Hart Family - Ourfolk

Hello Mr. Hart,
I'm Darwin Davis, interested in the Skinner family in Preble Co., OH. Specifically, I read that Mary 'Polly' Skinner, matriarch of this Dixon clan and first wife of John Dixon, had a brother, Benjamin Skinner, who was a Baptist minister in the area at the time. I'm interested in knowing if you know anything about the background of this Skinner family, who apparently came to OH from NC. My own ancestor, Joshua Skinner (b. NC 1801) may well have been a younger brother of Mary 'Polly' Skinner, or a nephew. He married Cordelia Carter from Preble Co., and they named their second son Miles Dixon Skinner. Benjamin Skinner married (as minister) a brother of Cordelia Carter Skinner, so I know they all were around the same area in Preble Co.1810-1830 (and later Butler Co.).
Please let me know if you have any information on the Skinner family, or can refer me to any Preble Co. OH sources who might help me. I would be ever so grateful.
Darwin Davis

William D. Dixon's middle name according to my grandfather, Paul R. Dixon, was Demoss.
For William D. Dixon's parents, I did not have the C. in John C. Dixon and all I had for Mary Skinner was Polly Skinner. John Dixon was married three times. It is his third wife that is buried at Elmwood Cemetery.
Polly Skinner d. c.1829, probably in Preble Co, OH as John married second on 14 Sept 1830. I know of four children for John and Polly (Mary) Dixon: William D. Dixon, Miles S. Dixon,
James Clay 'Squire' Dixon and
George W. Dixon. There were probably more children. A John Dixon and a Samuel Dixon are possibly two of their children.
He also had children by his other two wives.

John Dixon was b. in VA, 16 Dec 1788, and died in Preble County, OH, 24 Aug 1851. (From Obituary Abstracts, 1850-1890, from Eaton Register & Eaton Democrat Newspapers in Eaton, Preble County, Ohio, Vol. 1, p. 8: during the 1851 time frame following an August 13, 1851 entry)
Mentioned as deceased but no other information given: John Dixon.

John Dixon was buried in an abandoned cemetery located on Devil's Backbone Road, in Somers Township, near Camden, OH. His marker reads: d. 24 Aug 1851, ae 62 yr 4 mo. (Preble County, Ohio Cemeteries, p. 20)

John Dixon m. (1) Preble Co, OH, 22 Dec 1815 to Polly Skinner, who wasb. NC, c. 1790, and d. OH, c. 1829. She had a brother named Benjamin.

John m. (2) Preble Co, OH, 14 Sept 1830 to Elizabeth Earhart, b. unknown, d. OH, c. 1832.

Marriage in 1830

John m. (3) Preble Co, OH, 28 Nov 1832, Mrs. Dorcas (Ritchie) Runyon, b. KY, 13 May 1793, d. IL, 18 Oct 1875, buried Elmwood Cemetery, Peoria Co, IL. She was not buried in the Dixon plot but with some of the Runyon family.

Dorcas Dixon, widow of John, relinquished her right to Miles S. Dixon and Jesse M. Poyner, adm.
Bond - Oliver Boner and Jospeh McDonald.
Appraisers - Hugh Marshall, David Mikesell and Oliver Mitchell.

(Preble County, Ohio 'Common Pleas Court Records' 1842-1853 Volume II page 187)