Solomon Wixom

Brief Life History of Solomon

When Solomon Wixom was born on 26 March 1809, in Hector, Schuyler, New York, United States, his father, Reuben Hyrum Wixom, was 27 and his mother, Clarissa Walker, was 22. He married Matilda Johnson on 24 January 1833, in Eugene, Eugene Township, Vermillion, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850. He registered for military service in 1851. In 1850, at the age of 41, his occupation is listed as chairmaker in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 1 March 1879, in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Paris Cemetery, Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Solomon Wixom
1809–1879
Hannah Montgomery
1830–1887
Marriage: 20 February 1851
Catherine Wixom
1851–1851
Mary Matilda Wixom
1853–1936
Solomon Montgomery Wixom Jr.
1855–1855
Joseph Morgan Wixom
1856–1918
Hannah Marie Wixom
1859–1867
John Stephen Wixom
1861–1932
Orson Charles Wixom
1863–1919
Nathan Franklin Wixom
1866–1870
Lorenzo Wixom
1868–1924
Sarah Jane Wixom
1870–1927
Hyrum Augustus Wixom
1873–1906

Sources (75)

  • Solomon Wiscon, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Solomon Wixom - Government record: Census record: birth: 26 March 1809; Hector, Seneca, New York, United States
  • Solomon Wicksom, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

World Events (8)

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1818

Illinois is the 21st state.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English: probably an altered form of Wixon (see Wickson ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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CHAUNCEY WIXOM: History of La Salle County, Illinois: by Hoffman, U. J. pages 1160-1164

History of La Salle County, Illinois: by Hoffman, U. J. (Urias John), b. 1855 Publication date 1906 Publisher Chicago: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co. Collection allen county; americana Digitizing sponsor Inter …

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