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Newton Jasper Hixson (1845 - 1909)

Newton Jasper Hixson
Born in Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 4 Nov 1865 in Wayne, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Died at age 63 in Loretto, Marion, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Biography

Newton was born in 1845.[1] His stepfather was William Rogers.[2]

Newton fought with the Union forces in the US Civil War, serving with the 8th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry.[3][4]

N J Hixon and Mathilda Jane Tapp married November 4, 1865, in Wayne County, Kentucky.[5] In 1870 they were farming in Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky[6] In 1880 they were farming in Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky.[7] In 1900 they lived in Rowland town, Lincoln County, Kentucky, and Newton was a carpenter.[8]

N. J. Hixson died suddenly Wednesday, May 26, 1909, while working as a carpenter for the L & N Railroad at Loretto, Marion County, Kentucky.[9]

Sources

  1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD7-JJ6 : 23 December 2020), Newton Hixson in household of William Hixson, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  2. ↑ 1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census"
    Year: 1860; Census Place: Bledsoe, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1240; Page: 414; Family History Library Film: 805240
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #18940376 (accessed 15 December 2021)
    Newton Nickson in Bledsoe, Tennessee. Born in Tennessee.
  3. ↑ "Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWTZ-HB3 : 4 December 2014), Newton I Hixson, 1864; from "Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : 2010); citing military unit Misc Card Abstracts of Records, NARA microfilm publication M395 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1963), roll 207.
  4. ↑ "Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWTZ-HBS : 4 December 2014), Newton I Hixson, 1864; from "Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : 2010); citing military unit Misc Card Abstracts of Records, NARA microfilm publication M395 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1963), roll 207.
  5. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ3-MPCY : 17 May 2018), N J Hixon and Mathilda J Gapp, 4 Nov 1865; citing Marriage, Wayne, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 591,551.
  6. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX49-D1V : 12 June 2019), Newton Hixson, 1870.
  7. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCZC-WB3 : 14 August 2017), Newton Hixton, Crab Orchard, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 68, sheet 214B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,428.
  8. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9HN-7F9 : accessed 8 October 2019), Newton Hixton, Magisterial District 1, Stanford (part, excl. Stanford city) Rowland town, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31, sheet 3A, family 40, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,538.
  9. ↑ "Hickson." Interior Journal (Stanford, Kentucky), Friday, May 28, 1909, page 3.




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