Jesse D. Mixon Collection
Content Description
World War 1 and World War 2 maps and a World War 1 roster book.
Dates
- Event: Donated 4/22/2013
- Creation: 1919-1945
Language of Materials
The collection is in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Jesse Dewey Mixon (1897-1969) was the son of Thomas Mixon and Matilda Lockhart and lived in Cherokee County, Texas. Jesse joined the Marine Corps in Dallas, Texas on August 15, 1917. He was stationed in Parris Island, S.C., Quantico, VA., Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and was finally discharged at Galveston, Texas in February 1919. He married Julia Bell in Dallas, Texas in 1922. They had a son Jesse Durrett Mixon (1926-1995) who joined the Army November 22, 1944 and was discharged September 1946. Jesse Durrett Mixon was an associate professor at Stephen F. Austin State University until his retirement in 1988.
Extent
0.05 Cubic Feet
Arrangement
This collection consists of one folder and housed with other collections in a banker's box. There is also a bundle located in map case 7, drawer 15.
- Title
- Guide to the Jesse D. Mixon Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Linda Reynolds
- Date
- 10/6/2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the East Texas Research Center Repository
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