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James William Nixon I 
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James William Nixon I
Born February 17, 1836
Died February 19, 1882

I was born on the 17th of February 1836 in Liverpool, England. My parents William Abraham and Bridget Degnan [or Dagnal] were born in Ireland.

My mother was born in Longford, Ireland in 18??,. [1804-according to William Nixon in his divorce complaint, Bridget was 49 years old in 1853]

My father was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1816 [24th Mar 1817 from the back of a G.E. Anderson picture of William A. Nixon. A copy is in possession of Richard
Nixon.

James William Nixon I
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James William Nixon I
Autobiography
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James William Nixon I
Autobiography
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United Order 1874
History gives to us the story of the financial panic of 1873-1876, at which time prices tumbled and people who could not find a very satisfactory market for their goods and produce. With their years of preparation, it now seemed the logical time for the doctrine of the United Order to be put in operation. President Young had spent the winter of 1873 in St. George. So great washis wisdom and his power to hold the people's confidence, that, when on January 11, 1874, he told the people of St. George to prepare to enter the United Order, many of them responded. Robert Gardner was elected president of this first order with Daniel D. McArthur and James Nixon as vice-presidents. Thus, the St. George people were the first to enter the order.