I am looking for information on what happened to William Dixon and his wife after 1861. William Dixon born 1812 in NC married Eliza Jones Deming on July 23, 1835 in Chatham Co. NC. He came to Hardeman Co. about 1837. He and his family appear in Hardeman Co Census in 1840, 1850, and 1860. He owned property in Hardeman Co. next to his mother-in-law Elizabeth Deming. William and his wife Eliza had 10 children.

They are as follows:
Elizabeth A. (McClendon) Dixon b 1836, Emprien J. Dixon b. 1836 female, Susan (Jones) Dixon b. 1840, Thomas W. Dixon b. 1844, Sara Frances (McClendon) Dixon b. 1847, James H. Dixon b. 1850, Nancy J. (Johnson) Dixon b. 1852, George W. Dixon b. 1853, Harriet Caroline (McClendon) Dixon b. 1857, and William Fisher Dixon b. 1859.

William and his wife Eliza and some of their children completely disappeared after 1861 during the Civil War. Later Eliza Dixon did sell some property in her name in 1881 in Hardeman Co. (I assume he had died by then), and I am aware that their son, Thomas, put an obituary in the Bolivar Bulletin paper stating Mrs. E. J. Dixon died about Aug 1, 1886, but no location was mentioned. Neither Eliza nor William ever appears in any census after 1860. I am also interested in William Dixon before he married Eliza in 1835, but this would have been in North Carolina. Any information would be appreciated.