When Robert Arthur Nixon was born on 20 December 1891, in Bertha, Wythe, Virginia, United States, his father, Robert Pattinson Nixon, was 48 and his mother, Mary Amanda Boyd, was 37. He married Doxie Jemima Jane Surratt on 6 July 1912, in Hillsville, Carroll, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Sulphur Springs District, Carroll, Virginia, United States in 1900 and Sulphur Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, United States in 1910. He died on 14 December 1918, in Coeburn, Wise, Virginia, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Coeburn, Wise, Virginia, United States.
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On May 30, 18944 the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument was unveiled. It is 73 feet high and over looks Libby Hill Park. the statue represents the 13 Confederate States.
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
On March 11, 1899 the USS Shubrick was laid, on October 31, 1899 it was launched. The ship was named after William Branford Shubrick. It was sponsored by Miss Caroline Shubrick and commissioned in 1901 with Lt Allen M Cook in command.
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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