Norfolk County MA Archives Biographies.....Hixon, Asa 1800 - 1862 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ma/mafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 10, 2006, 11:56 pm Author: E. O. Jameson (1886) ASA HIXON, son of Asa and Polly (Turner) Hixon, was born March 6, 1800, in Medway, Mass. At the age of nineteen years he began preparation for college under the instruction of the Rev. Mr. Ide, and completed his preparatory course at the academy in Bridgewater, Mass. He graduated from Brown University in the class of 1825, with the late Barnas Sears, D. D., of Boston, and the Rev. David Sanford, of Medway. Two years before graduation he chose the profession of the ministry, and pursuant to this choice took a theological course in the Theological Seminary, Auburn, N. Y. He was ordained to the Gospel ministry and installed Oct. 7, 189, pastor of the Orthodox Congregational Church in Oakham, Mass. He married, June, 1829, Charlotte Baker, daughter of Capt. David and Jemima (Richardson) Baker, of Franklin, Mass. An illness of long standing soon compelled him to relinquish active labor, and he retired, hoping by a season of rest to rally, and again assume the duties of the pastorate. So unwilling were his people to sunder the relation, that for two years they continued to look to him as their pastor. In 1832 he removed to West Medway, and in 1845 to Franklin, Mass., where he resided for twelve years, cooperating, as he was able, with the pastor in religious work. In 1857 he returned to West Medway, where he resided until his death, Nov. 16, 1862. He was deeply interested in educational matters, and served for several years, as his health would permit, upon the school board of this town, and that of Franklin. He was a student throughout his life; and was constantly analyzing, treasuring up, and applying knowledge. He received some private pupils and took a profound interest in the case of one of naturally weak mental condition, with whom he made various original experiments in an attempt to teach simple mathematics. His life was not made brilliant by those achievements which attract the public gaze, but was nevertheless powerful in its influence upon a narrower circle, and illustrated the possibilities for good in the path of one seemingly cut oft from an active service. David Baker Hixon, the only son of the Rev. Asa and Charlotte (Baker) Hixon, is a merchant in New York City, and resides in Brooklyn, N. Y. Additional Comments: THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT PERSONS, AND The Genealogical Records OF MANY EARLY AND OTHER FAMILIES IN MEDWAY, MASS. 1713-1886. Illustrated WITH NUMEROUS STEEL AND WOOD ENGRAVINGS. BY E. O. JAMESON, THE AUTHOR OK "THE COGSWELLS IN AMERICA," "THE HISTORY OF MEDWAY, MASS." ETC. MILLIS, MASS. 1886. Copyright, 1886. E. O. JAMESON, MILLIS, MASS. All Rights Reserved. J. A. & R. A. REID, PRINTERS, PROVIDENCE, R. I. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ma/norfolk/bios/hixon23gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mafiles/ File size: 3.3 Kb