Sons of Elijah Mixon #2064

2085 CANAAN MIXON, ELIJAH MIXON (2064), SAMUEL MIXON (705), JOHN MIXON IV (6), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

Canaan Mixon, s. of Elijah and Grace Mixon, was b. in Sumter County, SC, ca. 1812, d. abt 1875. About 1855, he m. Olivia Grooms, b. Jan 18, 1836, d. Jan 16, 1927.

Census:

1850 Sumter, Sumter, SC, age 37, mother: Gracy-58

1850 Sumter, SC, Nov 12, 1850, Agriculture schedule

1860 Sumter, Sumter, SC, age 45, Mary-20, Mary-1

1880 Concord, Sumter, SC, Susan Mixon-21, siblings: Lee-18, Alice-14, S. James-9

Children:

§2154 Susan Johnson Mixon - b. Dec 5, 1859, d. May 12, 1934, m. Wesley Johnson

*2155 Alpheus Lee Mixon - b. Jul 14, 1862, Dec 3, 1935

2156 Alice Mixon - b. 1865, m. Compton

*2157 Samuel James Mixon - b. Feb 1, 1867, d. Nov 7, 1944

 

2089 ANTHONY WESTBERRY MIXON, ELIJAH MIXON (2064), SAMUEL MIXON (705), JOHN MIXON IV (6), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

Anthony Westberry Mixon, s. of Elijah and Gracie Mixon, was b. in Sumpter District, SC, Aug 30, 1821, d. Feb. 14, 1865. About 1846, he m. Mary Truett, b. ca. 1831, d. 1865

 

From Military Records on Confederate Soldiers, evidently it was he who enlisted at Camp Harlee, near Georgetown, South Carolina, Jan 1, 1862 in the 9th Company (Company "I"), Clarendon Guards, 25th SC Infantry, with his age given as 41. The records indicate he was captured at Fort Fisher, January 15, 1865, transferred to a prison camp at Elmira, NY where he was received from New York City, January 30, 1865. He died there on February 14, 1865 from chronic diarrhea. Grave #2160. 

 

Above information shows, of course, that his wife was a widow when she was shown in the 1870 census of Concord, Sumter, South Carolina, with her children.

 

Note: Several sources on Ancestry.com list Anthony Westberry’s wife as Sarah C. Gibson with a different set of children.  That Anthony is Anthony Windham (not Westberry, see #2094)  Larry Mixson

 

Ages shown in census records, many times, listing ages, are not always correct, Nellie (#2163) age 2 years, (b. 1868), could have been three or four years older; if not, she was probably a granddaughter.

Census:

1850 Division 4, Darlington, SC, age 24, wife Mary-20, children: Martha-3, Frances-2

Children of Anthony and Mary Mixson are:

§2158 Martha Mixon - b. 1847 in Sumpter County, SC, d. Nov 21, 1917, m. Francis Grooms

2159 Frances Mixon - b. 1849

2160 Joseph Mixon - b. ca 1857

2161 Mary Mixon - b. 1860

2162 Anthony Mixon - b. ca. 1864 probably in Darlington County, SC, (the 1850 census of that county showed the family living there), but in 1870, his mother, Mary Truett Mixson and her children were in Sumpter County with Anthony's age given as 6. The name of his wife is not known, but from information sent in, he had married, probably about 1885. Their known children are as follows:

9185 Edith Mixon, m. ____Tolson

9186 Maude Mixon, m. ____ Demas

9187 Benjamin C. Mixon

2163 Millie Mixon - b. 1868 (probably granddaughter)

 

2091 ZIMMERMAN CASWELL MIXON, ELIJAH MIXON (2064), SAMUEL MIXON (705), JOHN MIXON IV (6), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

Zimmerman Caswell Mixon, s. of Elijah and Gracie Mixon, was b. in Sumter County, SC, Mar 29, 1826, d. Jul 13, 1847 in Puebla Mexico. Zimmerman was a private in the Palmetto Regiment of the South Carolina Volunteers.

The Sumter Banner, April 12, 1848, p3

 

On Dec 21, 1835, Gracie Mixon bound out her son, Zimmerman Caswell Mixon to James H Brittain to learn agriculture.

 

John Leslie Mixson in his book The Mixon-Mixson Family, says Zimmerman married Mary about 1848 and lists the following child but this is unlikely as Zimmerman served in the U.S.-Mexican war from 1846 until his death in Puebla Mexico on July 13, 1847.

 

Children:

2164 Mary Mixon - b. 1849

 

John Leslie Mixson then said, “Perhaps there were other children after 1850. In 1860, Mary E. Mixon, age 8, and William M. Mixon, age 4, are shown in the home of Hannah Truett in Darlington County.” But clearly if he died in 1847 he would have no additional children.

The Sumter Banner (Sumter, South Carolina), Wednesday, April 12, 1848 - Page 3
In an article titled: DESCRIPTIVE ROLL

 Capt. F. Sumter’s Company, (A) Palmetto Regiment mustered into the services of the United States at Charleston, S. C. 15th December, 1846 to server during the war with Mexico.
  Z. C. Mixon, died at Puebla, 13, July, 1847

The Sumter Banner (Sumter, South Carolina, Tuesday, May 31, 1853 - Page 3

In the article titled: Executive Chamber, May 14, 1853

Medals have been received at the Executive Department for the relatives of deceased members of the Palmetto Regiment, and will be delivered when called for.   By order of the Governer, B. T. Watts, Secretary.

    4. Zimmerman C. Mixon

 

 In 1860, a Mary E. Mixon, age 8, and William M. Mixon, age 4, are shown in the home of Hannah Truett in Darlington County.

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