THOMAS B. HIXON is a prominent farmer of North Strabane township. His paternal grandfather was a native of Germany, and came to the United States prior to the year 1790. He fought under Gen. Harrison in the war of 1812, and then made a permanent home in Washington county, Penn., where he remained until his death, which occurred in 1847, his wife passing away in the same year. He was a man of quiet tastes and habits, never entering public or political life. He reared a family of six children, of whom James was the youngest son. James Hixon, father of our subject, was born in 1790, on the farm adjoining the present home of his son Thomas B. He grew to manhood on the home place, and was then married to Jane Batey, who was born in 1809, and she bore him three children, namely: Thomas B., Mary and Lucy (wife of H. H. Raney, of Washington county). Mr. Hixon was a representative citizen of the county, and in religion he and his wife were members of the United Presbyterian Church. He died in 1881, on the farm where he was born, and his widow was laid beside him in 1889. Thomas B. Hixon was born October 14, 1840, on the old home farm in North Strabane township, where he is now living. He passed his boyhood in attending to the school and farm duties. In the year 1861 he was married to Priscilla J. Horner, who was born in 1843, daughter of Robert and Matilda Horner, early pioneers of this county. Mr. And Mrs. Hixon have had the following children: James H., Mary A. (wife of George Beebout, of Ohio), Nettie P. (married to Thomas Berry, a farmer of Missouri), Louis, Scott, Anna, Thomas, George, Howard, Charles and Ella. Mr. Hixon had owned and operated a public gristmill, and also two portable sawmills for many years. He has a fine farm of 114 acres, which he manages with marked success. He is a Democrat, and has served in the township in the capacity of assessor four years, and as school director for three terms. He and his wife are devoted members of the U.P. Church.

Text taken from page 720 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed April 1997 by Bobbi Steele of Indianapolis, IN as part of the Beers Project. Published April 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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