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Title: Roger Sherman Dix, brevet lieut. col., U. S. A.; being a brief account of his public services and death
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Clark, Homer L(eatherman), 1863- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Dix, Roger Sherman, 1810-1849. (from old catalog)
Publisher: Washington, Pa., The author
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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told him Col. Dix had died in a stage house,for such was the local designation of taverns which werestopping places for stages. Confused and contradictory reports followed in theNew York papers of the 10th and 11th. The Tribune ofthe 8th had published a dispatch dated New Orleans, Jan.4. in which it was stated that 190 deaths were reportedfor January 2 and 3, 140 being from cholera. The samepaper announced the arrival at Louisville, December 30,of the Steamer Peytona with 400 passengers, and 52 choleracases. It is not improbable that Col. Dix and his friends hadreached Louisville on the steamboat Peytona, as the adver-tisements in the Pittsburg papers of the time show thatshe was the regular New Orleans connection of the Tele-graph No. 2. A low river and the heavy ice would accountfor the apparent discrepancy in time. The Telegraph,appears to have been the first infected boat to reachWheeling, an apparently reliable authority reporting sev-eral cases of Cholera and one death en route.
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BIOGRAPHICAL. 29 No reliable and circumstantial account of Col. Dixsdeath appeared until January 12, in the Washington, D.C, Union, and January 18, in the Washington, Pa., WeeklyExaminer. The obituary notice from the Union is asfollows: Lieut, Col. Dix of the U. S. Army. It will give greatpain to his numerous friends to learn the death of thisgallant officer and high minded gentleman. CoL Dix wasa native of New Hampshire, a brother of the Senator inCongress from New York and a son of Col, Timothy Dixof the Army who lost his life in the illfated expedition ofGenl. Wilkinson in 1S13. He was educated at West Pointand at the moment of completing his course of study in1832 instead of accepting the leave of absence for a fewmonths, usually granted to graduates he volunteered hisServices and accompanied Genl. Scott on the Black Hawkexpedition. After serving several years in the Quarter-masters dept. as one of its most efficient officers he wasappointed by Mr. Polk near the commencement of hi

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