Solomon Wixson Steuban Co. 1790's	Solomon Wixson moved to Steuban County, New York -- a county formed in 1796 as settlers spread westward from the populated Atlantic seaboard. The area had previously been called New York State's Native Lands, and was the wilderness south of what would be called the Finger Lakes district. Here follows the work of an unknown Wixom historian on the family's move:
	... [Solomon] was one of the first settlers in Wayne Township [County of Steuban]. This was the latter part of the eighteenth century, when a very different order of things prevailed... … the removal to their destination was made with ox team, through a mostly wild and unsettled country, and the last part of the road was simply a trail marked by blazed trees. Albany was the principal market, and for the first two years the nearest milling point. He had not wheat the first year and depended on corn for breadstuffs, and having not mill convenient, the top of a stump was burned out and used for a mortar to crush the corn.
	He built a log house on his land, and cleared a good farm from the wilderness, on which he made his home until his death in 1812, and his remains are buried near the scenes of his yearly labors in the Wixson cemetery on his farm. His good wife survived him some years, living with their son, Elijah, on the old homestead. Joseph settled in Canada. Joshua and John were Baptist ministers; the former settled in Canada and the latter in Wayne, his native place. Daniel settled in his native town. James and Reuban settled near the old homestead. Solomon settled in Tyrone, Steuban County, he was a Baptist minister. Clara married Orlando Comstock and settled near the old homestead. Polly [?] married Henry Swarhout and settled in Barrington, Yates county. Betsy [Elizabeth] married Benjamin Sachett, Esa., of Barrington Township, Yates County.
	Follow Joseph , the pioneer and first of the brothers to emigrate to Canada. Follow Joshua , the minister who later fled to Canada to escape prosecution for a having done an otherwise good deed.