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1856 - 1939 (83 years)
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Name |
Boston Alexander Nixon |
Born |
06 Apr 1856 |
Vinton Co. OH |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
16 Jun 1939 |
Lane Co. OR |
- Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008
Name: Boston Nixon
Death Date: 16 Jun 1939
Death Place: Lane
Spouse: Lucy
Certificate: 318
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Buried |
Aumsville Cemetery Aumsville Marion Co. OR |
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Notes |
- CENSUS RECORDS
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Boston A. Nixon
Age: 24
Birth Year: abt 1856
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1880: Richland, Vinton, Ohio
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Brother
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Farmer
Household Members:
D. P. Nixon 34
Rachel Nixon 36
Ella Clark 15
Anna Clark 13
Franklin Nixon 5
Olive Nixon 3
Columbus Nixon 8 months
Elihu A. Nixon 19
Boston A. Nixon 24
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Boston Nixon
Age: 44
Birth Date: Apr 1856
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1900: Glade, Webster, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Lucy Nixon
Marriage Year: 1889
Years Married: 11
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household Members:
Boston Nixon 44
Lucy Nixon 35
Maggie Nixon 9
Thomas Nixon 7
Kessler Nixon 5
David P Nixon 3
Henry Nixon 2
Matilda Nixon 1 month
1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Boston A Nixon
Age in 1910: 54
Birth Year: abt 1856
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1910: Richmond Henry Ward, Richmond (Independent City), Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Prisoner
Marital Status: Married
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Source: Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1916, p. 19
"Boston A. Nixon, convicted November, 1907, in circuit court of Bath County and sentenced to 14 years in Penitentiary for murder; commuted July 5, 1913 to thirteen years, 8 months. Granted conditional pardon December 17, 1914, on recommendation of the trial judge and attorney for the Commonwealth."
[Note: According to his obituary, he and Lucy came to Oregon in 1928. Unsure as to how long he was in prison.]
1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Boston A Nixon
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1857
Birthplace: Ohio
Race: White
Home in 1930: Enchanted, Coos, Oregon
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Lucy Nixon
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household Members:
Boston A Nixon 73
Lucy Nixon 65
FAMOUS KIN
Boston is the great-uncle of President Richard M. Nixon.
Source:
White House Special Files Box 10 Folder 11 - The Ancestry of Richard Milhous Nixon. Third Edition, 1971.
p. 19
Great-grandparents
GEORGE NIXON III & (9) MARGARET ANN TRIMMER
George b 1821 McE1ree Rd, Washington, Pat d Ju1 14-1863 Gettysburg, PA m Jan 10-1843 Washington Co, Pa Margaret Ann b 1826 Smith Twp, Washington Co d Mar 18-1865 Vinton Co.; buried McArthur, OH.
George was twelve when he moved to Smith Twp, Wa~hington Co. He was married by Rev Thomas. M Hudson, Methodist presiding elder, at the home of his' sister, Eleanor Scothorn, in South Strabane Twp. He lived in Smith
Twp, likely at Atlasburg, until he and his family moved to Elk Twp, Vinton Co, Ohio,in 1853. His father had gone to Vinton County in 1844.
On Nov.9-1861 George enlisted in the Union Army. The records at Washington list him as "age 40, farmer, 5 feet, brown eyes, light complexion and hair". He was mustered into service at Waverly, Pike Co, Ohio as a private in Company-B, 73rd Regiment of Ohio Infantry.
They left camp near Chillicothe OH on 24-1862. ··The regiment was in West Virginia until April when it went to McDowell, Va. It was in. the 9attle of Cross Keys June 8
and Manassas Aug 28. The winter camp was at Aquia Creek, Va. The regiment was at Chancellorsville in the spring, but did not get into fighting. It reached Gettysburg, PA at 2 pm Jul 1-1863 and went into position near what is now the National Cemetery. On July 2 there was sharpshooting and
George was wounded. He died in a nearby hospital July 14. His grave is close to the spot where Abraham Lincoln gave his famous dedicatory address a few months later.
The marker reads "GEORGE NIXON CO. B REGT. 73" Ninety years later on Jul. 5,1953 his great~grandson, Richard Nixon,
visited the grave and placed flowers on it.
The widow survived for twenty months. At her death Mar 18-1865 she left eight children ages 21 to 5. See her widow's pension record in the National Archives (WC 84443).
1. Martha L Nixon b 1844 m Aug 30-1862 John Vansky
a. George Vansky
b. Mary Vansky
c. William Vansky
2. David Palmer Nixon b Jan 23-1846 d Nov 21-1932 Goshen, WV m Dec 20-1871 Rachel H Clark d Jan 21-1925
a. Louisa L Nixon b Sep 10-1872 d young
b. C Frank Nixon b Nov 11-1874 d 1920, unmarried
c. Olive G Nixon.b Nov 1876 d Jun 9-1963 m. A G Alderson
d. Columbus Henry Nixon b Sep 15-1879 d May 16-1966
e. George Nixon d yg ,
f. Mary A Nixon b May 21-1883 d May 3-1965, unmarried
3. Samuel Brady Nixon *** Richard Nixon's grandfather
4. Margaret Lovina Nixon b 1849 m Jul'6-1865 William W. Carson no further record
5. Sarah Elizabeth Nixon b Sep 15-1851 m Robert Shields
a. Elliott Shields d young
b. William John Shields
c. Blanche Shields m Edward Hindman
d. Mary Melissa Shields m J A Richardson
e. Georgetta Shields m Hugh Miller
6. William Francis Nixon b Feb 2-1854 d Aug 12-1863
7. Boston A Nixon b Apr 6-1856 d Jun 16-1939, buried Aumsville, Ore m 1 H C Livingston. m 2 c1888 Lucy Christian b Mar 16-1865 McDowell Co, W Va d Jul 6-1939 Springfield, Ore
a. Charles M Nixon b May 20-1881 "
b. Margaret Nixon b Mar 9-1890 d Feb 23-1970 m Claude Martin
c. George Thomas Nixon b Feb 11-1892 d May 3-1965
d.Winford Kessler Nixon b Oct 6-1894
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e. David Palmer Nixon b'Jul 6-1896 d Jun 25-1964
f. Henry Delbert Nixon b 1898 d 1962
g. Matilda Nixon b Apr 15-1900 m Riehtor Carron
h. Marie Nixon b Mar 3-1902 m Percy Ross
i. Albert Nixon b 1904 d Oct 3-1922 m Linnie Fertog
8. Hiram D Nixon b Mar 15-1858 d Jan 26-1927 Washington CH, Ohio m Nov 13-1880 Clarinda J Leach d Jun 9-1909
a. Roy Benson Nixon b Dec 29-1881 d Apr 1-1971 McArthur, Ohio
b. Austin Roscoe Nixon b 1883 d Mar 1953
c. Dallie C Nixon b Nov 3-1887 d 1888
d. Guy Brandon Nixon b May 24-1891 d Nov 5-1963
e. Clara Hazel Nixon b Aug 30-1893 d Jul 1935
f. Elizabeth Marie Nixon b 1895 d May 18-1921
9. Elihu (Lyle) Andrew Nixon b Aug 22-1860 d Jan 7-1948 Frankfort, Ohio m Apr 5-1882 Alice J Roach b Sep·20-1865 d Sep 6-1923
a. Alta Estella Nixonb ~ay 13-1883 d Jan 8-1965 m Albert Young
b. Dora Blanche Nixon b Feb 12-1885
c. Bertie Ray Nixon b Nov 8-1887
d. Mamie Murdell Nixon b Nov 23-1889
e. Marie Bell Nixon b Aug 16-1891 m Lewis Bates:
f. Earl Motley Nixo~ b Apr 30-1893
g. Freddie Ernest Nixon b Jul 12-1898 d Apr 25-1971
page 17
Grandparents
(4) SAMUEL BRADY NIXON & (5) SARAH ANN WADSWORTH
Samuel b Oct 9-1847 Atlasburg, Smith Twp, Washington Co, Pal
d Apr 28-1914 Vinton Co, Ohio; m l Apr 10-1873 Hocking Co, Ohio Sarah Ann Wadsworth b Oct 15-1852 Hocking Co, d Jan 18-1886 Vinton Co, m 2 Lutheria Wyman b Oct 18-1863 d 1948 California, she m 2 in Cal Dr W V Marshburn
Samuel was six when he moved to Ohio; he was almost 16 when his father was killed at Gettysburg, Pa. He farmed, taught school and carried mail. Sarah Ann's health was not good. Attempts to find a better climate in the Carolinas and Georgia failed. Samuel and Sarah Ann are buried in Ebenezer Methodist Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Vinton County. Samuel had over 40 Nixon and over 60 Trimmer first cousins.
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Parents
(2) FRANCIS ANTHONY NIXON & (J) HANNAH MILHOUS
Francis b: Dec 3-1878 Elk Twp, Vinton Co, Ohio; t,d Sep 4,1956 La Habra, Cal; m Jun 25-1908 Whittier, Cal Hannah Milhous b Mar 7-1885 near Butlerville, Jennings Co, Ind; d Sep 30-1967.
Francis (Frank) was brought up as a Methodist; Hannah as a Quaker. After their marriage he became a Quaker. He moved as a boy to Woodgeard Road, Ebenezer Ridge, south of Hue, Ohio. He attended Ebenezer School and Ebenezer Methodist Church at Mount Pleasant, Vinton Co. After his mother's death he lived with his uncle Elihu (Lyle) Nixon. He worked as a motorman in Columbus, Ohio from 1901 to 1907 before moving to Whittier, California - a warmer climate. At a party given by the conductor with whom he worked he met Hannah Milhous.
After marriage they lived in Whittier, Lindsay, Yorba Linda and returned in 1922 to East Whittier, where they operated the Nixon Market. From 1947 to 1950 they lived on a farm at Menges Mills, York Co, Pa. Again for health reasons they returned to Whittier and later lived at nearby La Habra, California.
1. Harold Samuel Nixon b Jun 1-1909 d Mar 7-1933
2. Richard Milhous Nixon (1)
3. Francis Donald Nixon b Nov 23-1914 m Aug 9-1942 Clara Jane Lemke
a. Lawrene Mae Nixon b Jul 18-1943
b. Donald Anthony Nixon b Dec 12-1945
c. Richard Calvert Nixon b Aug 28-1952
4. Arthur Burdg Nixon b May ~6-1918 d Aug 1925
5. Edward Calvert Nixon b May 3-1930 m Jun 1-1957 Gay Lynne Woods
a. Amelia Nixon b Jun-4-1958
b. Elizabeth Nixon b Apr 14-1960
b. Elizabeth Nixon b Apr 14-1960
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Person ID |
I18069 |
Master File |
Last Modified |
1 Dec 2012 |
Family 2 |
Lucy Ann CHRISTIAN, b. 16 Mar 1865, McDowell Co. WV , d. 06 Jul 1939, Lane Co. OR (Age 74 years) |
Married |
28 Apr 1889 |
Greenbrier Co. WV |
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Children |
| 1. Margaret (Maggie) N. Nixon, b. 09 Mar 1891, Webster Co. WV , d. 23 Feb 1970, California (Age 78 years) |
+ | 2. George Thomas Nixon, b. 11 Feb 1893, Webster Co. WV , d. 03 May 1965, Walla Walla Co. WA (Age 72 years) |
| 3. Winford Kessler Nixon, b. 06 Oct 1894, Webster Co. WV , d. 25 Apr 1984, Sonoma Co. CA (Age 89 years) |
+ | 4. David Palmer Nixon, b. 06 Jul 1896, Webster Co. WV , d. 25 Jun 1964, Marion Co. OR (Age 67 years) |
+ | 5. Henry Delbert Nixon, b. 13 Jan 1898, Webster Co. WV , d. Oct 1961, Humboldt Co. CA (Age 63 years) |
| 6. Matilda N. Nixon, b. 15 Apr 1900, Webster Co. WV , d. Aug 1982 (Age 82 years) |
+ | 7. Marie Hazel Nixon, b. 03 Mar 1902, Webster Co. WV |
| 8. Albert Nixon, b. 05 Mar 1904, Webster Co. WV , d. 03 Oct 1922, Greenbrier Co. WV (Age 18 years) |
| 9. Clarence Nixon, b. 05 Mar 1904, Webster Co. WV , d. 05 Mar 1904, Webster Co. WV (Age 0 years) |
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Last Modified |
30 Nov 2012 |
Family ID |
F8964 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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