Theressa's name is spelled this way in Ira's will and in her obituary.
This gravestone was placed years after her death, and they got the birth year wrong. Teresa's death certificate states her birthdate as being 8 Sep 1922, aged 89 yrs, 2 mo, 8 days, as well as her obituary -see below.
-Theresa is the daughter of Romulus Brown.
-In Ira's will, he spells his wife's name as Theresia.
http://208.119.135.17/db/in_marriages_1850/marriages_search.asp
IN State Library Genealogy Database
Marriages through 1850
Ira Mix md Trissey Ann Brown La Porte Co, IN
License filed 26 Jun 1842
Note: Pension request shows date as being 10 Jun 1842.
Olpe Optimist, Olpe KS -Fri., 17 Nov 1911, pg 1
Mrs. Teressa Mix, mother of Mrs. W. B. Nelson, died at the home of the latter at 1 o'clock on the morning of November 16, 1911. Death was caused by the infirmities attending upon age.
The deceased was born on September 8, 1822 at Lancaster, Kentucky. When a girl she moved with her parents to La Porte, Indiana. Some years later she was married at that place to Ira Mix, and husband and wife went to Waukegan, Ill. to make their home.
Ten years ago in their Illinois home the husband died and six years ago the widow came to live with her daughter, Mrs. W. B. [Drucilla] Nelson, and has made that her home ever since.
The deceased was for 50 years a member of the Baptist church. The funeral services were conducted at the Olpe M. E. Church by the Rev. C. H. Gramly at two o'clock this afternoon, Interment was made in Pleasant Ridge cemetery.
This gravestone was placed years after her death, and they got the birth year wrong. Teresa's death certificate states her birthdate as being 8 Sep 1922, aged 89 yrs, 2 mo, 8 days, as well as her obituary -see below.
-Theresa is the daughter of Romulus Brown.
-In Ira's will, he spells his wife's name as Theresia.
http://208.119.135.17/db/in_marriages_1850/marriages_search.asp
IN State Library Genealogy Database
Marriages through 1850
Ira Mix md Trissey Ann Brown La Porte Co, IN
License filed 26 Jun 1842
Note: Pension request shows date as being 10 Jun 1842.
Olpe Optimist, Olpe KS -Fri., 17 Nov 1911, pg 1
Mrs. Teressa Mix, mother of Mrs. W. B. Nelson, died at the home of the latter at 1 o'clock on the morning of November 16, 1911. Death was caused by the infirmities attending upon age.
The deceased was born on September 8, 1822 at Lancaster, Kentucky. When a girl she moved with her parents to La Porte, Indiana. Some years later she was married at that place to Ira Mix, and husband and wife went to Waukegan, Ill. to make their home.
Ten years ago in their Illinois home the husband died and six years ago the widow came to live with her daughter, Mrs. W. B. [Drucilla] Nelson, and has made that her home ever since.
The deceased was for 50 years a member of the Baptist church. The funeral services were conducted at the Olpe M. E. Church by the Rev. C. H. Gramly at two o'clock this afternoon, Interment was made in Pleasant Ridge cemetery.
Theressa's name is spelled this way in Ira's will and in her obituary.
This gravestone was placed years after her death, and they got the birth year wrong. Teresa's death certificate states her birthdate as being 8 Sep 1922, aged 89 yrs, 2 mo, 8 days, as well as her obituary -see below.
-Theresa is the daughter of Romulus Brown.
-In Ira's will, he spells his wife's name as Theresia.
http://208.119.135.17/db/in_marriages_1850/marriages_search.asp
IN State Library Genealogy Database
Marriages through 1850
Ira Mix md Trissey Ann Brown La Porte Co, IN
License filed 26 Jun 1842
Note: Pension request shows date as being 10 Jun 1842.
Olpe Optimist, Olpe KS -Fri., 17 Nov 1911, pg 1
Mrs. Teressa Mix, mother of Mrs. W. B. Nelson, died at the home of the latter at 1 o'clock on the morning of November 16, 1911. Death was caused by the infirmities attending upon age.
The deceased was born on September 8, 1822 at Lancaster, Kentucky. When a girl she moved with her parents to La Porte, Indiana. Some years later she was married at that place to Ira Mix, and husband and wife went to Waukegan, Ill. to make their home.
Ten years ago in their Illinois home the husband died and six years ago the widow came to live with her daughter, Mrs. W. B. [Drucilla] Nelson, and has made that her home ever since.
The deceased was for 50 years a member of the Baptist church. The funeral services were conducted at the Olpe M. E. Church by the Rev. C. H. Gramly at two o'clock this afternoon, Interment was made in Pleasant Ridge cemetery.
This gravestone was placed years after her death, and they got the birth year wrong. Teresa's death certificate states her birthdate as being 8 Sep 1922, aged 89 yrs, 2 mo, 8 days, as well as her obituary -see below.
-Theresa is the daughter of Romulus Brown.
-In Ira's will, he spells his wife's name as Theresia.
http://208.119.135.17/db/in_marriages_1850/marriages_search.asp
IN State Library Genealogy Database
Marriages through 1850
Ira Mix md Trissey Ann Brown La Porte Co, IN
License filed 26 Jun 1842
Note: Pension request shows date as being 10 Jun 1842.
Olpe Optimist, Olpe KS -Fri., 17 Nov 1911, pg 1
Mrs. Teressa Mix, mother of Mrs. W. B. Nelson, died at the home of the latter at 1 o'clock on the morning of November 16, 1911. Death was caused by the infirmities attending upon age.
The deceased was born on September 8, 1822 at Lancaster, Kentucky. When a girl she moved with her parents to La Porte, Indiana. Some years later she was married at that place to Ira Mix, and husband and wife went to Waukegan, Ill. to make their home.
Ten years ago in their Illinois home the husband died and six years ago the widow came to live with her daughter, Mrs. W. B. [Drucilla] Nelson, and has made that her home ever since.
The deceased was for 50 years a member of the Baptist church. The funeral services were conducted at the Olpe M. E. Church by the Rev. C. H. Gramly at two o'clock this afternoon, Interment was made in Pleasant Ridge cemetery.
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