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)

Obed 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

Their children:

*525 Charles Lee Mixon - b. Dec. 8, 1845, d. Feb. 26, 1904

526 Martha J. Mixon - b. 1847

*527 Tabitha Elizabeth Mixon - b. Sept. 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 Samatha Mixon - b. 1857, d. 1929, Bienville Parish, LA, m. ca. 1875 to Lindsey Leander Crawford, b. Apr 1850, d. Sep 28, 1934.  Both bur. Camp Ground Cemetery, Bienville, Bienville Parish, LA.

Census:

1900 Police Jury Ward 1, LA, age 50, wife Marsaline-43, children: John M-18, Sarah E-15, Elizabeth R-12, Egen M-10, Annie L-7, Hattie M-3

1910 Police Jury Ward 1, LA, age 60, wife Marsline S-53, children: John-28, Annie Lee-17, Hattie M-13

Children:

20232 John Miller Crawford – b. Feb 6, 1882, d. Dec 15, 1934, m. Mattie V. Cook, b. May 14, 1892, d. Sep 13, 1983.  Both bur. Camp Ground Cemetery, Bienville, Bienville Parish, LA.

 20233 Sallie Crawford – b. Dec 9, 1884, d. Nov 9, 1968

6322 Elizabeth Crawford b. Sep 9, 1887, d. Dec 14, 1959, bur. Liberty Hill Cemetery, Liberty Hill, Bienville Parish, LA, m. Nathaniel Loe. Children:

6324 Dwildy Loe - b. ca. 1900, d. 1976, did not marry.

6325 Gladiola Loe, m. Sidney Poindexter. She is a retired teacher from Bienville High School Children:

6326 Tillman Poindexter, m. ____ Hedrick

6327 Sidney Wayne Poindexter did not marry.

6328 Dale Poindexter

20234 Egan Crawford – b. 1890, bur. Camp Ground Cemetery, Bienville, Bienville Parish, LA.

20235 Annie Lee Crawford – b. Sep 1892, d. 1958

6323 Hattie Crawford – b. Dec 6, 1899, d. Nov 1966

531 Frances Izora Mixon - b. Nov. 19, 1858, d. Feb. 14, 1925, m. Jan. 12, 1882 Joseph Marion Robinson

*532 Louella Esther Mixon - b. 1861, m. Allen Carver Jones

*533 Emily T. Mixon - b. - b. Dec. 30, 1863, d. Dec. 25, 1916, m. Andrew Jack Taylor, b. Apr. 18, 1861, d. Aug. 11, 1939, both bur. Gansville Cemetery, Gansville, LA. Children:

18223 Fred L Taylor – b. Nov. 18, 1882, d. Jun. 29, 1959, m. Lovie Pearl Fallin, b. Dec. 7, 1890, d. Nov. 27, 1941, both bur. Gansville Cemetery, Gansville, LA, Children:

18225 Charles Rawson Taylor – b. Nov. 12, 1907, d. Aug. 19, 1995, both bur. Gansville Cemetery, Gansville, LA

18226 Robert Andrew Taylor – b. Aug. 28, 1912, d. Nov. 23,  1985, m. Nedra Ellen, b.Nov. 21, 1940, d. Nov. 28, 2006, both , bur. Summerfield Cemetery, Summerfield, LA

18224 Eva Marsaline Taylor – b. 1885, d. 1962

*534 Rozillie May Mixon - b. May 16, 1885 in Bienville Parish, LA, d. Jul. 27, 1949, m. Bill Shively

*535 Benjamin Hadred Mixon - b. Mar 8, 1868, d. Mar 26, 1950, bur. Gansville Cemetery, Gansville, LA, , m. Alma J. Stewart, b. Jan2, 1868, d. Aug 7, 1908, bur. New Hope Cemetery, Winn Parish, LA .

501 CHARLES JABEZ MIXON, BENJAMIN H. 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, 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 A

All children b. in Winn Parish, LA

536 Ben H. Mixon - b. 1858, d. abt 1875

*537 James Cook Mixon - b. Sept. 17, 1859

*538 Hester Ann Mixon - b. Jan 1, 1862, d. Jun 13, 1926,

(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, April 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

Their children:

*539 John Gay Mixon - b. Sep. 20, 1861, d. Dec. 1, 1899

*540 Millard F. Mixon - b. Jan. 24, 1857

*541 James Teacle Mixon - b. July 20, 1859, d. Mar 28, 1937, bur. Mixon Cemetery, Amite County, MS.

 

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