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James William Nixon I 
Family Website

James William Nixon I Family History Video

Narration Audio  from James William Nixon I Family History Video by Nelden Maxfield

Thanks to Loretta Nixon for the many hours of research and multiple contributions to this website with photos and histories.

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

James William Nixon I color

James William Nixon I Portrait by Loretta Nixon 2020

Nixon Family Home St George Built in 1865

Daughters L-R - Emma Nixon Mathis, Adelia Nixon, Hannah Nixon Whitmore

Daughter Hannah Nixon and James Whitmore Family

James William  II and Effie Dean Woolley Nixon Wedding

Sena Lenora, James W. Nixon I, Emma, Johanna, Delia, Hannah, , George, James W. Nixon II

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

Mount Trumbull

George and Rebecca Jorgensen Nixon Wedding

Della Nixon Price - (Possibly, we have very few documented photos of Della)

JW Nixon I

Nixon Home

James and Johanna Original Pictures. They were found in the barn of Estelle Thomas. Now in the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum In St George, Utah

Mount Trumbell - James William Nixon - Grace Nixon Stewart Collection

Emma Nixon Mathis  and John Mathis Wedding

Joseph B Hutchinson and Adelia Matilda Nixon Wedding

Della Nixon Price  (Possibly, we have very few documented photos of Della)

Della Nixon Price

JW Nixon's Wives

Johanna Marie Schultz Nixon
1st Wife of James William Nixon I

Johanna Marie Schultz Nixon
1st Wife of James William Nixon I (Colored by Loretta Nixon)

Four Generations - Emma Mathis Johanna's Daughter), Clara Mathis Thomas (Emma's Daughter) , Johanna Nixon, Estelle Thomas (Back - Clara's Daughter)

Johanna Marie Schultz Nixon Obituary

Johanna Christening Record

Home where James Wm. Nixon and Johanna Marie Schultz were married. SLC Ut about 10 East and 3rd south

Johanna's Grave Marker St George Cemetary

Washington County Deed from James William Nixon I to Johanna October 2 1879,  Page 1

James W. Nixon II, Josephine May Nixon Whitehead, George Nixon, Adelia Matilda Nixon,  Johanna Marie Shultz Nixon, Emma Nixon Mathis 

Johanna Marie Schultz Nixon

Johanna Marie Schultz Nixon

Johanna' sister's death certificate - Sena Barton baptized as Sidse

Washington County Deed from James William Nixon I to Johanna  October 2 1879, Page 2

Hannah Fawcett Nixon
2nd Wife

4 Generations - Mary Nixon Andrus (Daughter), Lola Andrus Woodbury (Grand Daughter), Hannah Fawcett Nixon, Jeremiah Woodbury (Great Grandson)

Hannah Fawcett Nixon

Charles Foster and Elizabeth Jane Nixon Foster (went by Jenny) - Daughter of JW Nixon I

Hannah's and Daughters - Elizabeth Jane Nixon Foster, Mary Nixon Andrus

Elizabeth Jane Nixon and Charles Franklin Foster Gravestone in St George 

Zephyr Nixon
3rd Wife

Franklin and Melba Reeves - Grandchildren of Zephyr and James William Nixon I

Zephyr Nixon

Zephyr Kelsey Nixon

Zephyr and her Grand Children Franklin and Melba  Reeves (Eva her daughter married John Robert Reeves)

Frank Nixon son of Zephyr and James W Nixon I