[196-330] AUSTIN DAVIS MIXSELL, b Oct. 20, 1873; d Jan. 15, 1916; s Dr. Joseph and Emily (Davis) Mixsell [196-233]; m Feb. 15, 1899, ANNA ELIZABETH GARIS, dau William Edwin and Ellen Louisa (Micke) Garis.
Children (8):
Austin Davis Mixsell obtained his early education in the Easton schools, and after the family moved to Philadelphia he continued his studies in the Penn Charter School. For a year after leaving school he was employed in the law office of Franklin B. McGowan of Philadelphia, but in 1892 he returned to his native county, locating in Bethlehem, where he accepted a position in the freight office of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, remaining there for six years. In 1898 he entered the service of the Bethle-
hem Steel Company as an attaché of the general superintendent’s office, and was assigned to duty in the sales department. He advanced rapidly, and as a representative of that department in New York City he completed so fine a record that in 1909 he was promoted to the highest position in the sales department of the company, that of general sales agent. For six years he was head of the sales department, then in 1915 he was elected a member of the Board of Directors and vice-president of the company. When later the Dietrich and Harvey Machine Company at Baltimore was absorbed by the Bethlehem Steel Company Mr. Mixsell was made president of that company, an office which he filled until he died. In all the positions he was called upon to fill he displayed high ability and in his private life honor and integrity distinguished him. He was a man of genial, free, and generous nature and one whom to know was to love and esteem. He was one of the strong men of the Bethlehem Steel Company, and in warmest eulogy his associates of that company testify to his worth.
Mrs. Mixsell is a member of the Pro-Cathedral Episcopal Church of the Nativity and is prominent in civie and club circles. She resides in Bethlehem, Pa. [Mizsell Family.]
Parents’ family: [196-233] Dr. Joseph Mixsell and Emily Davis