John Wesley Nix

Brief Life History of John Wesley

When John Wesley Nix was born on 5 January 1863, in Choestoe, Union, Georgia, United States, his father, Archibald Carr Nix, was 20 and his mother, Sarah Ann Elvira Williamson, was 20. He married Mintia Lavada Reece on 25 October 1883, in Choestoe, Union, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Georgia, United States in 1870. He died on 13 October 1896, in Choestoe, Union, Georgia, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Choestoe Cemetery, Choestoe, Union, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Wesley Nix
1863–1896
Mintia Lavada Reece
1863–1933
Marriage: 25 October 1883
Isabeth Nix
1885–1885
Lizabeth Nix
1885–1885
Mary Ann Nix
1886–1956
Aria Arie Nix
1888–1890
Calie Nix
1891–1893
David Nix
1894–1894
Emma Lena Nix
1889–1955
Celne Nix
1891–1893
Aaron Jacob Nix
1895–1969

Sources (16)

  • John W Hit in household of Archibald Hit, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: John Wesley Nix - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: John Wesley Nix
  • John W. Nix, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1865 · The Assassination of a President

"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

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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