Mary Eudora Nix

Brief Life History of Mary Eudora

When Mary Eudora Nix was born on 16 December 1878, in Ethel, Grayson, Texas, United States, her father, James Martin Nix, was 27 and her mother, Katie Collins, was 21. She married John Milton Hunt on 28 June 1898, in Grayson, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Justice Precinct 5, Grayson, Texas, United States in 1880 and Sherman, Grayson, Texas, United States in 1910. She died on 19 March 1960, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 81.

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Family Time Line

John Milton Hunt
1872–1967
Mary Eudora Nix
1878–1960
Marriage: 28 June 1898
Stanley Hunt
1903–
Wilbur M Hunt
1905–
Ernest Larue Hunt
1910–1995
Hunt
1910–
Alma M Hunt
1912–

Sources (6)

  • Mary E Hunt, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Mary Eldora Hunt, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"
  • Mary Eldoranix Hunt, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

World Events (8)

1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway

Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

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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