Mixter, George W. (George Webber), 1876-1947

George Mixter and George Tyler are both ministers (religious).

From the description of ALS, 1842 September 7 : Rock Island [Ill.] to George P. Tyler / Mixter. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 52802596

Navigation researcher and consulting engineer.

From the description of George W. Mixter papers, 1855-1946 (bulk 1933-1945). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132889

Farmer in Rock Island, Ill. writing from Springfield where he is doing jury duty.

From the description of Letter, June 9, 1841. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 54801914

Biographical Note

• 1876, May 21: Born, Rock Island, Ill.
• 1895: Graduated, Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
• 1897 - 1917 : Superintendent and vice president, Deere & Co., Moline, Ill.
• 1906: Married Florence Kilpatrick
• 1917 - 1919 : Major and then colonel, U.S. Army Air Service
• 1918: Head, Air Service Claims Board
• 1919: Compiled with H. H. Emmons, United States Army Aircraft Production Facts. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office
• 1919 - 1923 : Partner, George W. Goethals & Co., New York, N.Y.
• 1923 - 1947 : Vice president and director, Day & Zimmermann, Philadelphia, Pa.
• 1926: Developed interest in navigation while serving aboard a ship during the Bermuda Race
• 1930: Published Position Tables. New York
• 1932: Published Position Tables and Work Forms, including Ageton’s Tables H. O. No. 211. New York
• 1934: Married Felicie Waldo Howell
• 1940: Published Primer of Navigation, with Complete Tables and Work Forms and Special Information for Yachtsmen and Other Mariners. New York: D. Van Nostrand Co.
• 1947, Jan. 29: Died, New York, N.Y.

From the guide to the George W. Mixter Papers, 1855-1946, (bulk 1933-1945), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)