732 MARY E. MIXSON

(Refer to Archibald Kirkland Mixson, #709)

Mary E. Mixson, dau. of Archibald Kirkland Mixson and Elizabeth Calhoun Mixson, was b. 1820, d. 1895, m. (1) Joseph Robinson, m. (2) U. , L. Pridgeon, m. (3) John M. Williams. Family information is incomplete, but it is understood she had two sons. A magnificient woman, when she learned of the wounds suffered by her, brother, James Joyce Mixson (735) on the battlefields near Atlanta, she went for him and took him to her home in Savannah to care for him. The surgeons removed the bone from his shoulder to his elbow without anesthetics. For several years the wound refused to heal until a fragment of dead bone worked out. During this time the little family suffered great privation as all his Confederate money was worthless and his seven slaves had been freed. Gen. James A. Mixson (871) recalls a story told him by his father that he had gone hungry when he was a little boy. The General also tells us about his grandfather (in spite of having a limp left arm with no bone from his shoulder to his elbow) served as sheriff for his county (probably Levy County) for one or two terms. Gen. Mixson says he now owns some of the lands once owned by his grandfather that the latter had bought from Capt. Tanner in 1857. Capt. Tanner's son, Henry, was the first husband of Sarah E. Mixson (736), a dau. of Archibald Kirkland Mixson (709). When Sarah married Miles John Mixson (a first cousin), her sister, Mary (732) took the son to Savannah, where he died at the age of 16. Sarah and Miles John Mixson had two or more children, all dying in infancy. No record has been found of them, their names and the dates of their births, or dates of death.

734 HARRIETT HASSELTINE MIXSON

(Refer to Archibald Kirkland Mixson, #709)

 

Harriett Hasseltine "Esther" Mixson, dau. of Archibald Kirkland Mixson and Elizabeth Calhoun Mixson, was b. Nov 1, 1831, d. May 18, 1888, m. to (1) Samuel Dixon Calhoun, a cousin after he died she m. (2) abt 1868 to William Pitts Edwards, b. Feb 20, 1811, in Effingham County, GA, d. Nov 21, 1887. Mr. Edwards had been married previously to Eleanor Southwell. Both bur. Wacahoota Baptist Cemetery, Alachua County, FL.   

Census:

1870 Camp Izard, Marion, FL, William age 60, Esther-39, children: John-30, Henrietta-25, Joseph-17, Emma-4

1880 Willis Mills, Levy, FL, William age 69, Haseltine-49, children: Emma S-13

Their children:

10860 Sarah Emma Edwards - b. June 13, 1866, d. Sept. 22, 1923 at Gainesville, FL, m. Thomas Haynes Richardson, ca. 1889, who was b. May 15, 1863, d. Aug. 27, 1920.  Both bur. Evergreen Cemetery, Gainesville, Alachua County, FL.

Census: 1900 Gainesville, Alachua, FL, Thomas age 35, wife Sarah E-33, children: Willie-8

1910 Gainesville, Alachua, FL, Thomas age 46, wife Sarah E-43, children: Willie-18

1920 Gainesville, Alachua, FL, Thomas age 55, wife Sarah E-52, grand dau. Harriet A Rush-6

Children:

10862 Son - b. 1890, stillborn

10863 Willie Richardson - b. 1892, d. 1915, m. Hasket Rush. Children:

10864 Harriett Hasseltine Rush - b. Nov. 3, 1913

 

736 SARAH E. MIXSON

(Refer to Archibald Kirkland Mixson, #709)

Sarah E. Mixson, dau. of Archibald Kirkland Mixson and Elizabeth Calhoun Mixson, was b. Mar. 31, 1832, d. Oct. 31, 1867, bur. Wacahoota Baptist Church Cemetery, m. (1) Henry Tanner. Children:

10865 Henry Tanner, Jr.

She m. (2) Miles John Mixson

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