Dixie Haygood
American stage magician (1860–1915)
Dixie Annie Haygood (née Jarratt; 1861 – November 21, 1915) a.k.a. Annie Abbott, from Milledgeville, Georgia was an American stage magician.
Early life
Dixie Annie Jarratt was born in Georgia, one of 10 children of James Archelaus Jarratt and Eleanor Harriett Clopton. Although her parents were from Kentucky and Alabama, they lived most of their lives in Milledgeville, Georgia. Dixie married Charles N. Hagood [sic], in Baldwin, Georgia, on 28 April 1878.
She was widowed when Hagood died, on 17 September 1885.
Career
After witnessing Lulu Hurst performing as the "Georgia Wonder" in 1884, Dixie Haygood developed her own version of the "human magnet" act, under the stage name "Annie Abbott", the Georgia Magnet. Her act, like Hurst's, involved her displacing objects held securely by one or more strong men, and was also a huge success. Because Haygood was a small, slender woman (as opposed to Hurst who even at fifteen was large and physically imposing), her performances were regarded as even more miraculous. She was particularly noted for the "lift test", in which she easily resisted the efforts of several large men to lift her 100-pound (43.4-kg) frame from the ground.
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