Sons of Lawrence Harry Mixson #850

923 LAWRENCE HARRY MIXSON, JR., LAWRENCE HARRY MIXSON (850), WILLIAM HAMPTON MIXSON (779), JOSIAH SETH MIXSON (724), WILLIAM J. MIXSON (707), JOHN C. MIXSON (706), JOHN C. MIXSON (700), JOHN MIXSON IV (6), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

Lawrence Harry Mixson, Jr., son of Larence Harry arid Elizabeth Howell Mixson, was b. in Charleston, SC, 1914, d. 1976, m. Florence Swan, b. 1915, d. 1986, both bur Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC.
Children:

969 Lawrence Harry Mixson III - b. ca. 1940

970 Anna Howell Mixson - b. ca. 1945

 

924 MARION CLARK MIXSON, LAWRENCE HARRY MIXSON (850), WILLIAM HAMPTON MIXSON (779), JOSIAH SETH MIXSON (724), WILLIAM J. MIXSON (707), JOHN C. MIXSON (706), JOHN C. MIXSON (700) JOHN MIXSON IV (6), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

Marion Clark Mixson, son of Lawrence Harry and Elizabeth Howell Mixson, was b. at Charleston, SC Mar 20, 1918, d. May 19, 2010 . He served thirty years as a pilot with the U. S. Air Force and commanded Lockheed U2 units in Germany and Japan in the mid and late 1950's, also commanded Strategic Air Command Reconnaissance Wings for eight years before retiring in August 1970 as a full Colonel. On May 15, 1948 he married Mary Estelle Delaney of Tampa, FL.
Children:

971 Thomas Howell Mixson - b. May 5, 1949 at Topeka, KA.

§6978 Mary Elizabeth Mixson - b. Dec 8,

Sons of Archibald Miles Mixson #857

927 DONALD MCRAE MIXSON, ARCHIBALD MILES MIXSON (857), JOHN BRABHAM MIXSON (782), JOSIAH SETH MIXSON (724), WILLIAM J. MIXSON (707), JOHN C. MIXSON (706), JOHN C. MIXSON (700), JOHN MIXSON IV (6), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

Donald McRae Mixson, son of Col. Archibald M. Mixson and Mildred McRae Mixson, was b. Jul 23, 1924 in the Philippine Islands, d. Feb 27, 1997 in Humboldt, CA. Donald was a graduate of the U. of Wisconsin, and was a major, U.S. Air Force. He m. Nov 14, 1953, in Alameda CA to Sarah Ogier Gilliland, dau. of Brig. Gen. Morris W. Gilliland, and his wife. The couple had four children, but names and dates of birth were not given.  Shown in the Passenger crew list Mar 27, 1926, age 1 leaving Manila, Philippines on the US Army Transport Thomas to San Francisco.  Recorded on the US Marine Crops Muster Roll, Apr 1942, Company C, First Battalion, Eighth Marines, Second Marine Brigade, Reinforced, Tutuila, American Samoa.

 

Donald went on to become a Captain in the US Air force and obtained a Masters in Nuclear Engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology in 1957.  His master’s thesis was most interesting, titled “The Feasibility of the Nuclear Power ION Propelled Space Vessel” (now unclassified and available on the internet).  Considering it was 1957 this was quite an advanced concept.  Donald went on to become involved in Project Orion which was a government sponsored project to use nuclear bombs to power a spacecraft.  Donald was the officer assigned to Orion by the Air Force Special Weapons Center.  Donald’s role in project Orion is described in the book “Project Orion, the True Story of the Atomic Spaceship”, by George Dyson.

Children:

22174 James Miles Mixson – b. Oct 22, 1954, d. Nov 18, 1993

 

Donald Joins the Marines

Amarillo Daily News, Amarillo, TX, Jan 24, 1942

 

Boy, 17, Joins Marines As Mother Consents

 

DALLAS, Jan. 23,1942 Manila- born Donald McRea Mixson, 17 years old, joined the marines today with the expressed with he could get to the Philippines where his father, Co. A. M. Mixson, is fighting in the valiant forces of Gen. Douglas McArthur.

 

In another six months young Mixson could have joined the army his father served since 1911. In another three months he would have finished high school at Mineral Wells, Tex. But he was in a hurry, got his mother’s permission to join the marines at once.

 

“I just couldn’t wait six months.” He said as he was sworn in. I want to get a crack at the Japs before they (the American forces) kill them all. I just can’t understand those bums bombing Manila.”

 

Colonel Mixson, formerly stationed at Camp Wolters, Tex., arrived in the Philippines ten days before the Japs attacked, his son said and the family received its first word from him Tuesday. It said simply: “I am O. K.”

 

928 JAMES MCRAE MIXSON, ARCHIBALD MILES MIXSON (857), JOHN BRABHAM MIXSON (782), JOSIAH SETH MIXSON (724), WILLIAM J. MIXSON (707), JOHN C. MIXSON (706), JOHN C. MIXSON (700), JOHN MIXSON IV (6), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

James McRae Mixson, son of Col. Archibald M. and Mildred McRae Mixson, was b. Feb 12, 1927 at San Francisco, CA He is a graduate of the U. of Wisc., and is a teacher and an actor, and (1963) a resident of Williamsburg, VA, pursuing graduate work.

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