Hixon, Mary Virginia (b. 21 MAY 1852, d. 13 APR 1929)

Source: (Name)
Title: Sammye Baker
Media: Book

Source: (Birth)
Title: Jack Helton
Media: Book

Source: (Individual)
Title: 1900 Federal Census, Monroe County, Alabama
Media: Book

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Federal Census, Monroe County, Alabama

Source: (Individual)
Title: 1910 Federal Census, Monroe County, Alabama
Media: Book

Census: Date: 1910
Place: Federal Census, Monroe County, Alabama

Reference: 1621

Note: Name spelled Hixson in Sammye Baker's notes

Listed with her husband and their children in 1900 Federal Census, Monroe County, Alabama

Listed with her husband and their children in 1910 Federal Census, Monroe County, Alabama

Reference: 1622

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Source: (Name)
Title: Sammye Baker
Media: Book

Reference: 1625

Source: (Name)
Title: Sammye Baker
Media: Book

Source: (Individual)
Title: 1900 Federal Census, Monroe County, Alabama
Media: Book

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Federal Census, Monroe County, Alabama

Reference: 1626

Note: Listed with his parents in 1900 Federal Census, Monroe County, Alabama as William R. Helton, farm laborer, single, age 19, b February 1881

Source: (Name)
Title: The Monroe Journal, Supplemental Issue, 1 May 1969
Media: Newspaper

Page: pg 18

Census: Date: 1880
Place: Federal Census, Monroe County, Alabama

Reference: 1627

Note: Listed with her parents in 1880 Federal Census, Monroe County, Alabama

The Monroe Journal, Supplemental Edition, Thursday, 1 May 1969, page 18, photograph caption
"Baas Family - Shown in the picture above are, from left to right, Lois [sic] Baas, iVtalis [sic] Baas, Sam Baas, and, standing, Macie Baas. Mrs. Vitalis Sawyer Baas was born in 1875 and died in 1957. She was married to James Harrison Baas, who was born near Mobile, the son of Joseph and Margariet Baas, who migrated from France to Mobile."

Source: (Name)
Title: Sammye Baker
Media: Book

Religion: Date: 11 MAY 1893
Place: Received into membership in Pollard Methodist Church #25

Religion: Date: 1902
Place: Member #21, Pollard M.E., South, AL

Event: Type: Documentation
Date: 1986
Place: Charlotte Fitzner, granddaughter from NC says Sarah had 7 given names. She remembered Antionette.

Event: Type: Documentation
Date: 1921
Place: Widow's pension application states birthplace as Kempville, AL

Event: Type: Documentation
Date: 1925
Place: Pension application states father was S.J. Bolling; died Greenville, AL

Event: Type: Documentation
Date: 1925
Place: Reclassification of pension states birthplace as Midway, AL

Education: Date: BET. 1859 - 1864
Place: Salem Academy, North Carolina

Source: (Individual)
Title: 1880 Federal Census, Monroe County, Alabama
Media: Book

Census: Date: 1880
Place: States birthplace as Kempville, Alabama

Event: Type: Fact
Place: Very musical; sang for weddings and funerals in community

Event: Type: Fact
Place: Handwork in sewing very fine

Reference: 1628

Note: In 1925, Sarah stated her birth date as January 3, 1843 on her Pension Application

Reference: 1629

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Occupation: Date: 1921
Place: Chief of Police, Camp Logan

Event: Type: Documentation
Place: Pg. 222, Snowden Book by Ethel Cole

Event: Type: Documentation
Place: Light guard member; served with father to help maintain law and order following the Civil War (from Sammye Baker)

Reference: 1631

Occupation: Place: Taught piano lessons. Receipt found by Minnie Jane Woodson in family bible shows note for $.72 from Mrs. Mayo for lessons

Reference: 1632

Note: Info from Sammye Baker indicates dob as Jun 6, 1868 instead of Jun 16

Residence and occupation information as well as all information on children provided by Sammye Baker

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Note: first name and information on military service provided by Sammye Baker

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Note: Information on child provided by Sammye Baker

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Note: Info on middle name, date of birth and death, and marriage to Elizabeth Helton provided by Sammye Baker

Event: Type: Fact
Date: 1921
Place: Sheriff of Orange, Texas

Reference: 1637

Note: (all Notes from Sammye Baker)

Article from "The Enterprise", Sunday, November 20, 1921 (Orange, TX)

SHERIFF HELTON KILLS RENEGADE SHOW ANIMAL, ORANGE, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 19, 1921

The rogue elephant from Sells-Floto Circus became angered after the last show and went on a fifteen hour tour of mischief. A hunting party was organized with Sheriff Helton leading the way. At about 7 a.m. the elephant was seen at the intersecting railroad tracks. Sheriff Helton and the hunting party converged. After a volley of gunfire, the elephant became even more outrage. He grabbed a telephone pole from the ground and started after the attackers. Johnnis Ratcliff was mounted upon his horse and distracted the elephant long enough for the attackers to make a retreat. Sheriff Helton mounted a Detroit Chariot and pursued the renegade, laying down the final blow for this huge animal that was running rampant.

As described in The Enterprise, this was something to be remembered in this vicinity for a long time.

(Article was sent to Jack Helton by Marjorie Helton after the death of John William Helton, son of Sheriff Helton).

A similar article ran in the "Beaumont Enterprise" on Sunday, November 20, 1921 (available at the Beaumont TX Public Library). According to this article, Sheriff Helton received one of the animal's tusks.

Religion: Date: 11 MAY 1893
Place: Received into membership in Pollard Methodist Church, Pollard, AL

Religion: Date: 1902
Place: Pollard M.E. Church, South #20

Reference: 1638

Note: Sarah Jane Helton lived with her daughter, Pearl Helton Oliver, in Pollard, AL.

Source: (Name)
Title: Jack Helton
Media: Book

Occupation: Date: 1921
Place: Owned Ranger Oil Co., Houston, TX

Occupation: Date: BEF. 1921
Place: Manager, Lone Star Oil Co. on McKinney St, Houston, TX

Religion: Date: 19 JAN 1909
Place: Oak Lawn Evangelical Church, Harris County, TX

Event: Type: Documentation
Date: 15 MAY 1930
Place: The Houston Post-Dispatch; states President of Ranger Oil Company, oldest oil distributor in Texas since 1917; recognized as leading oil distributor in TX

Event: Type: Organizations
Date: 1919
Place: Petitioned Holland Lodge #1 for first masonic degree. Took all degrees at Holland Lodge

Event: Type: Organizations
Place: Member of Shrine (documented by Emile Bussemey, Past Grand Master of Holland Lodge #1

Event: Type: Fact
Date: DEC 1925
Place: Went with son, Jack, by train to visit his mother. She died while he was in Pollard, AL.

Reference: 1639

Note: Notes from Jack Helton show date of death as October 16, 1941.

Notes from Sammye Baker show date of death as October 9, 1941 per Galveston Daily News of October 10-11, 1941, Rosenberg Library. Galveston County, TX, in auto accident on Dickinson-San Leon Highway. He died at St. Mary's Infirmary in Galveston, TX.

Newspaper article in Galveston Daily News reported on Oct. 10-11, 1941 that S.J. Helton was fatally injured in a head-on collision. Three other persons were injured in the accident. Inez Easley, a passenger in the Helton car had a broken collarbone. J.F. Weaver of San Leon had back injuries and Mrs. Weaver had severe lacerations on her left arm and leg. A lawsuit resulted from this accident (from Sammye Baker)

Additional notes from Sammye Baker:
As a young man, everyone called him Jack. My mother remembered folks in Pollard, AL, calling him "Mr. Jack" when they made their annual visits.
He was a good business man and a newspaper article from the Houston paper describes him as leading the way for independent oilmen in the state of Texas. His oil company was named The Ranger Oil Co. and was located on Milby Street in Houston, TX.
He sponsored a baseball team with members of his truck drivers and workers as players. There was also a pool table in the basement of his home on Milby St. where the employees were always welcome. It was well used.
His children and grandchildren called him "Dad". He liked to fish and enjoyed his bay home, being a gentleman farmer. Ten acres were under cultivation. He had fruit trees and polinating a cross between an orange and grapefruit tree was a project he was always involved with. Watermelons, cantaloupe, vegetables were also grown, along with plum and peach trees. He kept a couple who lived on the place to help with the work. There were always boats at the end of the pier. They were taken out for storms or moved to the Yacht Club for protection from hurricanes.

Census: Date: 1880
Place: Listed as Mary, age 1 year.

Reference: 1640

Note: information on descendants of Mary Mae Helton Avent provided by Sammye Baker