Since their first daughter Sarah was born in 1833, Charles#713 and Mary Mixson had five more children, Miles John, Mary Elizabeth, Susan Elizabeth, Hariette Eugenia and Charles Benjamin and then on the last day of the year, December 31st, 1848, their seventh child arrived. It was a cold winter December day when Charles Jones Mixson’s wife Mary went into labor.  They had expected the baby to be born a week earlier but come Christmas day they were relieved when the baby did not arrive so that both of them, and their six children, could enjoy the Christmas holiday. Then on that last day of the year, a son was born and they named him James Darlington Mixson#766.  The next day, New Year’s Day, the kids gathered around their mother in front of the fireplace to see their new brother.  Charles and Mary explained to the kids their choice of names, with the middle name “Darlington” after Charles’ sister, Mary’s§714 husband James S. Darlington from Darlington County South Carolina. Darlington as a middle name would continue though following generations of sons.  

1848
Tobias Anderson is Born

While the Mixson’s in America had a new son, across the ocean in Garden Waseider Mo Sagn, Norway Anders Olesen and Beret Anna Holgersdatter third son was born, and they named him Tobias.  It was a difficult time for the Anders and his family with unpredictable growing conditions and the potato blight they struggled to feed the family.  Over the next few years there would be widespread famine across Norway changing their lives.

Updated: 12-16-2025

1850