Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Sherwood Dixon akaberekerwa muDixon, Lee County, Illinois, mwanakomana waHenry S. naMargaret Casey Dixon. Akanga ari muzukuru mukuru womuvambi weDixon, "Baba" John Dixon. Dixon akanga ari 1920 akapedza kudzidza paYunivhesiti yeNotre Dame, aimbova murwi weHondo Yenyika I uye brigadier general muIllinois National Guard. Dixon akanga ari nhengo yeDemocratic State Central Committee yeIllinois (1938), nhume ku1952 Democratic National Convention uye nhume inotsiva ku1940 na1956
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