Mix Family Notes

Mix Family

1850 IL Fed Census -- Newport Twp, Lake Co. Illinois enumerated on 9 Dec 1850
Name	Age	Sex	State Born	Occ.	Notes
Ira Mix	36	M	NY	Farmer	800 real estate
Ann	29	F	IN
Edward	7	M	IN		prob. William E. on 1860
George	4	M	IN
Ellen (EBBEN)	1	F (M)	IL		This is Eben E. Mix
Romulus Brown	16	M	IN		Teresa Ann's brother?
Romulus Brown		M			Teresa Ann's father

1860 IL Fed Census -- Newport Twp, Lake Co. Illinois Family listed as Micks ages are really off -- did a child report to the census taker?
NAME	Age	Sex	State Born	Occ.	Notes
Micks, Ira	40	M	NY
Anne T.	33	F	IN		Teresa Ann/Anna BROWN
William E.	16	M	IN
George	13	M	IN
Ebben	11	M	IL
Louisa	8	F	IL		Laura on 1870
Lusilla	5	F	IL		Drucilla who m. Ira Mix
James	3	M	IL
Anna B.	6/12	F	IL

1870 IL Fed Census -- Newport Twp, Lake Co. Illinois ages seem to be okay
Name	Age	Sex	State Born	Occupation	Notes
Mix, Ira	57	M	NY	Farmer	3000 acres / 800 value
Anna	48	F	CT		Teresa Ann/Anna BROWN
George	23	M	IN	Works on farm
Eben	21	M	IL	Works on farm
Laura	19	F	IL		Louisa on 1860
Lucella	17	F	IL		Drucilla who m. Ira Mix
James	14	M	IL
Anna	12	F	IL		mistakenly listed as M
Ira	7	M	IL		mistakenly listed as F

1880 IL Fed Census -- Newport Twp, Waukegan, Lake Co. Illinois
Name	Age	Sex	Occ.	State Born	Father Born	Mother Born	Notes
Mix, Ira	67	M	Farmer	NY	CT	VT	$300/$800
Ann	59	F		KY	KY	KY	Teresa Ann/Anna BROWN
Annie	19	F		IL	NY	KY
Ira	17	M		IL	NY	KY

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EBENEZER MIX The'Will' will be forthcoming. Lake Co, IL Buried at Benton-Greenwood Cem. - Benton Twp, Waukegan, Lake Co, IL

CHARLES MIX
son of Rachael Mix
Rachael is the dau. of Eben & Drusilla (Roberts) Mix
Tombstone just to the West of 'MIX' stone - next row

Illinois: Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men
Charles Mix
Residence Waukegan IL
Enlisted: 5 Oct 1861 as a Private
31 Oct 1861 he mustered into "G" Co. IL 55th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
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Illinois: Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men
Charles Mix
Residence Warren IL
Enlisted: 15 Jan 1864 as a Corporal.
15 Jan 1864 he mustered into "I" Co. IL 17th Cavalry
He was Mustered Out on 23 Nov 1865
(Absent, Sick at MO)
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17th IL Calvary list of soldiers

EDWARD D. MIX
son of Ira & Teresa Ann (Brown) Mix
Tombstone just to the North of Eben Mix, his grandfather.
The Civil War info below lists him as being in Co. G,
but his tombstone reads ''F".

Illinois: Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men
Edward Mix
Residence Waukegan IL
Enlisted: 5 Oct 1861 as a Private
31 Oct 1861 he mustered into "G" Co. IL 55th Infantry
He was discharged for wounds (date not stated)
He was listed as: *Wounded (date and place not stated)
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Illinois: Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men
Edward Mix
Residence Warren IL
Enlisted: 15 Jan 1864 as a Private.
15 Jan 1864 he mustered into "I" Co. IL 17th Cavalry
He was Mustered Out on 11/23/1865
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17th IL Calvary list of soldiers

WILLIAM E. MIX
son of Ira & Teresa Ann (Brown) Mix
Shares the Northside of tombstone with his father.

IRA MIX
son of Eben/Ebenezer & Drucilla (Roberts) Mix
Tombstone just to the North of Eben Mix, his grandfather.

~ Death date 1901, 'Olpe Optimist', dtd 17 Nov 1911
    in obituary of his wife, Teresa Brown Mix (see below).
~ Living in La Porte, IN in the 1830s. Prob’ly moved to
    Newport Twp, Lake Co, IL in the late 1840s.
~ 1877 Lake County Biographical Directory:
    MIX, Ira - farmer; P. O. Waukegan (Newport Township)
~ Farm tranversed two townships: Newport & Warren
~ Did not serve in Civil War.

TERESA ANN BROWN -MIX
Wife of Ira Mix
Mother of Drucilla Estella Mix -Nelson
~1890 City Directory of Chicago lists
   Theresa A. Mix as a widow of Ira,
   living at 25 Maplewood Avenue.
~1900 census at Libertyville, Libertyville Twp,
    Lake Co, ILL.
   She is living with her son Eben Mix.
~1910 census, dtd 12 May, Teresa's age
   is 88, she would turn 89 that year.
This puts her birth year in 1821 which conflicts with her death certificate (1822).

Obituary -- Olpe Optimist, Olpe Kansas -- dtd 17 Nov 1911
   "Mrs. Teressa Mix, mother of Mrs. W. B. Nelson [Drucilla], died at the home of the latter at 1 o'clock on the morning of November 16, 1911. Death was caused by the infirmities attending upon age.
   The deceased was born on September 8, 1822 at Lancaster, Kentucky. When a girl she moved with her parents to LaPorte, [Floyd Co] Indiana. Some years later she was married at that place to Ira Mix, and husband and wife went to Waukegan, Ill. to make their home. Ten years ago in their Illinois home the husband died and six years ago the widow came to live with her daughter, Mrs. W. [Ward] B. Nelson, and has made that her home ever since. The deceased was for 50 years a member of the Baptist church.
   The funeral services were conducted at the Olpe M. E. Church by the Rev. C. H. Gramly at two o'clock this afternoon, Interment was made in Pleasant Ridge cemetery."