Brief Life History of Mark Thomas
When Mark Thomas Nix was born about 1815, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Solomon Nix, was 32 and his mother, Eleanor Johnson, was 26. He married Elphidel Harvey on 24 October 1839, in Henry, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Weakley, Tennessee, United States in 1860 and United States in 1860. He died on 5 November 1869, at the age of 55.
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- Mark Nix, "United States Census, 1850"
- Mark Nix, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Mark Thomas Nix, "Find A Grave Index"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
German and Dutch: patronymic from a pet form of Nicholas (German Nikolaus).
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Nioclais ‘son of Nicholas’, which was taken by some Limerick families named Woulfe .
German: nickname from Middle High German nickes(e), nixe ‘water sprite’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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