PIXLER, Samuel S. - 1914

PIXLER, SARGENT, BLOSSER, FRICK, FAY, FRY, MILLER, MOORE, KOLB

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HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
By Thomas McCulla

SAMUEL S. PIXLER.

Samuel S. Pixler, a retired resident of Cherokee, has made his home in this county for the past forty-four years and was long and actively identified with agricultural interests as the owner of a farm in Tilden township. His birth occurred in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, on the 5th of January, 1846, his parents being Samuel and Sarah (Sargent) Pixler, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Maryland. Samuel Pixler, Sr., an agriculturist by occupation, left his native state to journey westward in 1855 but was drowned in the Ohio river. His widow continued on her way to Clayton county, Iowa, and subsequently took up her abode in Butler county, this state, where her demise occurred. Mr. Pixler was a whig in politics and a Presbyterian in religious faith. Unto him and his wife were bom the following children: Richard S., Margaret and Caspar O., all of whom are deceased; Catherine, who is the widow of Isaac Blosser and resides in California; Jesse and James, who have also passed away; Samuel S., of this review; and Sarah Elizabeth, who is the widow of Elias Frick and makes her home in Butler county, Iowa.

Samuel S. Pixler acquired his education in the common schools of Clayton county, Iowa, and after putting aside his textbooks remained with his widowed mother on the home farm for a time, assisting in the work of the fields. In 1869 he came to Cherokee county and eventually acquired a tract of land in Tilden township, devoting his attention to its further cultivation and improvement for a period of thirtyseven years. He followed progressive and resultant methods of agriculture and annually gathered good crops which found a ready sale on the market. In 1910 he left the farm and removed to Cherokee, where he has lived in honorable retirement during the past three years.

On the 4th of May, 1876, Mr. Pixler was united in marriage to Miss Alice Fay, a daughter of Alexander and Christine (Fry) Fay, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. They came west to Iowa about 1853, locating in Clayton county, where Alexander Fay passed away in 1862, while his wife was called to her final rest in 1858. Throughout his active business career Mr. Fay followed farming. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Pixler have been born the following children: Homer and Laura, both of whom are deceased; Hubert A., living in South Dakota, who is married and has two children, Gaylord and an infant; Edna M., who is the wife of J. A. Miller, of Cherokee, and the mother of two children, Marvin and Justice; Grace E., who gave her hand in marriage to H. C. Moore, of South Dakota, by whom she has one child, Lovell; Clarissa, who is the wife of Carl Kolb, of this county, and has one child, Alice Fay; Victor, a resident of Cherokee county; and Clarence, at home.

Mr. Pixler is a democrat in his political views and ably served in the capacity of trustee of Tilden township for over twentyfive years. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and has passed through all the chairs of the local lodge. He is likewise identified with the Woodmen. Mr. Pixler is highly respected and esteemed by all who know him for his many high qualities of character and since locating in Cherokee county has not only been an interested witness of the changes that have taken place but a helpful and cooperant factor in bringing about the prevailing prosperous conditions.