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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

Nixon Family Home St George Built in 1865

James William Nixon I Home in St. George, Utah Taken August 2, 2019

JW Nixon I Grave Stone

JW Nixon I

James William Nixon I

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

JW Nixon I Military Registration

JW Nixon I

JW Nixon I

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

Della Nixon Price

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.

JW Nixon - Mt Trumbull Story

Johanna Marie Schultz Nixon

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

James William and Johanna Nixon's Children

Mary Annie Nixon 1861-1867

James William Nixon II 1866-1949

Adelia Matilda Nixon 1874-1937

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)

Emma Amelia Nixon 1862-1957

George Albert Nixon 1869-1956

Josephine May Nixon 1876-1962

James William  II and Effie Dean Woolley Nixon Wedding

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

Whitehead Family, c 1917 - Back: LeRoy , Erastus Claude , Rolland Nixon. Front: Josephine (mother), Jessco W. Smith, Fern W. Hall,  Earnest Ludwig behind Jessco.

Hannah Mariah Nixon 1864-1899

Sena Lenora Nixon 1871-1888

Della Maude Nixon 1879-1942

George and Rebecca Jorgensen Nixon Wedding

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

Daughter Hannah Nixon and James Whitmore Family


Hannah Fawcett Nixon

2nd Wife

Hannah Fawcett Nixon

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