J. A. Hixson

    J. A. Hixson was born in Attica, Fountain County, Indiana, and is the fifth of nine children of Andrew and Esther (Brady) Hixson, of German descent. Our subject is of the firm of Hixson, Earl & Raub, which handles upward of 1,000 head of cattle annually. They deal largely in thoroughbred stock -short-horse, Herefords, etc., for supplying the Western ranches. They have some of the finest stock in the State, some thoroughbreds which cost $1,000 in England; they also raise from 400 to 500 hogs, and from 10,000 to 15,000 bushels of corn per year.

     Mr. Hixson was educated in the schools of Warren County, and in 1859 was married to Miss Eliza A. Sherry, a native of Warren County, and daughter of Jacob Sherry of Ohio. To their union followed two children -Iva and Effa. Mr. Hixson was engaged in farming in Warren County until 1863, at which date he moved to his present home. He has a superbly developed farm, supplied with every comfort.

Source: Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Co., 1883.