ON THIS DAY…
On Saturday, December 8, 1849, JOHN MIX married NANCY THURBER in Bolivar, NY (Allegany County). I’ve never found a reference to John having a middle name, although Nancy is listed in their big family Bible as “Nancy A.” Other family records identify her middle name as “ANN.”
At their wedding, John was a 23 year old (who would turn 24 in less than three weeks), and Nancy was almost two months into being a 17 year old. They would be together until John’s death in 1894. They raised seven children.
JOHN MIX son of Theophilus Mix (Jr) and Sally (Virgil) Mix
born: 27 Dec 1825 died: 17 Oct 1894
NANCY ANN (THURBER) MIX daughter of David and Olive Thurber
born: 12 Oct 1832 died: 29 Aug 1902
The picture reprinted from the Potter Leader Enterprise in the summer of 1995, was probably taken around 1890 and John is wearing his CIvil War medals.
JOHN & NANCY’s children
Julia A. b: 24 Mar 1851
Mary A. b: 24 Nov 1852
Charles F. b: 26 Dec 1854
Clarissa O. b: 8 May 1858 d: 8 May 1916
Olive L. b: 2 May 1862 d: Jul 1932
John E. b: 28 Aug 1864 d: 25 Jan 1951
Jennie M. b: 10 Oct 1874 d: 1934
Birth and death dates from John & Nancy Mix’s family Bible (Mixed Genes post, August 19, 2012). <click here to go to an earlier post about that Bible with scans of the family records).>
Mixed Genes 