Mix, William John, Senior, M.D.

History of Ogle County, 1878, p.633 :

"was born in Grand Isle, Vermont, May 20, 1795 ; he was the eldest of eleven children; in his early life he was engaged in lumbering and in the fishing trade on the St. Lawrence River, continuing at the same until the age of 25; he then studied medicine with Dr. Wood of Campbell's Landing, Canada, and after pursuing a full course at the Medical Institute at Montreal, graduated at the age of 29; he soon after settled in Conneautville, Crawford Co., Penn., and after practicing his profession there for eight years, moved to Tecumsch, Mich., where he remained one year; he then moved to Ottawa, LaSalle Co., Ill., and in the year 1835 came from there to Oregon Tp., in this Co., where he remained up to the time of his death, March 13, 1850 [burried Daysville cemetery].  He served as assistant surgeon in the battle of Plattsburg in 1816, his father being a captain in the same battle; while residing in Pa., he served as surgeon of the 12th Pa. Vols.; he married Annice Drury in Pittsfield, Vt., July 25, 1816; she was born in same place June 24, 1799; they had one son, Wm. J. Mix, Jr., livinig in Oregon, and two daughters, Abigail Minerva, who died Oct. 22, 1828, and Sarah Annice, who died Sept. 26, 1826; Mrs. Mix died in 1834; he then married Miss Eliza Wood Goodwin, at Tecumsch Mich., in Feb., 1836; she was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y,; they had one son H. A. Mix, M. D., of Oregon, and four daughters: Martha E., now Mrs. McKenney, Mary A., now Mrs. O. W. Garrison, of Iowa Falls, Iowa, Francis C, who died at the age of four years, and Alice R, now Mrs. Worthington, living near Los Angeles, Cal."

"In 1830 the people of the counties north of the ordinance line sent delegates to a convention held at Rockford to take action in relation to the annexation of the tract north of that line to Wisconsin Territory, and it is said the scheme then discussed embraced an effort to make Galena the capital of the territory. Charles S. Hempstead and Frederick Stahl were delegates to the convention from Galena, and James V. Gale, Dr. W. J. Mix, Col. Dauphin Brown, S. M. Hitt and W. W. Fuller were delegates from Ogle.
Even at that day a rivalry had sprung up between Oregon and Dixon for county seat honors, notwithstanding the commissioners appointed for the purpose by the legislature had located the county seat on the 20th of June, 1836, where Oregon has since been built up.; In selecting candidates for county commissioners, partisanism was ignored, only local influence was considered.; The Dixonites selected three citizens for county commissioners, who were believed to be friendly to Dixon, and who would use their oflicial influence to maintain the county oflices at that place.; Oregon people were equally zealous, and they, too, selected candidates for county commissioners pledged to their interests.; The Dixon candidates were V. A. Bogue, S. St. John Mix and Cyrus Chamberlain.; The Oregon candidates were Isaac Kosecrans, Ezra Bond and W. J. Mix."
"The three Oregon candidates for county commissioners, Isaac Rosencrans, Ezra Bond and William J. Mix, are all dead." "William J. Mix, James Clark and John Phelps were appointed judges of elections. Elections were appointed to be held at the house of John Phelps."
"Ordered, That William J. Mix, Martin C. Hill and John C. Hulett have the contract for building the court house for Ogle County, as per order of court, December term, 1838, and contract of this date."
"To give the reader an idea of how the pioneer settlers protected the claim rights of each other, we present the following constitution and bylaws of the Oregon Claim Society, which was adopted on the 11th day of Mai'ch, A. D. 1839 (two years after the County of Ogle was organized), and which was placed at our disposal by Hon. James V. Gale. Preliminary to the adoption of this constitution, a meeting of settlers met in Oregon at the date above quoted, when Dr. William J. Mix was called to the chair, and D. H. T. Moss appointed secretary of the meeting.
A true record of the original, as entered by me this the 9th day of January, A. D."
"The first term of the circuit court commenced on Monday, October 2, 1837. Hon. Dan Stone presiding. William W. Mudd was sheriff, and William J. Mix was deputy sheriff."
"He was taken before William J. Mix, a justice of the peace ..."
"At the October (1871) term of the Circuit Court of Ogle County, Justice W. W. Heaton (now deceased) presiding, a bill in chancery was filed by William J. Mix, ..."

married, 1816 : Annice Drury Mix (1799-1834) at Pittsfield, Vermont

married, 1826 : Eliza Wood (Goodwin) Mix