Ralph Voris Bixler 1896 - 1963

The child of Thomas Bixler and Cora Bufford, Ralph Bixler, the fourth cousin twice-removed on the mother's side of Nigel Horne, was born in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA on 30 Sep 18961,2,3 and was married 3 times, to Nellie Parrish (on 29 Sep 1919 in Owen, Indiana, USA), Reva Butler (on 30 Apr 1932 in Putnam, Indiana) and Eva Miller (on 28 Jun 1945 in Martinsville, Morgan, Indiana). He had 8 children: Robert Edward, Ruth Marie, Ella Louise, Pauline, Katherine, Anna Mae, Joe and Manson Kay. Like his father, he was a farmer.

During his life, he was living at his birthplace on 9 Jun 1900; in Washington, Indiana on 21 Apr 1910; at Joe Zink Road, Clay, Indiana on 3 Apr 1930[4]; and in Morgan, Indiana on 9 May 1940 and in 1942.

He died on 9 Dec 1963 at Veterans Administration Hospital, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana3 (pneumonitis) and was buried at New Union Cemetery, Spencer, Indiana on 11 Dec 1963.

Citations

1. Social Security Death Index - Findmypast
2. United States Marriages - Findmypast
3. Web: Monroe County, Indiana, Obituary Index, 1899-2011 Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
4. US Census 1930 - Findmypast (was age 33 and the head of the household)

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Residence record for 9 Jun 1900 contains no citation

Listed in the residence for 9 May 1940, but spouse Nellie Parrish is not

Listed in the residence for 1942, but spouse Nellie Parrish is not

Census information missing between Census US 1910 and Census US 1930