Abner J. Mixon (1844 - 1926)

Born 14 Jun 1844 in Amite County, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Catherine (Easley) Mixon — married 25 Oct 1865 in Amite, Mississippi, United States

Died 8 Jun 1926 at age 81 in McComb, Pike, Mississippi, United States

Biography

Pvt Abner Mixon served in the United States Civil War.
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 33rd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, United States Civil War

Abner J. Mixon was the son of Obed and Falby (Barksdale) Mixon. He first appears in the US Census in 1850 as a 6-year old in the home of his parents. The 1860 US Census show a 16-year old Abner in the home Obed and Falby in Amite, Mississippi.

He joined the Mississippi military in 1862 at 17-years of age.

In 1865 he married Elizabeth Catherine Easley. In 1878 he married Margaret Crawford.

He passed away in 1926 and is interred in Hollywood Cemetery, McComb, Pike County, Mississippi.

Military Biography

Courtesy of Co. B - 33rd Mississippi Infantry.

"Pvt. Abner J. Mixon

Abner J. Mixon was born about 1844 in Amite Co., Mississippi the son of Obed Mixon* & Mary Falby Barksdale**. The family appears in the 1850 St. Helena Parish, Louisiana census with their children including their son Abner and their Barksdale family members. Abner's parents appear in Line Creek Baptist Church notes in September of 1845 which would put the family close to the boundary with St. Helena Parish and Amite. Others serving in Co. B attended this church as well. The 1860 Amite census records the Obed Mixon family as having grown by several more children.

On May 16, 1863***, Abner J. Mixon, the young farmer from Amite was taken prisoner following the Battle of Champion Hill. He did survive the war and marriage records record an A.J. Mixon married Elizabeth K. Easley on Oct 25, 1865 in Amite Co., Mississippi. They also show A. J. Mixon married Margaret Crawford on Dec 19, 1879 in Amite Co., Mississippi. Mixon researchers list Abner J. Mixon as having several children — William V. "Bill" Mixon, Obed F. Mixon, and Eva Mixon with his first wife and Corrine, Joseph, Albert, Mary, Herbert, and James Mixon with his second wife. The last son was born about 1897.

Notes:

• This is not the Obed Z. Mixon family that also appears in Amite records though they are no doubt connected to each other.

• • Her name is spelled differently among researchers from Falby, Falba, to Falby Coffee Barksdale.

• • • Amite County, Mississippi, 1699-1890, Volume 3, by Albert Casey has a transcription error related to Abner J. Mixon. He is listed incorrectly as being on the Confederate Monument that was placed in Liberty following the war. The correct name on the monument is A.J. Wilson of Co. B that died at the Battle of Franklin.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJD-FLZ : 12 April 2016), Abner Mixon in household of Obed Mixon, St. Helena parish, St. Helena, Louisiana, United States; citing family 290, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6G4-8PG : 14 December 2017), Abner Mixon in entry for Obid Mixon, 1860.
• "Mississippi, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFLQ-6XS : 4 December 2014), Abner J Mixon, 1862; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Thirty-third Infantry, K-M, NARA microfilm publication M269 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1960), roll 353.
• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9N6-2PV : 4 December 2014), Abner J. Mixon, Private, Company BD, 33rd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M232 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 28; FHL microfilm 821,865.
• "Pvt. Abner J. Mixon," 33rd Mississippi Infantry, Biographies, Photos and Anecdotes Company B. Retrieved from http://www.angelfire.com/ms3/davidg33/biosB.htm, May 6, 2018.
• "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2ZF-P2D : 10 February 2018), A. J. Mixon and Elizabeth Catherine Easley, 25 Oct 1865; citing Amite,Mississippi; FHL microfilm 864,488.
• "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2ZF-P2X : 10 February 2018), A. J. Mixon and Margaret Crawford, 19 Dec 1878; citing Amite,Mississippi; FHL microfilm 864,489.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 May 2018), memorial page for Abner J. Mixon (14 Jun 1844–8 Jun 1926), Find A Grave Memorial no. 69441860, citing Hollywood Cemetery, McComb, Pike County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Larry Ray (contributor 46549656) .