Born in Brooklyn, New York, Dixon moved to Illinois in 1843 and to Keokuk, Iowa, in 1849.

He moved to Tennessee in 1860, to Arkansas in the same year, to California in 1862, and then to Humboldt County, Nevada.

After spending two years in the Black Hills, Dixon returned to Montana in 1881, settling in Butte and engaging in legal practice.

Dixon was also a candidate for election to the United States Senate, but the legislature failed to make a choice.

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