Sons of William Mixon #1771

7691 IRVINE MIXON, WILLIAM MIXON (1771), JESSE MIXON (702), JOHN MIXON IV (6), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

Irvine Mixon, s. of William and Mary Eleanor Joyce Mixon, was b. ca. 1810, d. 1842 in Lawrence County, MS, m. (1) Mar 10, 1836 in Lawrence, MS to Mar 10, 1836 to Elizabeth Reeves, b. 1810.

Census:

1840 Lawrence, MS, Irvin Mixon: males 20-29:1; females 20-29:1; females under 5:2;

1845 MS State Census, Lawrence, MS, Irvin Mixon

Children:

3417 Mary Mixon - b. ca. 1835

*3418 Harriett Mixon - b. Apr 5, 1839, d. Jan 5, 1918

3419 Alexander Mixon - b. 1840, Confederate soldier, slain by the enemy at the Battle of Chancellorsville. A Christian Gentleman, he led his unit in a prayer service before each battle. Flag bearer, he planted his colors on the Union redoubts at Chancellorsville, waved his hat to his companion and yelled, “Come on, let's put our hearts and souls into it.”

 

3262 SIMEON PENN MIXSON, WILLIAM MIXON (1771), JESSE MIXON (702), JOHN MIXON IV (6), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

Simeon Penn Mixson, s. of William and Mary Eleanor Joyce Mixon was b, in SC, Feb 2, 1809, had moved with his parents to the "Mobile District", Mississippi Territory, in his early days. Died at Bruceville, TX, Mar 13, 1864.

 

Related to the John Mixson family in Dallas County, it was probably there he met his future wife, Margaret Ophelia Campbell, b. Sep 15, 1816, d. Jun 23, 1855. She was the dau. of William and Mary Campbell, residents of Dallas County, AL, she later outliving her husband by several years. Mrs. Campbell made some deeds gifts to her children before her death -- one of which was to her daughter Margaret, wife of Simeon Mixson, residents of TX, Aug21, 1839, to some skives. The 1850 census of TX shows the Mixsons in Milam County, the 1860 census in McClenrnan County.

Census:

1850 Milam and Williamson, TX, age 40, wife Margaret-34, Thaddeus C-15, James C-13, Martha A-11, William H-9, Travis J-7, Elizabeth K-5, Davis C-3

1860 Mclennan, TX, age 51, wife Margrete-20, E-12, Davis-10, John-7, Tom-4, Mary-2

Records:

25 Sep 1835 – Simeon Mixson, Alabama, Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Land Office: Demopolis, 38.44 Acres Land Description: 1 SWSW ST STEPHENS No 17N 2E 6

1 Feb 1841 – Simeon Mixson, Mississippi, Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Land Office: Columbus, 155.9 Acres, Land Description:1 NE CHOCTAW No 15N 13E 36

Children:

*3263 Thadeous Campbell Mixson - b. Nov 21, 1832, d. Aug 23, 1875

*3264 James C. Mixson - b.1834

§3265 Martha A. Mixson - b. 1838, d. Jan 2, 1860

3266 William H. Mixson - b. 1840, d. 1862 in Confederate Army, unmarried

*3267 Travis Jefferson Mixson - b. Jul 14, 1842, d. Feb 12, 1924

3268 Elizabeth Mixson - b. Jul 21, 1844, d. Jun 22, 1931, m. Travis Barron

*3269 Davis Clinton Mixson - b. Feb 28, 1847, d. Dec 6, 1899, About 1875 he married Laura Mayfield.

*3270 John Baptist Mixson - b. Apr 15, 1851, d. Apr 30, 1927

Mr. Mixson m. (2) Margaret Shamplin, Aug 5, 1855.
Children:

*3271 Thomas Mixson – b. Aug 27, 1856, d. Aug 13, 1902, m. Laura Ann Kincannon

3272 Mary Mixson - b. 1859, m. Ike Mayfield

§3273 Amanda Mixson - b. Feb 3, 1860, d. Aug 13, 1949

3274 Sarah (Sally) Mixson - b. 1863

 

Simeon Mixson was a member of the TX Rangers, discharged from same in Sep, 1837. A certified copy of this is now in hands of one of his descendants.

 

After Mr. Mixson's death, his widow married J. F. Mayfield, Feb 28, 1868.

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