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George Bixby

Male 1858 - 1937


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  • Born  22 Sep 1858  Stillwater, Washington Co., Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  7 Nov 1937  San Francisco, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I9427  Johnson Hindin Tree
    Last Modified  15 Oct 2012 

    Family  Mary Elizabeth Morris,   b. Aug 1859, Valparaiso, Porter Co., Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 May 1922, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  5 Nov 1892  Livingston, Montana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Bradford Milton Bixby,   b. Aug 1893, Livingston, Park Co., Montana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1916, Waukegan, Lake Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Helen Morris Bixby,   b. 19 Nov 1896, Stillwater, Washington Co., Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1976, Carlinville, Macoupin Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Esther Louise Bixby,   b. 31 Jul 1899, Stillwater, Washington Co., Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Nov 1967, Kilgore, Gregg Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F3704  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • The following information was posted on Find a Grave (findagrave.com) by Richard H. Goms, Jr.:

      George was born in Stillwater, Minnesota on Sep 22, 1858, was one of two sons of Bradford Wilson Bixby, who was born in Massachusetts (or Coopers Plains, Steuben, New York), and his wife, Susan Jane (Clarke) Bixby, who was born in Maine.
      The other was Tams Bixby, born on Dec 12, 1854, at Staunton, Virginia.

      On Nov 5, 1892 in Livingston, Montana, George married Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Morris) Hines, a widow with two children: Mrs. W. P. [Addie] Brown of Minneapolis and Floyd Hines of Wagoner, Oklahoma, both born in Valparaiso, Indiana. George and Lizzie had five children: Bradford M. Bixby, Mrs. C. E. [Ostera E.] Flanigan, Mrs. Read [Helen Mary] Bilbruck, Mrs. Sherman [Esther Louise] Cross, Mrs. Henry [Georgia Pat] De Coux.

      George was a clerk and accountant for several government and private businesses and later was an Indian agent.


      Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 9 Nov 1937
      George Bixby, 79, Pioneer Muskogeean, Dies in California

      Was Brother of Late Tams Bixby And Served as Accountant On Daily Phoenix

      George Bixby, 79, former Muskogee resident and & brother of the late Tams Bixby, pioneer owner and publisher of the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, died yesterday in San Francisco at the home of a daughter, Mrs. George [misspelled, supposed to be Georgia] De­Coux, according to word received here.

      Mr. Bixby, an expert accountant, left Muskogee in 1923 and went to California a year after the death of his wife, the former Mrs. Elizabeth Hines.

      He was employed as an accountant in several Muskogee firms, including the Daily Phoenix. In 1900 he was one of five employees who served under the late J. Blair Shoenfeld, at that the time United States Indian agent here. Others of the five were Bob Taylor, J. Fenterss Wisdom, Mrs. Blanch Oppenheim and Lyman K. Lane.

      Mr. Bixby war born in Red Wing, Minn., the son of the late Bradford and Susan Clark Bixby, and was of a pioneer New England family.

      A stepson, Floyd Hines, an employe (sic) in the county treasurer's office, lives in Fort Gibson. Other survivors include four daughters: Mrs. DeCoux, Mrs. Ostara Flannigan [or Flanagan], of San Francisco, and Mrs. Esther Cross, at Mexia, Texas, and Mrs. Helen Bilbrouck, of San Francisco.

      Funeral services, yet unannounced, will be held In San Francisco and burial will be there.