Johnston;John 2nd. m. 28 March 1882Janie MacDonald Bell, b. 28July 1855, d. 7July 1944, bur. Crapaud Cem., daughter of Walter Bell and

Elizabeth Howatt. See Bell history. John and Janie lived on the Dixon Road where John was a farmer.

John Dixon and Jane Marchbank had 1 child: Hattie Middleton b.c. 1875, m. Mr. Norton, lived in USA and had

1 child.

John Dixon and his 2nd. wife, Janie Bell, had 5 children:

+Reginald Walter b. 14 March 1883.

Adelaide Zebia b. 26 Apr 1884, d. 25 Sept 1968, bur. Crapaud Cem., m. 11 Nov 1904John H. Myers, b. 23 Sept 1879, d. 12 Oct 1956, bur. Crapaud Cem.. They lived in Hampton and had 15 children: Lulu; Frank; Bordon; Laura; Louis; Arthur; Keith; Norman; Mildred; Ralph; Elizabeth; William; Doris; Howard; Mabel.

Bessie Jane b. 7 Sept 1885, d. 26 March 1892, bur. Crapaud Cem..

John Howard Bell H.B. b. 23 Dec 1886, d. Feb 1962, bur. Crapaud Cem., m. 1915 Edna Lea Smith, b. 12 Oct 1893, d. 24 Dec 1990, bur. Crapaud Cem., daughter of Matthew Smith and Sarah Lea. They lived in Desable and had 5 children: Dorothy; Marjorie; Gladys; MacKenzie; Gordon.

James Goodwalb.c. 1891, d. 17 March 1892, diptheria, bur. Crapaud

Cem..

Reginald Walter b. 14 March 1883, d. 16 June 1968, bur. Crapaud Cem., son ofJohn Dixon andJanie Bell, m. 9 Oct 1912 Lottie Blanche Bulman, b. North Rustico, 14 Feb 1891, d. 2 March 1990, bur. Crapaud Cem., daughter of Robert Bulman and MargaretJewell.

Reg and Lottie moved to North Tryon in 1916 from Dixon’s Mills, DeSable, and bought the John T. Dawson property on the Crossroad. Here they began a mixed farming operation. The farm was comprised of two sections, each sixty five acres. The main field crops were potatoes, turnips, grain, and hay; with ten milk cows and several horses. One hundred hens, some pigs, and four or five horses were later added to the livestock. Most of the work on the farm was done by hand or with small machines. Potatoes were dug with a beater digger and picked into baskets, and hay was hoisted into the barn loft with a two—tine fork pulled by horses. All fields were small and fenced with barbed wire.

Reg and Lottie left the farm in 1941 and moved into a house across the road. This house had been built forJohn T. Dawson by his son, Roy. Sheldon Dixon had purchased this house, along with ten acres of land, in 1937 and sold it to Reg in 1940. Lottie lived in the house until 1983 when she moved to Sunset Lodge, Charlottetown. Vance Dixon owns this house in 1992 and it has been rented to Mary and Wyman Waddell,

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