Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 6/7/1963

Funeral services for a former
Newfane resident, Clayton H. Bixler
of Moravia, will be held tomorrow
at 2 p.m. at the Wade
Funeral Home in Moravia. Mr.
Bixler, 67, died Wednesday (June
5. 1963) at Veterans Hospital in
Syracuse, where he was a patient
for three weeks.
Mr. Bixler was born July 18,
1895 in Newfane, the son of George
and Julia Bishop Bixler, and was
wounded In France during World
War I, when he served in the
Army.
Follwoing his msrrlage to the
former Edna Reed of Hartland in
1920, the couple moved to Moravia
and operated a Cayuga County
farm.
Besides his wife, Mr. Bixler Is
survived by four daughters, Mrs.
Harold Faatz of Lockport, Mrs.
George Call of Cortland. Mrs. Addison
Hleboski of Groton, N.Y.,
and Mrs. Harry Polhamus of Aurora;
two sons, Wendell and Reed
Bixler both of Groton; five sisters,
Mrs. Everett Forsyth of
Burt, Mrs. William Ackerman of
Wilson, Mrs. Howard Rush of
Newfane, Mrs. Douglas Roberts
and Mrs. George Howard, both of
Lockport.
Burial will be in Moravia.

Clayton married REED, Edna Sara about 1920. Edna was born on 8 Feb 1898 in Town of Hartland, Niagara County, NY; died on 21 Jan 1968 in Town of Groton, Tompkins County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BIXLER, H Duane was born on 27 Jan 1921 in Town of Hartland, Niagara County, NY; died on 5 May 1958 in Lockport Memorial Hospital, Lockport, Niagara County, NY.
2. BIXLER, Beulah Agnes was born on 1 Jan 1922 in Town of Hartland, Niagara County, NY; died on 3 Dec 2012 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY.
3. BIXLER, Thelma A
4. BIXLER, Donna M was born on 23 Feb 1929 in New York; died on 1 Nov 2002 in Peoria, Maricopa County, AZ.
5. BIXLER, Lucille H was born on 14 Aug 1931 in New York; died on 14 Jan 2011 in Lowell, Gaston County, NC.
6. BIXLER, C Wendel
7. BIXLER, Franklin Reed

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 9/12/1924

George Bixler, 64 years old of
the Ide road, town of Newfane, arrested
yesterday by Deputy Smith
and Rees on charge of bigamy.
was arraigned this morning before
Acting Police Judge Noonan In
police court at Niagara Falls. A
plea of not guilty was entered
and the case was adjourned until
19 o'clock tomorrow morning;.
The complainant is Mrs. Julia
Bixler of 295 Hawley street, this
city, who claims she is t h e wife of
George Bixler and mother of h i s
seven children. She told Judge
Noonan that while there Is no di-
vorce she has been separated from
her husband about thirteen years.
Recently Mrs. Bixler saw an ac-
count in a newspaper of the mar-
riage of George Bixler and Rose
Mary Carey, the ceremony being
performed on September 3, at Ni-
agara Falls, she claims, and upon
investigation found that the groom
was her husband. she then
swore out the warrant.

ALSO

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 6/13/1940

NEWFANE, June 12 - Funeral
services for George Bixler. 70. former
resident of the Newfane area who
died Monday in Cleveland, will be
held at 3:30 tomorrow at the heme
of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn H. Corwin,
Main street. Burial will be In Corwin
cemetery. Mr. Bixler had been
ill for several months.
Born In the town of Newfane. the
son of the late Joshua and Alice
Brown Bixler, he had been a farmer
on the Ida road until 16 years ago
when he went to Cleveland. He was
a member of the Newfane Baptist
church.
Survivors include a son Clayton
Bixler, Moravia; five daughters, Mrs.
Everett Forsyth, Burt; Mrs. william
Akerman and Mrs. Beverly Harris,
Newfane; Mrs. George Howard and
Mrs. Douglas Roberts, both of Lock-
port; and one brother, Scott Bixler,
Hess road, town of Newfane.

George married BISHOP, Julia about 1893. Julia was born in Sep 1873 in New York; died on 13 Oct 1934 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 10/13/1934

Julia Bixler died at her home. No.
222 Niagara street, (this) Saturday
morning, October 13, 1034. She is
survived by five daughters, one son.
Clayton Bixler of Moravia, N. Y..
Mrs. Everett Forsyth of Burt. N. Y.,
Mrs. William Ackerman of Newfane,
Mrs. Douglas L. Roberta, Mrs. Beverly
Harris and Mrs. George Howard
of Lockport. two brothers, one sister.
Mrs. Hulda Gleaaon and Fred
Bishop of Lockport, Edward Bishop
of Ridgeway, Ont., also 18 grandchildren.
Funeral services from tbe
late home Monday afternoon. October
15th, at 2:30 o'clock. Burial in
Hunt's Corners cemetery.

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 9/11/1919

Joshua Bixler aged 77 years, a life
long resident of this road passed
away at his home Saturday, September
6th, he leaves besides his wife,
three sons, George and Glenn of Newfane,
and Scott of Hartland. Mr.
Bixler was a veteran of the Civil War,
burial in Wrights Corners cemetery.

Joshua married BROWN, Alice J about 1868. Alice (daughter of Lucretia) was born about 1847 in New York; died on 25 Oct 1933 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 10/26/1933

Alice J., widow of the late Joshua
Bixler, entered into rest at her home
on the Hess road, Wednesday, October
25, 1938, at the age of 87 years.
She is survived by two sons, George
and Scott Bixler of Newfane, N. Y.,
also eighteen grandchildren and
twenty-four great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held from
her late home Saturday afternoon
at 2 o'clock. Burial Wright's Corners
cemetery.

Notes:

Lockport NY Daily Journal - 4/22/1897

Died at the residence of her daughter,
Mrs, Joshua Bixler, on the Hess Road,
at 6 o'clock Thursday morning, April
22d, 1897 aged 74 years.
She leaves to mourn her loss, besides
her daughter, Mrs. Allie Bixler, two sisters,
Mrs. Richards of this city, and
Mrs. Libble Halstead of Grand Rapids,
Mich.
The funeral services will beheld from
the house at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon.