Mary Telua Mixson and Jacob Wesley Feaster

Fester-Mixson Family Reunion 1937
Under the old oak tree at the Feaster house

My father, Morris Mixson forth boy from left on the first row.
See more at Feaster-Mixson reunion, 1937

 

The Feaster family moved to the Micanopy area around the same time as the Mixsons in the 1850’s with both families coming from South Carolina and settling in Marion county Florida.  With Jacob and Elizabeth Feaster having seven children and James Darlington Mixson having twelve, it could be expected that the families knew each other and would intermix and so it was that Mary Telula Mixson would marry Jacob Wesley Feaster.  As the Mixson’s and Feaster families flourished and grew in the Marion county, Micanopy and Gainesville area in the following years, a tradition was formed of gathering every year under the great oak tree for a family reunion.  

The Mixsonian,
 Larry M. Mixson

836 MARY TELULA MIXSON, JAMES DARLINGTON MIXSON (766), CHARLES JONES MIXSON (713), JOHN C. MIXSON (706), JOHN C. MIXSON (700), JOHN MIXSON IV (6), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

Mary Telula Mixson, dau. of James Darlington and Lois M. Smith Mixson, was b. Dec 5, 1875 in Marion County, FL, d. May 14, 1941 at Micanopy, FL, m. Sep 29, 1901 to Jacob Wesley Feaster, b. Mar 21, 1875 at Micanopy, FL, d. Oct 5,1943. Jacob and Mary both bur. Wacahoota Methodist Cemetery, Williston, Levy County, FL.  He was s. of Jacob Muscah Feaster (1833-1889) and Elizabeth Susannah Laney (1843-1887) both bur. Feaster Family Cemetery, Micanopy, Alachua County, FL

Note: Jacob’s brother, Otis Lanley Feaster married Mary Telula Mixon’s cousin Sallie Gertrude Mixson (see #834)

Census:

1880 Precinct 3, Marion, FL, J. Wesley Feaster age 9 with parents: J M Feaster-45, wife Elizabeth-33, siblings: K D-22, J L-13, Otis Lanley12, Mary Lelia-11, Bessie-10

1900 Reddick, Marion, FL, J W Feaster age 25, living with Sister and her husband AJ & ML Wyche

1910 Martin, Marion, FL, age 35, wife Lula-34, children: Jacob L-6, Lizzie L-4, Jas O-2

1920 Geiger, Marion, FL, age 44, wife Mary Telua-44, children: Jacob-16, Lizzie-13, James-11, Ollie-9, Luua May-9, Mary Lula-7, Agenes-4

1930 Geiger, Marion, FL, age 55, wife Mary T-54, children: James-22, Ollie G-19, Mary L-18, Agnes-15

1940 Marion, FL, age 65, wife Lula-64

Their children:

§FE001 Jacob Lynn Feaster - b. May 2, 1903 at Micanopy, (Moore’s Pond) FL, d. Aug 3, 1993, d. May 3, 1993, m. Feb 2, 1929 to Gladys Marian Abraham, b. Feb 18, 1909, d. Jan 11, 1989 at Tampa, FL. 

§FE002 Elizabeth Lois “Lizzie” Feaster - b. Apr 29, 1906 at Micanopy, FL, d. Dec 15, 1997, m. Jul 4, 1926 to William Edward Dixon, b. Sep 28, 1904 at Marsville, GA, d. Apr 23, 1964. He was s. of Harmon Edward and Margaret Hill Dixon. Both bur. Shiloh United Methodist Church, Shiloh, Marion County, FL.:

§FE003 James Otis Feaster - b. Mar 31, 1908 at Lowell, FL, d. Aug 23, 1981, bur. Wacahoota Methodist Cemetery, Williston, Levy County, FL, m. Aug 3, 1930 to Vera V. Brown, b. Dec 17, 1910 at Island Grove, FL, d. Jan 2, 1985, bur. Wacahoota Methodist Cemetery, Williston, Levy County, FL

§FE004 Ollie Glenn Feaster - b. Jun 27, 1910 at Lowell, FL, d. Apr 7, 1980, m. May 28, 1932 to Claire Agnes Richards, b. Jun 28, 1911 of Amarillo, TX, d. Jun 2, 1983, she was dau. of John William and Narstrom Richards.  Both bur. Shiloh United Methodist Church, Shiloh, Marion County, FL

§FE005 Lula Mae Feaster – b. Jun 27, 1910 (twin), d. Dec 7, 2001, m. Sep 6, 1930 to Carl Read Filmer, b. Feb 12, 1900, d. Oct 27, 1985.  Both bur. Wacahoota Methodist Cemetery, Williston, Levy County, FL.

§FE006 Mary Leila Feaster – b. Mar 21, 1912, d. Jan 6, 2013, m. Apr 15, 1944 to Rufus Wilburn Tillman, b. Feb, 11, 1914, d. Jan 7, 1995. Both bur. Wacahoota Methodist Cemetery, Williston, Levy County, FL. 

§FE007 Agnes Drucilla Feaster – b. Mar 4, 1915, d. Jan 16, 1968, m. Jun 4, 1939 to James Joseph Hannah, b. May 8, 1913, d. Jul 23, 1966.  Both bur. bur. Wacahoota Methodist Cemetery, Williston, Levy County, FL

 

 

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