500 OBEDIAH ZACHERIAH MIXON, BENJAMIN H. MIXON (476), GEORGE MIXON (468), WILLIAM MIXSON (5), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)
Obediah Zacheriah Mixon, farmer, Confederate soldier, son of Benjamin H. and Elizabeth Wall Mixon, was b. in Bienville Parish, LA, Jun 22, 1822, d. Oct 6, 1904. Obediah served in “C” Company of the Second Mississippi Inf. as a corporal. About 1844, he was m. to Mary Vienna Page, b. Jan 31, 1827, d. Mar 8, 1886, dau. of John W. and Tabith Page. Both bur. Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery, Friendship, LA
Census:
1850 Amite, MS, age 30, wife Vienna-24, children: Charles L-4, Martha J-3, Tabitha E-1
1860 Amite, MS, age 39, wife Viana 34, children: Charles-14, Martha-12, Tabetha-10, George-7, Alonzo-5, Marcelina-2, Isia-1
1870 Ward 6, Bienville, LA, age ??, wife Vianna-46, children: Edwin-25, Marsalina-13, Izora-11, Suella-9, Emily-7, May-5, Benjamin-1
1880 6th Ward, Bienville, LA, age 59, wife Vienna-21, children: Louella-19, Emily-16, May-14, Ben-11
1900 Police Jury Ward 7, Winn, LA, age 79 at the home of son Ben Hadad-31, wife Alma J-32 and children: Joseph A-5, Williame E-4
Children:
*525 Charles Lee Mixon - b. Dec 8, 1845, d. Feb 26, 1904
526 Martha J. Mixon - b. 1847
§527 Thalitha Elizabeth Mixon - b. Sep 15, 1849, d. Apr 18, 1937
528 George Mixon - b. 1852
*529 Edward Alonzo Mixon - b. Nov 25, 1854, d. Mar 7, 1933
§530 Marcellina Mixon - b. 1857, d. 1929
§531 Frances Izora Mixon - b. Nov 19, 1858, d. Feb 14, 1925
§532 Louella Esther Mixon - b. 1861, m. Allen Carver Jones
§533 Emily T. Mixon - b. Dec 30, 1863, d. Dec 25, 1916
§534 Rozille May Mixon - b. May 16, 1866, d. Jul 27, 1949
*535 Benjamin Hadred Mixon - b. Mar 8, 1868, d. Mar 26, 1950
501 CHARLES JABEZ MIXON, BENJAMIN HADAD MIXON (476), GEORGE MIXON (468), WILLIAM MIXSON (5), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)
Charles Jabez Mixon, son of Benjamin H. and Elizabeth Walls Mixon, was b. in Washington Parish, LA, in 1824, d. Jan 21, 1863 in the Confederate Army at the Battle of Vicksburg, 1863, bur. Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS. In 1856 he m. Sarah Ann McDowell, b. Aug 22, 1837, d. Feb 20, 1908. After Charles died in the Civil War, Sarah m. (2) Jul 26, 1866 to Edward McMillian Ellis, b. Mar 24, 1831, d. Mar 24, 1908. Sarah and Edward Ellis are bur. Jenkins Springs Cemetery, Early, Brown County, TX.
Census:
1860 Winn, LA, age 36, wife Sarah A-22, children: Ben H-2, James C-9mo
1870 Western District, Burleson, TX, Sarah Ellis-35, Edward M Ellis-38, James Mixon-10
1880 Hookerville, Burleson, TX, Sarah Ellis-42, Edward M Ellis-50, James Mixon-20
1900 Justice Precinct 1, Burleson, TX, Sarah Ellis-42, Edward M Ellis-50
All children b. in Winn Parish, LA
536 Ben H. Mixon - b. 1858, d. abt 1875
*537 James Cook Mixon - b. Sep 17, 1859
§538 Hester Ann Mixon - b. Jan 1, 1862, d. Jun 13, 1926, m. Dec 19, 1883
(After the war, Mrs. Mixon married Edward H. Ellis and moved to Burleson County, TX).
502 EDWIN B. MIXON, BENJAMIN H. MIXON (476), GEORGE MIXON (468), WILLIAM MIXSON (5), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)
Edwin B. Mixon, son of Benjamin H. and Elizabeth A. Wall Mixon, was b. in Washington Parish, LA, Apr 20, 1826, d. Jan 27, 1909. In 1850 he m. Melissa A.R. Guy - b. 1828, d. _____.
Census:
1870 Between Holmesville and Osyka R, Amite, MS, age 44, wife Melissa A-30, children: Millard F-14, James S-11, John J-9, mother: Elizabeth-69
1880 Beat 5, Amite, MS, age 54 wife Malissy-42, children: John J-18, Mary M-9
Children:
*539 John Jay Mixon - b. Sep 20, 1861, d. Dec 1, 1899
*540 Millard F. Mixon - b. Jan 24, 1857
*541 James Teacle Mixon - b. Jul 20, 1859, d. Mar 28, 1937, bur. Mixon Cemetery, Amite County, MS.
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