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| BIOGRAPHIES OF CHICKASAW COUNTY - M - |
Thomas The Blacksmith Thomas was born in Swanton, Vermont in 1834. When he reached his full stature, he was five feet ten inches tall. He had black hair, dark eyes and complexion. His occupation was a blacksmith. Tom married Miss Phoebe A. Hall July 9, 1853, in Chazy, New York. The Rev. Ira Hall, Phoebe's Granduncle, performed the wedding ceremony. Chazy was on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain. When one checks the map the distance from Swanton, Vermont to Chazy, New York is not very far. The two towns are on opposite shores of Lake Champlain. The Miners started their family in New York. They had a daughter, Florence, born in 1854; a son, Edward, born in 1856; a second daughter, Dora, born in 1860, and a second son, Merrit, born in 1862. It has not been determined the name of the town where each of the children were born. Thomas enlisted in the Union Army on November 17, 1863, in Plattsburg, New York. He became a member of Company B, 118th New York Volunteers. He was discharged July 3,1865 at Fort Monroe, Virginia. He received an honorable discharge. He was 31 years old. The family was reunited in Nashua, Iowa that same year, 1865. The family continued to grow with the birth of a son, Herbert in 1869, another daughter, Pearl in 1871, and another son, Frank in 1875. The Miner family seemed to prosper. There were a number of land transactions recorded in the Nashua area. Apparently, Phoebe had the business sense in the family. This conclusion was made because all the records examined requiring Thomas' signature were marked with an "X." His name was signed but the "X" was noted as his mark. On January 24,1898 Phoebe passed away. Thomas was 64 years old. Phoebe was laid to rest in Greenwood Cemetery in Nashua. In a letter sent to the Clerk of Court, New Hampton, IA, William B. Perrin asked for a "report of the death of Phebe A. Miner. If there is such a report, please send a certified copy." The answer from M. H. O'Neill was: "There is no report of the death of Phebe A. Miner in our records." Signed by M. H. O'Niell, Clk. The life of a widower was not long lasting for Tom. A Return of Marriage License To the Clerk of the District Court of Floyd Countv certifies that on the "31st day of August 1900 in St. Charles Township in said County according to law, and by authority, I duly joined in Marriage Thomas E. Miner and Emma Usher given under my hand this 31st day of Aug 1900." (signed) H. W. Troy, Pastor. She was a few years younger than Tom, and was born in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. The Clerk of the district Court, Willard Perrin filed a true copy of the Marriage Record in the marriage Record Book "H" page 473. Thomas Eugene Miner, the blacksmith, passed away June 7,1906. He was laid to rest in Greenwood Cemetery next to Phoebe. He lived 71 years, 9 months and 7 days. Contributed by Roland L. "Bud" Miner. |
| Henry H. Mixer, MD New Hampton DR. MIXER is of patriotic blood, both of his grandfathers having been soldiers in the revolutionary war. He is a son of Julius U. Mixer, an Ohio farmer, and Belinda Simmons, and was born in the town of Madison, Lake county, on the 25th of April, 1828. His paternal grandfather was one of the early settlers on the "Western Reserve," and his father occupied part of the original homestead until his death. During the war of 1812-15 his father, concealed in some bushes, saw a small number of British soldiers come ashore on Lake Erie, kill one of his oxen and carry it off. They left two sovereigns done up in a rag and stuck up on a pole, with some writing inside stating that if that was not enough for the ox they would pay the rest when they came again! Henry was educated at Grand River Academy, a manual labor school, in Ashtabula county. At nineteen went to Lake Mills, Jefferson county, Wiscousin, and taught a select school two years; commenced reading medicine at that place with Dr. Joslyn ; finished with Dr. Lorenzo A. Hamilton, of Chardon, Geauga county, Ohio; attended lectures in the medical department of the Western Reserve College, Cleveland, and graduated at Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in the autumn of 1854. Dr. Mixer practiced at Chardon until the autumn of 1859; was in the drug business one year at Painesville. In the spring of 1861 went to Columbia county, Wisconsin, entered the service in August of that year as assistant surgeon in the navy and served three years, two-thirds of this time on the famous United States gunboat Lexington. He was surgeon of the Indianola when it was captured below Vicksburg, and was in the hands of the rebels for three months, acting as surgeon in one of their hospitals at Vicksburg. In October, 1865, Dr. Mixer located at New Hampton, the seat of justice of Chickasaw county, Iowa, where he is still found, the leading practitioner of the village and the county. His experience during the war was of great service to him, and he has an excellent and well-merited reputation both as a surgeon and general practitioner. His consulting business far exceeds that of any other physician in this part of the state. His rides extend into adjoining counties. The doctor is quite public-spirited, and interests himself in matters outside of his profession, though he has not much time to attend to them. He is descended from a long line of farmers, and is himself a lover of agricultural pursuits. He has been president of the Chickasaw County Agricultural Society several years, and has done very much to develop the resources of the county of his adoption. He has had, from the start, great faith in New Hampton, and has aided essentially its prosperity. He was twice elected mayor of the city by a unanimous vote, and was very efficient as an executive officer. Dr. Mixer is a republican in politics, but very independent; is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows orders; a communicant in the Congregational church, and a man of unquestioned purity of life. His intellectual and social qualities are excellent. His wile was Miss Mary Phelps, of Chardon, Ohio, their union taking place on the 6th of September, 1854. She is a daughter of Judge Alfred Phelps, many years an honored citizen of Chardon, and a sister of Seth I. Phelps, twenty years in the United States navy, and now chairman of the cornmissioners of the theI District of Columbia. She is a christian woman, of most excellent mind and highly cultivated manners. Dr. Mixer has light blue eyes, and a light complexion; is five feet and eight inches tall; weighs two hundred and fifteen pounds, and has an unusually good physique. Source: Iowa Biographical Dictionary, 1878, Page 684. Transcribed By Mike Peterson |
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