Elizabeth Houston and Daniel Bixler

DANIEL BIXLER was born April 25, 1846 in Millersburg, Holmes, Ohio,⁷⁰⁶ and died September 20, 1928 in Independence, Jackson, Missouri.⁷⁰⁶ He is buried in Malta Bend Cemetery, Saline County, Missouri.^{706, 456}

He married ELIZABETH HOUSTON on May 22, 1878 in Saline County, Missouri,⁸⁴⁶³ daughter of ELLEN MCNEELY and JOHN PURDY HOUSTON. She was born June 30, 1856 in San Francisco, California,⁷⁰⁶ and died April 15, 1929 in Independence, Jackson, Missouri.^{8966, 706} She is buried in Malta Bend Cemetery, Saline County, Missouri.⁴⁵⁶

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Work History

Obituaries

Weekly Democrat-News, September 27, 1928¹¹¹⁷⁴

Daniel Bixler Dead.

Daniel Bixler, 82 years old, a retired farmer, died yesterday of pneumonia at his home, 1321 west Linden avenue, Independence. Before coming to Independence twelve years ago, Mr. Bixler was a farmer in Saline County, Mo. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Bixler of the home, and two sisters, Mrs. Allie Beeler and Mrs. Sarah Collins, both of Millersburg, O. Funeral services will be at 9 o'clock Saturday morning at the home. Burial will be Saturday afternoon at Malta Bend, Mo.—Kansas City Times.

Mr. Bixler was related to the Houston family of Malta Bend, and was an active farmer in Saline county until he retired some years ago and moved to Independence.

Kansas City Times, April 16, 1929⁸⁹⁶⁶

BIXLER—Mrs. Elizabeth Bixler, 73 years old, died unexpectedly yesterday of heart disease at her home, 1321 West Linden avenue, Independence. She was the widow of Daniel Bixler, a retired farmer, who died in September 1928. They came to Independence from Sweet Springs, Mo., twenty years ago. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. A. N. Irving, Fort Scott, Kas., and Mrs. James McClelland, Olathe, Kas., and two brothers, Sherman Houston and Lawrence Houston, both of Malta Bend, Mo.

Kansas City Times, April 25, 1929⁹⁰⁵⁹

FILE WILL OF MRS. BIXLER

An Estate of $75,000 of Independence Woman Is Distributed

The will of Mrs. Elizabeth Bixler, who died April 15 at her home, 132 West Linden avenue, Independence, was filed in the probate court yesterday.

It was made January 4, a short time after the death of her husband, Daniel Bixler. The estate is estimated at $75,000, mostly in securities.

The bequests:

The First Methodist Episcopal church, South, in Independence, of which Mrs. Bixler was a member, $200.

The Malta Bend Cemetery Association, Malta Bend, Mo., where Mrs. Bixler formerly resided, $500.

Mrs. Belle Houston Irvine of Fort Scott, Kas., and Mrs. Florence Houston McClelland of Olathe, Kas., sisters, $15,000 each.

Sherman Houston and Lawrence Houston, brothers, $5,000 each.

Lawrence McRoberts, nephew, and Ellen McRoberts and Mary Elizabeth McRoberts, nieces, Malta Bend, $5,000 each.

Mrs. Amelia Walker, a friend, formerly of Malta Bend, but now of Roswell, N. M., $500.

The household goods and other personal property except money, notes and bonds, is to be given Mrs. Irvine and Mrs. McClelland, and the residue is to be given nieces and nephews.

Llewellyn Jones was named executor.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
July 19, 18608959	Oakland, Schuyler, Illinois	John Purdy Houston Ellen McNeely Sarah Ann Houston Harriet B. Houston Alice J. Houston Florence Anna Houston Elizabeth Houston Martha Houston
August 19, 18708958	Grand Pass, Saline, Missouri	John Purdy Houston Ellen McNeely Sarah Ann Houston Alice J. Houston Florence Anna Houston Elizabeth Houston John Lincoln Houston Lawrence Nelson Houston Sherman Purdy Houston Belle Houston
June 8, 18808957	Salt Pond, Saline, Missouri	Elizabeth Houston Daniel Bixler Sherman Purdy Houston
June 11, 19003860	Salt Pond, Saline, Missouri	Elizabeth Houston Daniel Bixler
April 25, 19108964	Independence, Jackson, Missouri	Elizabeth Houston Daniel Bixler