Sons of Elijah H. Mixon #286

300 ASBURY COKE MIXON, ELIJAH MIXON (286), ZEDEKIAH MIXON (10), GEORGE MIXON (4), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

Asbury Coke Mixon, son of Elijah and Charlotte Aughtry Mixon, was b. in Newton County, GA, Sep 15, 1824, d. Nov 7, 1919 at his home in Newton Co. GA (A. B., Emory, 1845 and A.M., 1860), taught in the high schools of Georgia almost fifty years. On Dec 5, 1847, he m. Sarah Ann Raiford Aikin - b. d. Jun 2, 1891. Both bur. Mixon Cemetery, Newborn, GA.  

Census:

1850 District 46, Jasper, GA, age 26, wife Sarah-23, children: Virgina-2

1870 Brewers, Newton, GA, age 46, wife Sarah-43, children: Seaborn F-19, Emma T-16, Margaret W-5

1880 Brewers, Newton, GA, age 56, wife Sarah R-53, children: Emma-26, Margaret W-14

1900 Brewers, Newton, GA, age 75, children: Emma T-47

1910 Brewers, Newton, GA, age 85, children: Emma T-57

Children:

321 Nice Virginia Mixon - b. Oct, 1848, d. Oct 25, 1850

*322 Seaborn Asbury Few Mixon - b. Nov 10, 1850

323 Emma Thomas Mixon - b. Jan 5, 1853, d. Oct 6, 1936, bur. Mixon Cemetery, Newborn, GA. unmarried.

324 Dickerson Steele Mixon - b. Sep 5, 1855, d. Nov 5, 1866 (thrown from a mule).

325 Eunice Henry Spearman Mixon - b. Jul 13, 1860, d. Sep 1, 1861.

326 Sarah Coke Mixon - b. Sep 25, 1862, d. Oct 16, 1862

§327 Margaret White Mixon - b. Oct 16, 1865, d. Dec 5, 1935

(Neither of them have married. They have in their possession several letters written in the 1820s to the 1840s to their great-grandfather, Elijah Mixon, from different members of the kindred who remained at Aurora, N. C.

 

The following is an article published in a newspaper, probably in Covington, the county seat of Newton County, GA

 

AGED ALUMNUS OF EMORY COLLEGE IS BELOVED BY MANY (Linton E. Starr) Emory College, Oxford, GA, February 12 (1909) - Special -

 

"Far out in the seclusion of the country and away from the bustle of the town, a dozen miles from this place, there now lives the distinguished old Rev. A.C. Mixon, A.B. and A.M., the third oldest living alumnus of Emory College, who now numbered among his classmates and warmest personal friends while in College Judge L.Q.C. Lamar, Thomas F. Pierce, and others, and who is the oldest living teacher and preacher in Newton County. One of the first setllers in Oxford, this venerable divine enjoys the distinction of being the only living man who has known Emory since the college was in her swaddling clothes, and has served his church and his state in the same county within a few miles of the institution and watched her remarkable growth since her birth in 1836. He has watched the virgin campus oaks give way to handsome buildings; has seen the endowment grow to a half million dollars; saw Young J. Allen, Longstreet, Haygood and the many other famous Emory men come and go, and is now living the days on the afternoon side of the meridian of live of few regrets, in good health and prosperity at the old Mixon homestead near here.

 

Rev. Mixon was born 12 miles south of Covington, Newton County, in 1824 and was named for Bishops Asbury and Coke. His parents moved to Oxford in 1837, the year Emory was founded and built one of the first houses in the town. At the age of 15 young Mixon began his preparation for college under Dr. Mell, who later became chancellor of the state university; he entered Emory in 1841, and finished in 1845 with the fifth class ever to be graduated, taking third honor. Soon after graduation, Mr. Mixon began teaching and later was licensed as a Methodist minister. After having taught continually for forty-four years, he left off the work in 1895.

OLDEST LIVING FEW

 

Mr. Mixon was present at the celebration of the seventieth anniversary of the ' founding of Few Literary Society, of which he is the second oldest living member, on October 19th, having been driven from his home through a severely cold wind to be present. At these exercises he made one of the most interesting talks ever heard here, and the next morning, with a rosebud in his buttonhole, and a genial smile, he attended and conducted chapel exercises.

 

For an octogenarian, Mr. Mixon is a man of wonderful vitality. He talks interestingly of the college in the days of long ago, and of many of Emory's famous alumni. He refers to Judge Lamar and Thomas F. Pierce affectionately as Lucius and Tom, and was on very intimate terms with many other distinguished men.

 

His characteristics of Judge Lamar, to whom President Taft, in his speech here, paid a high tribute by saying that he was one of his greatest sources of inspiration, was especially interesting. When asked if Lamar's classroom work was unusually bright he replied that it was by no means brilliant, Lamar's stronghold being debating. Though his life has been one of unselfish service, Mr. Mixon, when asked if he would like to live his life over again, said that he might for one reason, and only one, if any - to do better work than he had done in his calling. He has always been extremely modest and unassuming, and said: "If I were to live my life over again I should take just as little thought of fame as I have done all these years."

 

COPY OF A LETTER FROM REV. J. F. MIXON TO HIS PARENTS

AT OXFORD, GEORGIA

(ORIGINAL STILL IN POSSESSION OF A MIXON FAMILY)

 

Thomasville, GA

May 3, 1871

 

Dear Father and Mother:

 

I wrote you shortly after getting here - letting you know how we all were - also inclosing Carr's note. I write again to let you know that we are still well. Georgia has had a pretty severe attack of her old complaint - but is up again. She is looking rather frail; but seems generally to enjoy pretty fair health. Ruth is fat and quite well - except occasionally at night she has still attacks of coughing. My own health was never better - I am getting fat and strong. Very busy all the week - and off on Saturday and Sunday trying to do some good and at the same time build up our school. It is not paying much now - barely a support - owing the say to the late beginning - people had pretty well made their arrangements before we began. But the prospects for the future are flattering. So people talk and so I think. I am laboring to that end. I like this country, It is a fine section. I am pleased with the people. They are social, pleasant. By the way I am about to find some kinfolks. I led prayer meeting the other evening - after adjournment a lady sought an introduction. She told me she never saw me before but knew I was a Mixon from my striking resemblance to her kindred of the same name. She is a widow Remington - her maiden name was Sharpe and is related to the Mixons very closely. She favors Ellen very much and if you should hear her talk and not see her perhaps you would think it was Ellen. We tried to run out matters - but I don't know enough of my ancestry to fit the links together. She says they came from South Carolina. I told her you came from North Carolina. She says her family of Mixons were rich. I said that didn't suit on my side very well - that I know none of the family in that doleful fix. She said they married rich. I was out again. She speaks of Joyce Mixon, or the Joyces, or Archibald Mixon as among her ancestors. Says they all had queer antiquated names. I told her I would write to you and see if you could help trace the connection. She says she knows we are kin, and as she is a very nice lady, indeed, we call her cousin Ellen. More of this perhaps hereafter. I think of you often - would be very glad to learn of your health occasionally, Ruth still speaks of you and wants to see Grandma and Grandpa.

 

Yours affectionately,

s/ Fletcher

 

The envelope containing this letter was postmarked May 3rd and was addressed to:

Mr. Elijah Mixon

Oxford, GA

302 JESSE FLETCHER MIXON, ELIJAH MIXON (286), ZEDEKIAH MIXON (10), GEORGE MIXON (4), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

Jesse Fletcher Mixon, Methodist minister and teacher (A.B., A.M., Emory, 1849), some few years later a D.D. from another college, son of Elijah and Charlotte Aughtry Mixon, was b. in Newton County, GA, Mar 19, 1828, d. Feb 20, 1910, at Elberton, GA Find A Grave says: b. Jun 7, 1839, d. Jul 26, 1893, bur. Elmhurst Cemetery , Elberton, GA

In the EMORY ALUMNUS magazine, Nov, 1960 issue, "Emory College During the Civil War Days", by Dr. Goodrich C. White, former president of the university, Dr. White refers to the jokes and horseplay during the pre-war days of Emory, and makes the following statement, "' There was that morning at sunrise prayers when a huge ox was found tied to the stage of the chapel, and that other morning when Professor Stone's old gray horse was seen placidly peering from the window of the second floor dormitory room,' recalled J.F. Mixon (1849) many years later. "

 

In the "Southern Advocate", 31 December, 1857, there is the following item: "J. F. Mixon, Editor of the Type and Times, married 17 December, 1857, Miss Georgia E. Smith of Jasper County."

Census:

1860 Newton, GA, age 32, wife Georgie E-18, children: Clarie E-1,and brother Nelson M Mixon-29

1870 Oxford, Newton, GA, age 42, wife Georgia Ann-30, children: Mary R-2 living with parents Elijah-74, Charlotte-74

1880 Marietta, Cobb, GA, age 52, wife Mary C-41, children: Mary R-12, F B-8

Children:

328 Claire E. Mixon - b. 1859, d. in childhood.

329 Ruth Mixon - b. ca. 1865, m. Samuel Candler Dobbs.

*330 Fletcher Brandon Mixon - b. Dec 3, 1871

Rev. Mixon m. (2) Kate Harris, b. Jun 9, 1839 d. Jul 26, 1893, bur. Elmhurst Cemetery , Elberton, GA, a widow of Cherokee County, GA No issue.

Married (3) Miss Addie Harper of Colbert County, GA, b. Sep 28, 1861, d. Aug 16, 1937 bur. Elmhurst Cemetery , Elberton, GA. No issue.

 

303 JAMES CLAYTON MIXON, ELIJAH MIXON (286), ZEDEKIAH MIXON (10), GEORGE MIXON (4), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

James Clayton Mixon, teacher and planter, son of Elijah and Charlotte Aughtry Mixon, was b. in Newton County, GA, Sep 14, 1829, d. at East Point, GA Feb 19, 1911. He attended Emory and was in the class of 1852, but did not remain to graduate. On Nov 18, 1850, he m. Nancy Elizabeth Skeen, b. Nov 2, 1833, d. Sep 9, 1900, dau. of Rev. and Mrs. P. H. Skeen.  Both bur. Floral Hill Cemetery, Palmetto, GA.  

Census:

1860 Campbell, GA, age 30, wife Nancy E-24, children: Elijah P-7, Thomas F-5, Charlott A-1

1870 District 5, Coweta, GA, age 40, wife Nancy E-37, children: Elijah P-18, Fletcher T-15, Marebean N-9, Rowland G-7, Forest L-4, sister-in-law Emily Skein-18

1880 District 746, Coweta, GA, age 50, wife Elizzie-46, children: Emely-28, Thomas-25, Nelson-19, Roland-17, Loony-14

1900 Palmetto, Campbell, GA, age 70, wife Nancy E-61, son Fletcher T-25 and wife Daisy D-30 with grandchildren: Thomas M-6, Annie L-4, Daisy C-2

Children:

*331 Elijah Purnell Mixon - b. Sep 26, 1852, d. Jun 30, 1923

*332 Fletcher Thomas Mixon - b. May 29, 1855, d. Aug 8, 1934

333 Charlotte Adella Mixon - b. May , 1857, d. 1959

334 Monroe Nelson Mixon - b. Nov 26, 1860, d. Jun 23, 1916, bur. Floral Hill Cemetery , Palmetto, GA. unmarried.

*335 Roland Gwinn Mixon - b. Nov 6, 1862

336 James Leonidas Mixon - b. Apr 18, 1864, d. June, 1864

*337 Forrest Looney Mixon - b. Sep 8, 1866, d. 1950

Mr. Mixon was a Confederate soldier attached to Company "I", 2nd GA Cav.

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