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MIX, WILLIAM H.,  general buyer, Cisne, is a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, born April 20, 1829, the eldest child of Charles H. and Belinda P. (Flowers) Mix, he from Connecticut, and she from Kentucky. The parents had seven children, all of whom are living in Wayne County.

Our subject engaged in farming in early life, and afterward for seven years clerked in Cincinnati. Ohio, where he learned the harness trade, at which he works some at present.

He came to Wayne County in the spring of 1862. from Hamilton County, Ill., whence he had removed from Ohio the previous year. Up to 1873, he gave his attention to farming. and was afterward in the harness business for four years in Flora, Ill He shortly afterward came to Cisne, and for the past few years has been engaged in buying and shipping produce and all sorts of marketable stuff. He has filled the offices of Assessor and Collector of the township, and in the spring of 1881 was elected Justice of the Peace, and was also appointed Notary Public. He was also Deputy Mail Agent on the railroad for about six months.

He was first married to Elizabeth Crainer, who died in January, 1872. She was the mother of six children, of whom there are four living—Alice,wife of Charles A. A. Blake, of Springfield. Ill.. Ira and Ida, twins, and Effie.

Mr. Mix was married a second time, to Sarah C. Swift. a daughter of Milton Swift, of Ripley County, Ind. This union has given two children, John M. and Theodore V.

Mr. Mix is a member of the I. O. O. F. and of the Methodist Church, to which latter his wife also belongs. In politics, he votes the Republican ticket.