroe County.
John died in Chickasaw County, Mississippi but was buried at Dexter Cemetery, Montpelier, Clay County, Mississippi.
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William Ramage, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by William and others.
Dexter, Orrando Perry, Dexter genealogy, 1642-1904; being a history of the descendants of Richard Dexter of Malden, Massachusetts, from the notes of John Haven Dexter and original researches, New York, Press of J. J. Little & Sons, 1904
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9P-GF8 : 10 February 2018), John Dexter, 04 Apr 1798; citing Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, p 22; FHL microfilm 14,774.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 January 2019), memorial page for John Dexter (4 Apr 1798–17 Feb 1864), Find A Grave Memorial no. 65351784, citing Dexter Cemetery, Montpelier, Clay County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by William G. Latham Jr. (contributor 46881253) .
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4L4-2L4 : 12 April 2016), Elizabeth H Dexter in household of John Dexter, Chickasaw county, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States; citing family 359, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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