Henry Mix, farmer, P. O. Driftwood, was born in what is now Gibson Township, Cameron Co., Penn., April 19, 1826, and is a son of James and Catherine (Overturf) Mix. His paternal grandfather was Amos Mix, who settled in Gibson township in 1814, and his maternal grandfather, Andrew Overturf, settled in Driftwood in 1804. James Mix was born in Connecticut, June 9, 1791, and his wife November 24, 1794; they were married January 2, 1815, and reared a family of six children: Hezekiah, Ann Eliza (Mrs. Benjamin Smith), Solomon, Henry, Nancy (Mrs. Allen Barr) and James J. Henry Mix resides on a part of the old homestead. He was in the Civil war, serving sixteen months in Company G, Eighty-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and was honorably discharged on account of disability. He was twice married: His first wife was Mary M., daughter of Thomas and Amanda (Mead) Logue, by whom he had three children: Amanda (Mrs. Hiram Moat), James S. and Amy (Mrs. John Caldwell); his present wife is Lydia C., daughter of James and Margaret (Miller) Barr, and by her he has four sons: Newton, James, Warren and David Wait. Mr. Mix is a representative of the oldest families in Cameron county; politically he is a Democrat.

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