(Obituary included)
aka Scott Bixler
Birthdate varies: death record shows 1 March 1853; 1900 census shows May 1850.
Winfield Scott Bixler md 6 Dec 1881 Adams Co IN to Sarah Bucher
Sarah Bucher was born May 1860 IN or OH; Sarah Bucher Bixler was living with her son William E Bixler in 1920 Montpelier, Indiana.
-----1870 Wells Co IN Bluffton, Harrison Twp P O Bluffton IN
61/95/98 6 June 1870
Mosure, David 28 m w Waggon maker OH cit
Rachel A 23 f w kh OH
Emma R 4 f w OH
Henry E 1 m w IN
Bixler, Scott 17 m w apprenticed to wagon maker IN
Ewing, Sarelda 18 f w school teacher OH in school
-----Adams Co IN mg index
Scott Bixler md Sarah Bucher 6 Dec 1881, bk D #448
-----1900 IN soundex
Bixler, Scott v1 ed15 s19 L37
w May 1850 50 IN
Adams Co Washington Twp Decatur
Bixler, Sarah wife May 1860 40 IN
Charles E son Jan 1885 15 IN
William E son April 1887 13 IN
Children were:
-----Cora Belle Bixler 1883-1951 #21380040
-----Charles E Bixler 1885-1906 #38952342
-----William Elmer Bixler b 15 Apr 1887 IN d 28 Feb 1962 El Paso, El Paso Co TX #95424642 md 1910 to Nola A Yocum (1886-1944 #95424631)
JACOB BIXLER 1827-1867 #63470817 (rope maker) md 12 March 1851 Wooster OH to MARGARET JANE KEELEY 1830-1912 #68409051
---Info varies, but Jacob was a ropemaker, and probably son of Frederick Bixler & Sarah Weibling.
-----1850 Wayne Co OH The Town of Wooster
224/17/17 8 Aug 1850
Figait, Christian 29 or 27 or 21? M ropemaker Germany
Elizabeth 23 f Germany
Louisa 5/12 f Ohio
Cappen, Philip 23 m ropemaker Germany
Bixler, Jacob 22 m ropemaker Md
Bloom, Henry 24 m ropemaker Germany
Philip 20 m ropemaker Germany
-----1860 Wells Co IN Bluffton P O Bluffton
16/119/114 4 June 1860
Bixler, Jacob 30 m Ropemaker 300/100 Maryland
Margaret 29 f PA
Winfield S 8 m IN sch
William H 6 m IN sch
John A 4 m IN
Clarissa 2 f IN
-----1870 Wells Co IN Harrison Twp P O Vera Cruz
49/275/275 5 July 1870
Bixler, Maggie 40 f w kh 1600/350 PA
William 16 m w works planing mill IN
John 14 m w at home IN sch
Teressa 12 f w at home IN sch
Haroy 9 m w IN sch
Kate 7 f w IN sch
Satia 4 f w IN
Bevenstine, William 20 m w Shoemaker OH
Mosier, Abner 24 m w Blacksmith --/500 OH cit
Maria 22 f w OH
Infant 1/12 f w IN b April
-----1880 on line Harrison, Wells Co IN p 166a
Bixler, Margaret self wd f w 49 PA PA PA Land Lady
William son s m w 26 IN MD PA farm laborer
Sarah C dau s f w 16 IN MD PA at home
Daelhousen, Andrew other s m w 49 PA PA PA works in W. Factory
Drescher, J M other md m w 34 PA PA PA M.D.
-----1900 IN soundex
Bixler, Maggie v84 ed141 s2 L31
w Jan 1831 69 PA
Wells Co Harrison Twp County Road, Vera Cruz
Bixler, Kattie dau Mar 1866 34 IN
Dalhousen, Andrew Bo Mar 1831 69 PA
Butts, F E Bo Nov 1848 51 Michigan
Children of Jacob Bixler & Margaret Jane Keeley (5 sons, 3 daughters)
Winfield Scott Bixler 1852-1917 #141242382 md Sarah Bucher
William H Bixler 1854-1919 #141245005
John Albert Bixler 1856-1927 #67315524
Theresa K Bixler 1858-1931 #33240058 md John D Meyer and Albert Meyer
Harry W Bixler 1861/62-1924 #2563287
Sarah Katherine “Kate” Bixler 1863-1949 #87767393 md Fred F Groh
Satia Bixler b 1865-1866 IN d or disappeared 1870-1880
Unknown Male Bixler b&d before 1870
The following info from Karin King (contributor #47469179) on 28 Dec 2019:
Suggested edit: Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana
Thursday, March 1, 1917
MR. BIXLER DEAD
Scott Bixler, Former Decatur Man, Died Last Night at Delphos, O.
ILL A SHORT TIME
Body Will Be Brought Here Tonight and Taken To Sister's Home
Scott Bixler, about sixty years of age, a former Decatur man, died suddenly last night at his home in Delphos, Ohio, where he moved from here five years ago.
Mr. Bixler leaves a wife and two children, they being Will of Hartford City; Cora, of Lancaster, Ohio. A son, Charles is deceased.
Brothers and sisters are Mrs. John D. Meyer, this city; John Bixler, Bluffton; Harry Bixler, Huntington; Will of Phoenix, Arizona and Mrs. Kate Groh of Vera Cruz.
Mr. Bixler's body will be brought here this evening at ten o'clock over the Clover Leaf and will be taken to the home of the sister, Mrs. Meyer, where it will lie until the funeral, arrangements for which had not yet been made.
Mr. Bixler was a member of the Ben Hur lodge of this city, which will attend in a body.
Family Members
Parents
Jacob Bixler
1827–1867
Margaret Jane Keely Bixler
1830–1912
Spouse
Sarah Bucher Bixler
1859–1924 (m. 1881)
Siblings
William Henry Bixler
1853–1919
John Albert Bixler
1856–1927
Theresa Kelly Bixler Meyer
1858–1931
Harry Winton Bixler
1862–1924
Sarah Catherine "Kate" Bixler Groh
1865–1949
Children
Cora Belle Bixler Nisley
1883–1951
Charles Ephraim Bixler
1885–1906
William Elmer Bixler
1887–1962
