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Nathan Benjamin Hixson

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Nathan Benjamin Hixson

Birth
Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
30 Sep 1900 (aged 69)
Fulton County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Crystal Spring, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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History of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania; Chicago: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1884, p. 657
[Chapter XCI, Brush Creek, Fulton County]

Nathan B. Hixson, son of Ephraim Hixson, was born on the Hixson homestead in this township. He was apprenticed to learn the shoemaker's trade at the age of seventeen, and from 1851 to 1853 had a shoeshop at Clearville, Bedford county, and at Emmaville from 1853 to 1858. He then located on the farm where he now lives. Mr. Hixson was married in 1852, to Mary Barton, and has nine sons and five daughters living. In 1869 he erected a sawmill and in 1883 a carding-mill, both of which are in operation. Mr. Hixson was county auditor, 1874-7, and is at present a jury commissioner.
History of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania; Chicago: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1884, p. 657
[Chapter XCI, Brush Creek, Fulton County]

Nathan B. Hixson, son of Ephraim Hixson, was born on the Hixson homestead in this township. He was apprenticed to learn the shoemaker's trade at the age of seventeen, and from 1851 to 1853 had a shoeshop at Clearville, Bedford county, and at Emmaville from 1853 to 1858. He then located on the farm where he now lives. Mr. Hixson was married in 1852, to Mary Barton, and has nine sons and five daughters living. In 1869 he erected a sawmill and in 1883 a carding-mill, both of which are in operation. Mr. Hixson was county auditor, 1874-7, and is at present a jury commissioner.


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16710280/nathan_benjamin-hixson: accessed ), memorial page for Nathan Benjamin Hixson (14 Dec 1830–30 Sep 1900), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16710280, citing McKendree Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, Crystal Spring, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Kat (contributor 19409629).