Sons of Cornelius Lofton Mixson #1774

1781 JESSE BENJAMIN MIXON, CORNELIUS L. MIXON (1774), JESSE MIXON (702), JOHN MIXON IV (6), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

Jesse Benjamin Mixon, s. of Cornelius Lofton and Sarah Kirkland Mixon, was b. in Marion County, MS, Dec 16, 1812, d. 1896. On May 17, 1841, he was m. to Nancy Donald, b. Aug 25, 1824, d. ____. (Information found in an old Bible of his now in hands of his descendants).

Census:

1850 Perry, Mississippi, MS, age 37, wife Nancy-25, children: Hesta-8, Melissa-4, Sarah-3, James-0

1860 Southern District, Perry, MS, age 46, wife Nancy-35, Melissa-15, Sarah Ann-12, James-11, Jessee-9, Dorus-7, Mary Ann-4, Robert-1

1870 On Leaf River, Perry, MS, age 57, wife Nancy-46, children: James-21, Jessie-17, Mary-13, Edwin-15, Mahala-8, Loftin-7, Nancy-5, Minerva-2

1880 Jasper, MS, age 66, wife Nancy-56, children: Sara A-33, James M-31, Mary V-24, Robert L-21, Mahala-19, Nancy C-15, Manerva-12

Children:

§1805 Hester Mixon - b. Jul 31, 1842, d. Jun 8, 1927

1806 Melissa Mixon - b. Feb 24, 1845, m. ____ Bounds(?). They had a son, name not given.

1807 Sarah Ann Mixon - b. Oct 18, 1847, d. Feb 1926

*1809 Jesse Benjamin Mixon – b. Jan 11, 1852, d. Jun 14, 1944

*1810 Edwin Sherman Mixon - b. 1853, d. unk, m. Martha Ellen "Mattie" Edmondson

§1811 Mary Virginia Mixon - b. 1855

*1812 Robert Lofton Mixon - b. Mar 11, 1859, d. Nov 28, 1928

§1813 Mahala Mixon - b. 1861, d. 1946, m. William Wiggins Lott,

§1814 Nancy Catherine Mixon - b. 1864, d. 1901

§1815 Minerva Mixon - b. 1861, d. 1946, m. Eugene John Parker

 

1783 JOHN WASHINGTON MIXON, CORNELIUS L. MIXON (v), JESSE MIXON (702), JOHN MIXON IV (6), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

John Washington Mixon, s. of Cornelius Mixon and wife, Sarah Kirkland Mixon, was b. in Marion County, MS, 1815, d. 1859. About 1840 he m. Absily Lee, b. Oct 29, 1819, d. Feb 1, 1897.  Both bur. Hood Cemetery, Eatonville, Forrest County, MS.

Census:

1860 Southern District, Perry, MS, widow Absillia-40, children: Elizabeth-14, Penninnah-10, Sarah-19 and husband Willaim Herin-26

1870 On Bowie, Perry, MS, widow Asilla-52

1880 Perry, MS, widow Absila Mixon-60 and dau. Elizabeth Graham-34, child: Azaline-11

Children:

§1816 Sarah Rachel Mixon - b. Mar 5, 1841, d. Mar 7, 1916

§1817 Elizabeth Mixon - b. 1845, d. 1930, m. John Graham

§1818 Peninah Jane Mixon - b. Mar 27, 1850, d. Nov 13, 1925

 

1786 CHARLES LOFTIN MIXON, CORNELIUS L. MIXON (1774), JESSE MIXON (702), JOHN MIXON IV (6), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

Charles Loftin Mixon, s. of Cornelius and Sarah Kirkland Mixon, was b. in Marion County, MS, 1821, d. Oct 22, 1897 About 1847 he m. Martha Allen, b. in MS in 1837, d. abt 1910. This family is in 1850 census of Perry County, MS, but in 1860 are shown in Columbia County, AR Census records show their children as follows.

Children:

1819 Mary Mixon - b. Oct 18, 1848 in MS, d. Apr 30, 1869 in Genoa, AR, m. James Hensley, b. abt 1836, d. Mar 29, 1897

*1820 Jefferson Liberty Mixon - b. Jul 4, 1850, in Hattiesburg, MS, d. Jul 7, 1927, m. Ellen Proctor - b. Oct 7, 1863, d.

1821 Sarah Mixon - b. 1852 in MS

1822 Ann Mixon - b. 1855 in MS

1823 Martha Mixon - b. 1857 in MS

1824 Cornelia Mixon - b. 1860 in AR (4 MO 12 days old at time of census)

*4793 James Escar Mixon – b. Jul 1866, d. Aug 1, 1941, m. Bertha "Bertie" Poindexter

 

1788 JAMES WILLIAM MIXON, CORNELIUS L. MIXON (1774), JESSE MIXON (702), JOHN MIXON IV (6), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

James William Mixon, s. of Cornelius L. and Sarah Kirkland Mixon, was b. in Marion County, MS, Jul 8, 1824, d. Mar 9, 1896 at Hattiesburg, MS. bur. Bennett Cemetery, Hattiesburg, MS.  A Confederate soldier in the Civil War, he was a member of Company "B", 27th MS Infantry. About 1850, he m. Mary Sarah Sumrall, b. Sep 24, 1830, d. Jan 10, 1862.

Census:

1860 Southern District, Perry, MS, age 35, wife Mary-36, children: Elizabeth-8, William-7, Mary-5, James-3, Thomas 2mo

1870 On Bowie, Perry, MS, age 44, children: Elizabeth-18, William-16, Mary-14, Thomas-16

1880 Monroe, Perry, MS, age 55, wife Melisa R-38, children: Thomas J-19, Florintine-3, dau. Geneva Bennet-15, William Bennet-10, John Bennet-8

Children:

1825 Elizabeth Mixon- b. 1851

*1826 William George Mixon - b. Dec 14, 1852, d. Jan 17, 1938

§1827 Mary Ann Mixon - b. Mar 13, 1855, d. Jan 7, 1925, m. Doc Bennett

1828 James Mixon - b. 1856

*1829 Thomas Jefferson Mixon - b. May 1, 1860, d. Jul 26, 1943

Mr. Mixon m. (2) Rebecca Melissa Jones, b. Mar 5, 1843, d. Mar 19, 1926, bur. Bennett Cemetery, Hattiesburg, MS, a widow, who had four children by her previous marriage to Abner A. Bennett (1838 - 1871).
Children:

§1830 Florintine Mixon - b. Nov 13, 1877, d. Mar 15, 1965

 

1789 FRANKLIN JEFFERSON MIXON, CORNELIUS L. MIXON (1774), JESSE MIXON (702), JOHN MIXON IV (6), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

Franklin Jefferson Mixon, s. of Cornelius L. and Sarah Kirkland Mixon, was b. ca. 1826 in Marion County, MS, and is shown in Mobile County, AL, in 1870. census. CA 1848 he m. Mary _____.
Children:

1831 Meda Elmira Mixon – b. abt 1850

1832 Thomas Mixon -  b. abt 1855 (this is not Thomas Moman Mixon see #1119

1833 Benjamin Mixon - b. 1857

1834 Andrew Mixon - b. 1862

1835 James Mixon - b. 1867

(Nancy Bridgett Ferguson (1854) - b. 1883 and still living in 1967, says she can remember when some members of Cornelius Mixon family used to hunt on their lands near her home at Mobile, AL).

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