When Elias S Nixon Jr was born on 4 November 1848, in Perry, Ohio, United States, his father, Elias Nixon, was 49 and his mother, Catherine Allen, was 38. He married Mary Emma Strutt on 24 July 1875, in Clinton, Iowa, United States. He lived in Clinton Township, Clinton, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Clinton, Clinton, Iowa, United States in 1900. He died on 17 July 1919, in United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Springdale Cemetery, Clinton, Iowa, United States.
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The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
English (northern), Scottish, and northern Irish: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Nik(k)e, a short form of Nicholas . This is a famous Scottish Borders surname, which has also been established in Ireland since the Plantation of Ulster during the 17th century.
Americanized form of Finnish Nissinen, from the personal name Nissi, a pet form of Nikolaus (see Nicholas ) + the surname suffix -nen.
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