Merwin Meredith Hixson (1914 - 1987)

Born 25 Sep 1914 in Richland, Keokuk, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Died 20 Jun 1987 at age 72 in San Jacinto, Riverside, California, United States

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Biography

Mervin was born in 1914. He is the son of Floyd Hixson and Viola Jones. He apparently married "Louine" and had a son Richard in about 1937. He died, listed as single, in California in 1987.

Sources

• Birth - "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVFR-BBW : 10 March 2018), Merwin M. Hixson, 25 Sep 1914; citing Richland, Keokuk, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,870,910.

• 1915 Iowa Census - "Iowa State Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK45-RSJZ : 16 March 2018), Merwin Hixson, 1915; citing Richland Township, Keokuk, Iowa, United States, card no. 202, Iowa State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,462,544.

• 1940 Census as "hired hand" with wife and son - "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMYF-YJ3 : 15 March 2018), Mervin M Hixon in household of Ilo Kirkove, Liberty Township, Keokuk, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 54-16, sheet 4B, line 77, family 78, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1172.

Mervin M Hixon Hired hand Male 25 Iowa Louine Hixon Hired hand's wife Female 24 Iowa Richard V Hixon Hired hand's son Male 3 Iowa

• Death - "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGY9-8BS : 26 November 2014), Merwin Meredith Hixson, 20 Jun 1987; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

• Burial - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179780310/merwin-m-hixson