Sons of William Cicero Mixson #25

36 WILLIAM THOMAS MIXSON, WILLIAM CICERO MIXSON (25), WILLIAM MIXSON (22), ELIJAH MIXON, JR. (20), ELIJAH MIXON (9), GEORGE MIXON (4), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

William “Billy” Thomas Mixson, Planter, son of William Cicero and Martha E. Law Mixson, was b. in Coffee County, AL, Feb 3, 1862, d. at his home in Coffee County, AL, Jan 25, 1905, from pneumonia, bur. Old Tabernacle Cemetery, New Brockton, AL. He had the reputation of being the most progressive farmer of his day --practicing what some agricultural schools taught years later.

 

A Christian and a Gentleman, many of his closest friends said of him at the time of his death, "It is safe to say Billy Mixson was the best man in Coffee County."

 

Of the same mind as his grandfather, he disliked the division in the Methodist Church, and with the help of a few in his community, built a new church near him which was allied with the Methodist Church (North). On Sep 25, 1892, he was married to Carol Fuller - b. Jun 22, 1876, d. May 9, 1951, bur. Old Tabernacle Cemetery, New Brockton, AL. She was the dau. of Robert A. and Walker P. Danielly Fuller.

Census:

1900 Centerville, Coffee, AL, age 38, wife Carle-23, children: Pauline-6, Sybil-5, Lesley-3, Robbert-1

1910 Westville, Dale, AL, Carol Mixon age 32., single, children: Pauline W-16, Sibyl-14, Lissie-12, Dwight L-11

1940 Opelika, Lee, AL, Carol Mixon age 64 living with daughter Pauline and husband Clarence Hawkins

Children:

§49 Pauline Walker Mixson – b. Aug 3, 1893, d. Jun 29, 1967 at Dothan, m. Clarence H. Hawkins, 1916.

§50 Sibyl F. Mixson – b. Jan 15, 1895, d. Mar 24, 1957

*51 John Leslie Mixson – b. Apr 2, 1897, d. Dec 1, 1988

*52 Dwight Lyman Mixson – b. May 30, 1899, d. 1973, d. Dec 1, 1973 (Adopted by his uncle, see Charles Andrew Mixson^#41)

37 JAMES MADISON MIXSON, WILLIAM CICERO MIXSON (25), WILLIAM MIXSON (22), ELIJAH MIXON, JR. (20), ELIJAH MIXON (9), GEORGE MIXON (4), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

James Madison Mixson, son of William C. and Martha E. Low Mixson, was born in Coffee County, AL, Jun 15, 1863, d. Jun 18, 1932, at Kirbyville, TX.  He went to TX when a young man, joined a relative in a mercantile business, which later was to become the Mixson Bros. store at Kirbyville. The business grew, soon added a cotton gin, a fertilizer mixing plant, bought cotton and cottonseed. He also became interested in farming and banking, having served a local bank in Kirbyville as President for a number of years. About 1890 he was m. to Florence Amanda McKinnon, b. Apr 9, 1870, d. 1963.  Both bur. Kirbyville City Cemetery, Kirbyville, Jasper County, TX. 

Mixson Brothers Store in Kirbyville Texas built in 1925
Left to right, Sylvan Mixson, Max Mixson and their father James Mixson

Census:

1900 Justice Precinct 3, Jasper, TX, age 36, wife Flora A-27, children: Amis-8, Max-3, Maybin-1

1910 Kirbyville, Jasper, TX, age 45, wife Florence-40, children: Amisc-18, Max-13, Mabyn-10, Sylvin-8, Mildred-5

1920 Kirbyville, Jasper, TX, age 56, wife Florence-49, children: Max-23, Mabyn-20, Sylvian-18, Mildred-15, William-5

1930 Kirbyville, Jasper, TX, age 65, wife Florence-59, children: Max-32, Sylvan-27, Billie-15

1940 Kirbyville, Jasper, TX, James M Mixson age 65, wife Florence-59, children: Max-32, Sylvan-27, Billie-15

Children:

§5839 Amise Mixson - b. Dec 5, 1891, d. Jun 5, 1975

18181 Lewis Mixon – b. 1893, d. 1896, James Lee Cemetery, Magnolia Springs, TX

57 Max Mixson - b. Sep 14, 1896, d. Jun 9, 1952, bur. Kirbyville City Cemetery, Kirbyville, TX, unmarried. (A.B., SMU)

58 Mabyn Mixson - b. Apr 23, 1899, (B.A., SMU), d. May 25, 1982, m. 1921 to Russell Winnfield McCargo, b. Dec 23, 1888, (B.A., U. of MS, d. Apr 8, 1958. No children.

*59 Sylvan Mixson - b. Nov 9, 1901, d. Oct 17, 1978, m. Elizabeth Adams

60 Mildred Catherine Mixson - b. May 23, 1904, d. Nov 14, 1975, bur. Kirbyville City Cemetery , Kirbyville, TX,  from a cerebral hemorrhage suffered from a fall down the stairway to her home.

*61 William Charles Mixson - b. Nov 6, 1914, d. Apr 13, 1985, m. Jan 3, 1942 to Mary Elizabeth Horn, b. Jul 19, 1915, d. Dec 18, 1983

Mixson Store (empty) in 2020

 

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