William H Bixler 1854-1919 #141245005 md 1st on 24 Dec 1882 Decatur, Adams Co IN, to Barbara “Ella” Hower (1863-1901 #38952347, d/o John Hower & Barbara E Calvin); William md 2nd on 25 Nov 1908 Bloomington, McLean Co IL to Dora (1871-1911 #128678187, d/o Joseph W Stotlar & Octavia Harmon).
The following info from contributor Karin King (#47469179) on 28 Dec 2019:
Suggested edit: Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams Co, IN; Saturday Evening, January 25, 1919
Wm. Bixler Dead - Body Arrives from Late Home at Bloomington, Ill. - Brother of Mrs. John D. Myers - Spent Early Life Here - Has Sister at Vera Cruz - Brother at Bluffton
The body of William Bixler, former man of this community, arrived this morning from his late home at Bloomington, and was taken to the Scherer morgue, and later to the home of a sister, Mrs. John D. Myers, of North Fourth street. Word of the death was received last evening, together with word that the body was being sent here.
Mr. Bixler was married here to Miss Ella Hower, now deceased. There are no children. Another sister, Mrs. Kate Groh, lives at Vera Cruz; and there are two brothers, one, Harry, at Huntington; and another, John Bixler, living at Bluffton. A brother, Scott Bixler, died a few years ago.
Mr. Bixler was about sixty-five years of age. Death was due to tubercular trouble with which he had been afflicted for a number of years. For the past five and a half months, he had been very seriously ill. Death occurred yesterday morning at four o'clock.
The body was accompanied here by I. B. Stipp, with whom Mr. Bixler had made his home for the past three years. The body arrived this morning at 3:40 o'clock over the Erie.
The funeral of Mr. Bixler will be held Sunday afternoon from the Myers home, by the Rev. L. W. Stolte, of the Reformed church.
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William Bixler
in the Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
Name: William Bixler
Birth Date: abt 1856
Birth Place: Indiana
Death Date: 24 Jan 1919
Death Place: Bloomington, McLean Co , Ill
Burial Date: 27 Jan 1919
Burial Place: Decatur, Ind.
Death Age: 63
Occupation: Laborer, C. & A. Ry Co.
Race: White
Marital status: W
Gender: Male
Residence: Bloomington, McLean Co., Ill .
FHL Film Number: 1562095
Family Members
Parents
Jacob Bixler
1827–1867
Margaret Jane Keely Bixler
1830–1912
Spouses
Barbara Ellen "Ella" Hower Bixler
1863–1901 (m. 1882)
Dora Stotlar Bixler
1871–1911 (m. 1908)
Siblings
Winfield Scott Bixler
1853–1917
John Albert Bixler
1856–1927
Theresa Kelly Bixler Meyer
1858–1931
Harry Winton Bixler
1862–1924
Sarah Catherine "Kate" Bixler Groh
1865–1949
