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Subject: [INHAMILT-L] Nixon's of Hamilton County, IN
Date: 3 Feb 2004 18:52:12 -0700
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Surnames: Arthur, Nixon, Goad, Jackson
Classification: Query
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FIRST GENERATION
1. John Nixon was born on 29 Jul 1813 in Wayne County, IN. He appeared on the census in 1850 in Jackson Twp., Hamilton County, Indiana. Series: M432 Roll: 148 Page: 136
215/115 Nixon, John 38 M Farmer 1000 Indiana
--- , Emily 34 F N.C.
--- , Milton 13 M Indiana
--- , Arthur 10 M Indiana
---, William 7 M Indiana
---, John W. 5 M Indiana He died between 1850 and 1860 in Posey County, Indiana.
He was married to Emily Jackson on 6 Dec 1834 in Wayne County, IN. Emily Jackson was born about 1816 in North Carolina. She died between 1850 and 1860 in Posey County, Indiana. John Nixon and Emily Jackson had the following children:
2i.Milton Nixon was born in 1837 in Posey County, Indiana. He appeared on the census in 1880 in Belle Plaine, Sumner County, Kansas.
Milton NIXON Self M Male W 44 IN Teamster IN IN
Sarah E. NIXON Wife M Female W 38 NJ Keeping House NJ NJ
Estella NIXON Dau S Female W 12 IN IN NJ
Lizzie NIXON Dau S Female W 11 IN IN NJ
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Source Information:
Census Place Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas
Family History Library Film 1254398
NA Film Number T9-0398
Page Number 82A
3ii.Arthur Nixon was born in 1840 in Posey County, Indiana.
4iii.William Nixon was born in 1843 in Posey County, Indiana.
5iv.John Nixon was born in 1845 in Posey County, Indiana.
+6v.David Murphy Nixon.
SECOND GENERATION
6. David Murphy Nixon was born on 6 Apr 1850 in Hamilton County, Indiana. He appeared on the census in 1880 in Vienna, Johnson County, Illinois. Dave NIXON Self M Male W 30 IN Laborer IN IN
Mary NIXON Wife M Female W 24 NC Keeping House NC NC
Cora NIXON Dau S Female W 6 IL IN NC
Charley NIXON Son S Male W 4 IL IN NC
Ella NIXON Dau S Female W 2 IL IN NC
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Source Information:
Census Place Vienna, Johnson, Illinois
Family History Library Film 1254217
NA Film Number T9-0217
Page Number 539A
He died on 10 Jul 1925 in Kennett, Dunklin County, Missouri. information taken from death certificate He was buried on 11 Jul 1925 in Gregory Cemetery, Dunklin County, MO. information taken from death certificate
He was married to Sarah Alice Arthur (daughter of Samuel Arthur and Lousia Goad) on 25 Jan 1887 in Posey County, Indiana. Sarah Alice Arthur was born on 26 Jan 1868 in Posey County, Indiana. Exact date comes from the bible of Alice's sister, Franicis Elizabeth ( Lizzie). She is listed in church records in 1904 in First United Methodist Church, Hornersville, Missouri. Signed as a register of the church. She died about 1906 in Arkansas. Alice died in Arkansas on her way to a TB Sanitorium, in a horse and wagon with her husband and young children. She is said to be buried on Nixons mountain in western Arkansas. She was buried about 1906 in Nixon's Mountian, Arkansas. David Murphy Nixon and Sarah Alice Arthur had the following children:
7i.Arthur Nixon was born in Jan 1888 in Posey County, Indiana. He died about 1910 in St Louis, Missouri. died of pneumonia He was buried about 1910 in Manila, Mississippi County, Arkansas.
+8ii.Lilly Pearl Nixon.
+9iii.Ernest Nixon.
+10iv.Ruth Alice Nixon.
+11v.Chester David Nixon.
+12vi.Emily Susan Nixon.
+13vii.Mary Louise Nixon.
He was married to Mary "Polly" Goad on 3 Jul 1873 in Daviess County, Indiana. Daviess County Marriage Book 3 page 470 Mary "Polly" Goad was born on 18 Mar 1854 in Indiana. Information taken from cemetery records. She died on 12 Aug 1886 in Mt Vernon, Possee County, Indiana. She was buried about 14 Aug 1886 in Black Cemetery, Possee County, Indiana. David Murphy Nixon and Mary "Polly" Goad had the following children:
+14i.Cora Nixon.
15ii.Charles Augusta Nixon was born about 1876 in Illinois.
16iii.Nellie Nixon was born about 1878 in Illinois. died young
17iv.John Garfield Nixon was born on 17 Feb 1881 in Shawneetown, Gallitin County, Illinois. He died on 3 Sep 1963 in Steele, Missouri. He was buried on 5 Sep 1963 in Mt Zion Cemetery, Steele, Missouri.
I have the descendants of David Murphy Nixon, but would like to find information on his siblings, there is a possibility that there is one sister, the rest were brothers.
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