Hi Guys, First, for those on the Lawrence list who don't know, I have a new email linda_trent@att.net okay, now down to business. :-) I have a mysterious situation with one John Morgan Hixon. His story is on my webpage http://lindatrent.homestead.com/GeoFHixon.html John is George F. Hixon's 3rd child. If you have access to ancestry.com you can call up all the links, if not here's the story in a nutshell. October 19, 1887 John M. Hixon marries Mary E. Handley (they married in Gallia County) 1900 census John M. Hixon is living with his brother William and John is listed as single (they're living in Scioto County) 1910 census John is reportedly divorced and living in a Columbus boarding house and by occupation he's a plumber. The census was enumerated in April. 1910 (July 5th) John died in Clark County (many Hixons had moved to Clark County, so I figure he went to live with them through his illness) His death certificate states that he was a widower. Through all this John's father remained in Symms Twp., Lawrence County, Ohio. Okay, he's married, he's single, he's divorced, he's a widower -- I think we've touched on almost all possibilities. One's probably right, but which one? Where's Mary through all this? Is she dead? If they're divorced, I wonder what happened? Did they divorce in Gallia, Lawrence, Scioto, Clark county? Somewhere else? Would there be a write up in the newspaper? Were there any children involved? Who got the children? Now I have a new mission in life, to figure out what happened to Uncle John and Aunt Mary. :-) If anyone's on the Scioto list, please feel free to forward this. Thanks, Linda.

Hi Linda, I'm not related to the Hixons, but I thought that maybe I'd have a partial solution to your marital dilemma. Perhaps John was married and then divorces before 1900. Then, maybe Mary died sometime, and so technically he's widowed, but was divorced too. So many times, someone else was giving out the information, and they may or may not have known the true story. A child of John might have wanted him listed as widowed, or just said that his wife was dead and not wanted to elaborate. I would guess that Mary died before he did. I'm sure that this didn't help a whole lot, but maybe a little. :) - Jean Griesan P.S. Thanks for the new e-mail address. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Trent" <linda_trent@att.net> To: <ohgallia@rootsweb.com> Cc: <OHLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 9:59 PM Subject: [OHLAWREN] Confusion over Uncle John Morgan Hixon > Hi Guys, > > First, for those on the Lawrence list who don't know, I have a new email > linda_trent@att.net okay, now down to business. :-) > > I have a mysterious situation with one John Morgan Hixon. His story is on > my webpage http://lindatrent.homestead.com/GeoFHixon.html John is George > F. > Hixon's 3rd child. If you have access to ancestry.com you can call up all > the links, if not here's the story in a nutshell. > > October 19, 1887 John M. Hixon marries Mary E. Handley (they married in > Gallia County) > 1900 census John M. Hixon is living with his brother William and John is > listed as single (they're living in Scioto County) > 1910 census John is reportedly divorced and living in a Columbus boarding > house and by occupation he's a plumber. The census was enumerated in > April. > 1910 (July 5th) John died in Clark County (many Hixons had moved to Clark > County, so I figure he went to live with them through his illness) His > death certificate states that he was a widower. > > Through all this John's father remained in Symms Twp., Lawrence County, > Ohio. Okay, he's married, he's single, he's divorced, he's a widower -- I > think we've touched on almost all possibilities. One's probably right, > but > which one? Where's Mary through all this? Is she dead? If they're > divorced, I wonder what happened? Did they divorce in Gallia, Lawrence, > Scioto, Clark county? Somewhere else? Would there be a write up in the > newspaper? Were there any children involved? Who got the children? > > Now I have a new mission in life, to figure out what happened to Uncle > John > and Aunt Mary. :-) If anyone's on the Scioto list, please feel free to > forward this. > > Thanks, > > Linda. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Would Lawrence County marriage records have had names of parents on them by 1895-98? I would love to know who the parents were of Lizzie Hixon who married John Feely in the Sept. '95-Dec. '98 marriage records, on page 77. There is a John Feely in the 1900 census in Ironton Ward 1 who's 38 and widowed, and I'm wondering if this is my Elizabeth who lives on well into the 20th century, or if this is some other Hixon line. Thanks, Linda Trent linda_trent@att.net