Bio of HIXON, William Lloyd (b.1867 d.1916), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

WILLIAM LLOYD HIXON - Vol II, pg 172-175
The later years of his life were passed by William Lloyd Hixon in Minneapolis,
where he was actively engaged in business as the president and treasurer of the
Wellworth Mills Company, while at the same time he had other important business
interests. He had previously been a prominent factor in manufacturing interests
of Minnesota at Mankato and his entire life had been passed in the upper
Mississippi valley. He was born at La Crosse, Wisconsin, September 9, 1867, a
son of the late G. C. and Ellen (Pennell) Hixon. The father went to La Crosse at
an early day and there engaged in the lumber business, making his home at that
place until called to his final rest. His wife was a native of the state of New
York.
William Lloyd Hixon acquired his education in the schools of La Crosse and at
Orchard Lake, Michigan, and Exeter College, from which he was graduated with the
class of 1891. He then returned to his native city, where he became the manager
of the Listman Flour Mill Company, continuing active in that business to the
time of his marriage in 1895. He wedded Miss Sarah Macdonald of Louisville,
Kentucky, a daughter of John C. and Martha (Warren) Macdonald, the former a
native of New Castle, Kentucky, while the latter was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama.
Mr. Hixon afterward represented the Listman mill in New York city and was a
member of the Produce Exchange there. He remained in the eastern metropolis for
eighteen months, at the end of which time he was called to Mankato, Minnesota,
to take charge of the Mankato Knitting Mills, which had been taken over by the
Hixon estate in order to pay an indebtedness of one hundred thousand dollars
which had been contracted by the mills. Although without previous experience in
this line, William L. Hixon assumed charge and within two years had cleared the
mills of their indebtedness and placed them upon a paying basis. He continued to
operate them for fifteen years, developing one of the important productive
industries of the state, at the end of which time he sold to the Patrick Company
of Duluth and in 1912 removed to Minneapolis, where he established the Wellworth
Woolen Mills Company, becoming its president and treasurer and so continuing
until his demise. He was also associated with the Mankato Fibreware Works of
Mankato and with other important business and public interests of the city. He
was one of the organizers and became the first president of the Mankato
Commercial Club and much of the good work accomplished during the first years of
the club's existence was attributable to his efforts. He was also a member of
the Mankato Lodge of Elks and took an active and helpful interest in the
building of its splendid clubhouse.
With his removal to Minneapolis, Mr. Hixon at once took his place among the
representative residents and business men of the city. He was not only at the
head of the Wellworth Mills Company but was also interested in the Minneapolis
Woolen Mills Company and was connected with the Shevlin-Carpenter Lumber Company
and the Shevlin-Hixon Lumber Company, having their mills at Bend, Oregon, and
their main office in Minneapolis. In all business affairs he displayed keen
sagacity and sound judgment, readily discriminating between the essential and
the nonessential in matters of management and control.
To Mr. and Mrs. Hixon were born two sons, William Lloyd and Frank Pennell, both
of whom were educated in the Hotchkiss School at Lakeville, Connecticut. The
elder son also attended Yale University and in 1917 enlisted for service in the
World war as a member of the Three Hundred and Thirty-seventh Field Artillery,
of which he was first lieutenant, remaining in France for a year and serving
until after the armistice was signed. He married Miss Beatrice Powers of
Minneapolis and they have two children, William Lloyd (III) and Stewart
Macdonald. They now reside at Toledo, Ohio. The younger son of Mr. and Mrs.
Hixon, Frank Pennell Hixon, is at home. The death of Mr. Hixon occurred very
suddenly on the 3d of August, 1916, and was the occasion of deep and widespread
regret to his many friends. He belonged, to the Minneapolis Club, to the
Lafayette Club, to the Minikahda Club and also to the Minnesota Club of St.
Paul. His political belief was that of the republican party and his religious
faith that of the Episcopal church. His interest centered in his family and he
found his greatest happiness in ministering to their comfort and welfare. He was
also a man of generous and benevolent spirit and he and his wife performed many
kindly deeds but always without publicity. He possessed those qualities of
geniality and personal magnetism that drew around him many warm friends, so that
the news of his death carried with it a sense of personal bereavement in the
various households in which he visited.