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John D. NIX
b.2 Jan 1871 Mississippi
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m. Bef 1850
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m. 4 Jul 1895
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Nix, John D � View Image Online � Age: 33 Year: 1920 � Birthplace: AL Roll: T625_3 � Race: W Page: 15B � State: Alabama ED: 12 � County: Blount Image: 963 � Township: Cleveland This John D. would have been born 1887, and that would have been a long streach for my John D. born 1872 The 1920 Census shows the Silas H Bynum family in Altoona .ED# 118. page 4 0f 25. 0n <ancestery.com>. This shows his wife to be Verna Nix, and shows that her Father was born in Mississippi. And that her Mother was born in Alabama FATHER WAS BORN IN MISSISSIPPI??? This may be the wrong John . maybe she is the daughter of John D. Nix and Wife Unkinown, the son of Mary Ann Nix and John D. Nix from Mississippi??? 1930 census Alabama Etowah County, Altoona-not city, district 55, page 4 of 5, family #39, line # 97, along the Bynum Road 1930 Federal Census, Alabama Etowah County, Altoona, District 55, Precinct 32, ED 28-55, Sheet No 2B, stamp#9501, Suoervisor"s district no 3, Enumerated by me on April 10, 1930 Verna Stanfield, Along the Bynum Road, residence #38, family #39 NIX, John D. Head, R, yes, M, W, 56, M, 25, no, yes, Mississippi, N.C., S.C., 83, yes, Farmer, Farm, VVVV, O, yes, no, 25, line #97 Charlsie, Wife-H, F, W, 37, M, 31, no, yes, Alabama, Al., Tenn., 82, yes, none. Next door to Silas Herman Bynum Alabama Death Records, 1908-59, List John M. Nix Blount County; DoD 25 May 1940. Vol 32, Cert, 21478, Role 3. Also listed are three from Etowah County: John D. Nix Dod Oct 1939: John W. Nix, DoD 20 Oct 1951 and John D. Nix DoD 5 Dec 1953. NIX, JOHN D � Land Office: AUGUSTA Sequence #: � � Document Number: 12455 Total Acres: 79.78 � Misc. Doc. Nr.: � Signature: Yes � Canceled Document: No Issue Date: May 02, 1859 � Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No � Survey Date: � Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566 � Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820 � Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries Legal Land Description:
1 NWSW � ST STEPHENS No 3N 11W 27 2 SWNW � ST STEPHENS No 3N 11W 27 NIX, JOHN � � Land Office: JACKSON Sequence #: � � Document Number: 31507 Total Acres: 239.52 � Misc. Doc. Nr.: � Signature: Yes � Canceled Document: No Issue Date: March 01, 1859 � Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No � Survey Date: � Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566 � Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820 � Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries Legal Land Description:
1 E1�2NE � WASHINGTON No 9N 7E 21 2 NESE � WASHINGTON No 9N 7E 21 3 W1�2NW � WASHINGTON No 9N 7E 22 4 NWSW � WASHINGTON No 9N 7E 22 NIX, JOHN � � Land Office: JACKSON Sequence #: � � Document Number: 33878 Total Acres: 80.12 � Misc. Doc. Nr.: � Signature: Yes � Canceled Document: No Issue Date: August 1, 1859 � Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No � Survey Date: � Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566 � Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820 � Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries Legal Land Description:
1 E1�2NW � WASHINGTON No 9N 7E 22 Viewing records 1-3 of 3 NIX, JOHN D � Land Office: MONTGOMERY Sequence #: � � Document Number: 13227 Total Acres: 40.05 � Misc. Doc. Nr.: � Signature: Yes � Canceled Document: No Issue Date: March 01, 1858 � Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No � Survey Date: � Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566 � Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820 � Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries Legal Land Description:
1 SESE � ST STEPHENS No 24N 24E 8 NIX, JOHN D � Land Office: MONTGOMERY Sequence #: � � Document Number: 13863 Total Acres: 40.05 � Misc. Doc. Nr.: � Signature: Yes � Canceled Document: No Issue Date: March 01, 1858 � Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No � Survey Date: � Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566 � Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820 � Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries Legal Land Description:
1 SWSE � ST STEPHENS No 24N 24E 8 NIX, JOHN D � Land Office: MONTGOMERY Sequence #: � � Document Number: 14184 Total Acres: 40.1 � Misc. Doc. Nr.: � Signature: Yes � Canceled Document: No Issue Date: February 01, 1860 � Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No � Survey Date: � Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566 � Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820 � Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries Legal Land Description:
1 NENE � ST STEPHENS No 24N 24E 17 Viewing records 11-14 of 14 Earlene, Annette is sleeping late this morning and I have some time for genealogy. I need for you to look up the listing for a John D. NIX in the Altoona/Walnut Grove Cemetery. I am attempting to establish his first wife and she may be burried with him at Altoona/ Walnut Grove. This John D. NIX was the son of Mary Ann,the daughter of Jennings. She married another John D. NIX and moved to Mississippi before Jennings and family came to Alabama. The John D. NIX that I am looking for was their 12 child, the youngest. The John D. I am looking for was b abt 1872 in Mississippi, d 22 Oct 1939 and is buried in Altoona/Walnut Grove Cemetery. I have found him in the 1930 census living with what I identify as his secound wife. 1930 census Alabama Etowah County, Altoona-not city, district 55, page 4 of 5, family #39, line # 97 NIX, John D. Head, R, yes, M, W, 56, M, 25, no, yes, Mississippi, N.C., S.C., 83, yes, Farmer, Farm, VVVV, O, yes, no, 25, line #97 Charlsie, Wife-H, F, W, 37, M, 31, no, yes, Alabama, Al., Tenn., 82, yes, none. This for sure sounds like a second marriage, he is 19 years her elder. Now in the Bynum Book I found a NIX lady with no indication of her parents. Her name is Verna Nannette NIX and she is married to Silas Herman BYNUM. In the 1930 census I find Verna and Silas living next door to John D. NIX and what I identify as his second wife. 1930 census, Alabama, Etowah County,Altoona not city, District 55, Page 4 of five,Family #389, living next door to Silas Bynum and wife Vera. NIX, John D. , Head,R, yes, M, W, 56, M, 25, no, yes, Mississippi, N.C., S.C., line #97 Charlsie, Wife-H ,X, F, W, 37, M, 31, no, yes, Al, Al, Tenn., Is it possible that John D. 's first wife and the mother of Vera was Fanny Inmon? The birth day for Verna came from the Bynum Book and it is possible that DoB was off by one year. ie 1896.
Is it possible that his first wife could have been Fanny Inman? Full Context of Alabama Marriages, 1800-1920 Viewing records 54323-54323 of 149224 Matches ��<< Previous 10 |�Next 10>> Spouse 1: John Nix Spouse 2: Fanny Inman Marriage Date: 04 Jul 1895 Marriage Place: Etowah Surety/Bond Date: � Performed By: Minister of Gospel Surety/Perf. Name: J. A. May OSPage: 282 Comment: � Fanny Inman died 13 March 1923 in Walnut Grove, but I do not have a cemetery for her. If she was buried in Altoona/Walnut Grove next to John D. that would be an excellent indication that she was his first wife. Also she died soon enough for John D. to have a second younger wife by the time of the 1930 census. I originally had Fanny assigned to another John Nix, the son of Thomas B. and the Grandson of Tyre and Letty Holden. But there are reasons why I now think that is not correct. I will send that rationale in another e-mail. I went to the Altoona/Walnut Grove Cemetery and took pictures of all the Nix's buried there. I am sending you a copy of John D. and Fannie Nix's tombstones. They are buried side by side. I guess that means he was married to her. Also buried next to them are 2 children. Minnie died at 2 years old. The other one died the day it was born. On Minnie's it says daughter of J.D. and F.A. Nix. If you need information on the others I have it also. Earlene Nix, John T � View Image Online � Age: 56 Year: 1930 � Birthplace: Mississippi Roll: T626_16 � Race: White Page: 2B � State: Alabama ED: 55 � County: Etowah Image: 1128 � Township: Altoona � Relationship: Head 1930 Federal Census, Alabama Etowah County, Altoona, District 55, Precinct 32, ED 28-55, Sheet No 2B, stamp#9501, Suoervisor"s district no 3, Enumerated by me on April 10, 1930 Verna Stanfield, Along the Bynum Road, residence #38, family #39 Nix, John D. Head, R, Yes, M, W, 56, M, 25, no, yes, Mississippi , Charlsie, Wife F, W, 37, M, 31, no, yes, Georgia, Altoona/Walnut Grove Rubie Nix, d/o J.D. & F.A. 1899-1899 Minnie Nix " " " 1901-1902 JOHN D. NIX; A SHORT HISTORY. Blount and Etowah Counties of Alabama are rich with John NIX families. Many of them are born a generation apart, but some have near birth days which adds to the confustion of tracking their ancestors and also descendanats. This John D. NIX is an excellent example of that problem,I had considerable problem in attaching him to a family. There was also another family in my files that I could not attach to any of the NIX families in Blount or Etowah County. I could have made this story easier for you the reader to follow, and maybe read to the end, by numbering the different generations of John D.'s, Mary Ann's, and clearly dividing the two completely different NIX families. But, that is not the way that I found them, and that is part of the fun in genealogy research. I have found a home for most of the NIX families in North Alabama as descendanats of Jennings NIX who moved to Blount County Alabama with his wife Lucinda Alexander from Pickens District in 1851-51. One of the exceptions was the family of Verna Nannette NIX and Silas H. Bynum. For over a year I searched for her parents from all of the NIX families that I ccould find in Blount and Etowah Counties. But none matched to my satisfaction. Then through a combination of the 1920 and 1930 census reports I found an indication, first that her father was born in Mississippil. That was strange and not in line with any reseaarch I had conducted up to that point. All of my migtraation had been from East to West. I had not found any NIX families that moved back East. I have now found several, but that is another story. But this lady, the wife of Silas H. Bynum, Verna Nannette NIX indicated on the 1920 census that her father was born in Mississippi. I then started reviewing the family of Jennings only daughter, Mary Ann. I had preaviouly determined that she married while still in South Carolina, and moved with her new husband to Mississippi where her Motaher-in-law was living. The Mother had moved to Mississippi, with her extended DONALD family, following the death of her husband in South Caarolina. and yes you guessed it , her husband was named John D. NIX. The story continues; this family, John D. NIX and Mary Dearest DONALD, also named one of their sons, John D. NIX. That is the son that married Mary Ann NIX in South Carolina, while he was on a bussinness trip from Mississippi back to South Carolina. I received some valuable assistance from the geneology Gurue of the NIX family Mrs Wanda Gregory, and this is her story,, MARY ANN NIX: A SHORT HISTORY I searched for Mary Ann for a long time until I received some much needed assistance from Mrs Wanda Gregory. Following is my sumary of the notes, phone calls and other correspondance with her. Notes from Wanda Gregory: I am not sure that I can tell the complete story the way Wanda explained it to me, but I am going to try: I am also going to omit many of the minor details she used to prove to herself, and to me, that she had found my Mary Ann. There are several ways to tell this story, but I am going to take a great leap and tell the ending and then prove it with the details. Mary Ann did not appear on the 1850 Census in South Carolina with Jennings and the rest of the family. That is not unusual because she would have been 22 and old enough to be married and have started a family of her own. Mary Ann NIX married John D. Nix of Jasper County, Mississippi some time between 1846 and 1850. Apparently much closer to 1846, She moved with him to Mississippi and they had a total of 12 children. John D. died between 1880 and 1890, Mary Ann died after 1900, and they are both buried in the Griffin Cemetery in Jackson County, Mississippi. Now lets prove it! We need to find a tie between the Jennings family and two very common NIX names; Mary Ann and John D. This tie comes by skipping forward 50 years to the 1900 Census for Blount County Alabama. Page 195. Family #205 is John K. Nix and his family, that we know to be John Kelley Nix the second son of Jennings and his second wife Temperance Poole Ellison. However, there is one additional person shown in that family; Mary A. NIX b June 1827 in South Carolina, age 72,Widow with 12 children 5 living. That is Mary Ann from Mississippi, visiting her half brother, but we still have to prove it. Also shown on the 1900 Census for Blount County, Alabama, same page, Family #217 is William Ellison with his family, and his mother, Temperence Pool ELLISON, by now a widow. Also there is another person that cannot be immediately identified, Maggie NIX b June 1863, born in Mississippi, age 36 single. A third female NIX is shown in Altoona, Etowah County, Alabama which is about a mile away from the Ellison home. This is Rebecca Nix also single and living in the home of Jasper N. Rickles as his cook. That makes three females with the name NIX, that cannot be tied to any of the Nix families in the area. Earlier this year I had found Rebecca in the 1910 census for Altoona, but rejected it as being of any value because, well because I did not have the experience that Wanda has. Wanda, with her experience, continued to search all of the NIX families in the country. In the 1850 Jasper County Mississippi Census she found this family: John D. Nix age 28, b 1822 S.C. with his wife Mary, age 23 b 1827 S.C. Also listed is two children Martha A. age 2 and Mary Jane age 9/12. Also Deares NIX, and Mary Nix which would be Mary Dearest Donald Nix the Mother of John D. and Mary Ann NIX the sister of John D. and daughter of Dearest. (There is a third Mary Ann that made this search more interesting. Most researchers attribute the marriage of John D. to Mary Ann CARTER. Because several of the CARTER children married John D.'s sibblings} The 1860 and 1880 census for Jasper County shows this family continuing to grow. Then John D. dies between 1880 and 1890. Prior to 1900 the mother, Mary Ann and two of her single daughters come to Alabama to visit her half brother and the rest of the family of her father Jennings Nix, and are captured on the 1900 census. They must have stayed for some time because both the daughters took jobs as cooks and housekeepers. Rebecca was still working for Jasper N. Rickles as a cook for his family in 1910. We are still left with one additional detail to prove. How did John who was living in Mississippi, and Mary Ann living in South Carolina, meet and marry? Remember this was before the Civil War and travel between Mississippi and South Carolina was not a spur of the moment thing! That also has a logical answer if you are very experienced and have all of the details for all the NIX families at your finger tips. It seems that the family in Mississippi appointed John Daniel as their representative to return to South Carolina and settle some legal matters associated with his Fathers estate. This trip was planned for 1846 which was a convent time for 18 year old Mary Ann and 23 year old John Daniel. By the time that John returns and appears on the 1850 Mississippi census, he has his fathers estate settled as well as a wife and two young children. (This was written before the 1930 Census became available and shows the status of my search at that time. ) I have continued to search for descendants of Mary Ann and John D. with little success except for the youngest son of the family, also named John D. This is the extent of my discoveries. The Parents, John D. and Mary Ann, as well as the two single daughters are buried in Griffin cemetery in Jackson County Mississippi. I am assuming that at least four of the twelve children married and possibly have descendants. 1) Martha A., 3) Letty Jane, 9) Mary, and 12) John D. I have told you all that I know about the first three but let me give some more details about the son John D. After the Senior John D. died Mary Ann and daughters Margaret (Maggie), and Rebecca visited the family of Jennings Nix in Altoona, Etowah County, Alabama. Also John D. may have moved to Altoona And stayed. I think I have found him buried in the Altoona Walnut Grove Cemetery, d 22 Oct 1939. I also think that I have located one of his daughters, Verna Nannette, b 26 May 1895, d 12 June 1980 and married to Silas Herman BYNUM, b 9 July 1882, D 16 March 1954. [edit] =============================================In the 1930 Census I find : 1930 census, Alabama, Etowah County,Altoona not city, district 55, page 4 of 5, family #38, next door to John D. NIX. Bynum, Silas, Head, R, yes, M., W, 47, M. 29, no, yes, A;, Al, Al, 82, yes, miner, coal mine, 7882 W, yes no, 24 line 87 Verna, wife of Head, x, F, W., 35, M. 15, no, yes, Al, Mississippi, Alabama, 82 yes, none. Alma, daughter,X, F, W, 16, S, yes, yes, yes, 82, Cora M., Daughter, X, F, W, 14, S, yes, yes, Al, AL, Al, 82, Grady F. , son, X, M, W, 11, S, yes, yes, Al, Al, Al, 82, Claud E. son, X, M, W, 10, S, yes, yes, Al, Al, Al, 82, Elmer E. son, x, m, w, 8, S, yes, Al, Al, Al, 82, Herman S., Son, X, M, W, 6, S. Yes, Al, Al, Al, 82, Minnia,R., daughter, X, F, W, 3 10/12, S, no, Al. Al, Al, 82. Sarah J., daughter, X, F, W., 2 5/12, S., no, Al, Al, Al, 82, 1930 census Alabama Etowah County, Altoona-not city, district 55, page 4 of 5, family #39, line # 97, along the Bynum Road 1930 Federal Census, Alabama Etowah County, Altoona, District 55, Precinct 32, ED 28-55, Sheet No 2B, stamp#9501, Suoervisor"s district no 3, Enumerated by me on April 10, 1930 Verna Stanfield, Along the Bynum Road, residence #38, family #39 NIX, John D. Head, R, yes, M, W, 56, M, 25, no, yes, Mississippi, N.C., S.C., 83, yes, Farmer, Farm, VVVV, O, yes, no, 25, line #97 Charlsie, Wife-H, F, W, 37, M, 31, no, yes, Alabama, Al., Tenn., 82, yes, none. Next door to Silas Herman Bynum By this time John D. had married a second time, His first wife Fanny A. INMAN, had died on 13 March 1923. He died 22 Oct 1939 and is buried at the Walnut Grove- Altoona Cemetery, side by side with Fannie and two of their small children that died in childhood. I think that I forgot to tell you that there was another Mary Ann NIX in the story! John D. had a younger sister, almost the same age as my Mary Ann. She lead me down several dead end's. But some day I think I will attempt to find her and determine her fate.
Township 11 South, Range 3 East, Section 26 Location: From Highway 278 at Walnut Grove, turn South on County Road 5, bear left after about a half mile, cemetery is on the left after another half mile Completely surveyed by Robin Sterling 4 Apr 2003
Nix, John D., 2 Jan 1871 � 22 Oct 1939 Nix, Minnie, daughter of J.D. and F.A. Nix, 29 Oct 1901 � 4 Aug 1902 Nix, Rubie, daughter of J.D. and F.A. Nix, 3 Nov 1899 � 5 Nov 1899 1910 Federsl Census, Alabama, Etowah County, Hoppers Image 13, <ancestery.com>, line 28,family 109 Nix, John D. ,Head, M, W, 34, M, 15, Mississippi, NC, NC, Farmer, Share, , Carah, A, wife, F, W, 28, M, 15, 2, 1, AL, SC, GA,
, Verna A. daughter, F, W, 13, S, AL,MS, GA,
INMAN, Nancy J. Mother-in-Law, F, W, 52, Wd, GA,NC,GA There are some mistakes in this census report, but I am sure that it is the correct John D. for several reasons. 1`) he again states that he was born in Mississippi, which is correct, also 2) His Mother-in- Law is an INMON which is correct. The dates are approximately correct but require some additional review. However several names are wrong or a bit confusing. 1) the vife's name was Fannie A. INMON. IT APPEARS THaT THE ENUMERATOR FIRST WROTE "SARAH", then went over the S with a C. 2) The daughters middle name was Nannette, but with a southern drawl that may have came out as Annette, or maybe she was called something like Ann or Annette. The Mother-in-Laws name I have as Sarah, but on that one zI could be mistaken and maybe her name was Nancy J. Search > Census > U.S. Census > 1880 United States Federal Census > Mississippi > Jackson > All Townships > District 152. image 58 of 60, Moss Point, Beat 3, resience 230, Family 325, Nix, John D. W, M, 60, Laborer, Miss, Do not know, do not know, , Mary W, F, 55, Wife, Keeping House, Do not know, do, not know
, Mary, w, F, 14, Daughter, at home, MS. MS, MS,
, Margaret, W, F, 16, daughter, at home, MS, MS, MS,
, Rebecca, W, F, 9, daughter, MS, MS, MS,
, John, W, M, 7, son, MS, MS, MS,
The "do not know" response by both parents to where were your parents born is strange. Both knew very well where they were born, and it was not Miss. Also they must have known where their parents were born. Could loosing the Civil war have anything to do with the answer? JOHN D. NIX; A SHORT HISTORY. Blount and Etowah Counties of Alabama are rich with John NIX families. Many of them are born a generation apart, but some have near birth days which adds to the confustion of tracking their ancestors and also descendanats. This John D. NIX is an excellent example of that problem,I had considerable problem in attaching him to a family. There was also another family in my files that I could not attach to any of the NIX families in Blount or Etowah County. I could have made this story easier for you the reader to follow, and maybe read to the end, by numbering the different generations of John D.'s, Mary Ann's, and clearly dividing the two completely different NIX families. But, that is not the way that I found them, and that is part of the fun in genealogy research. I have found a home for most of the NIX families in North Alabama as descendanats of Jennings NIX who moved to Blount County Alabama with his wife Lucinda Alexander from Pickens District in 1851-51. One of the exceptions was the family of Verna Nannette NIX and Silas H. Bynum. For over a year I searched for her parents from all of the NIX families that I ccould find in Blount and Etowah Counties. But none matched to my satisfaction. Then through a combination of the 1920 and 1930 census reports I found an indication, first that her father was born in Mississippil. That was strange and not in line with any reseaarch I had conducted up to that point. All of my migtraation had been from East to West. I had not found any NIX families that moved back East. I have now found several, but that is another story. But this lady, the wife of Silas H. Bynum, Verna Nannette NIX indicated on the 1920 census that her father was born in Mississippi. I then started reviewing the family of Jennings only daughter, Mary Ann. I had preaviouly determined that she married while still in South Carolina, and moved with her new husband to Mississippi where her Motaher-in-law was living. The Mother had moved to Mississippi, with her extended family, following the death of her husband in South Caarolina. and yes you guessed it , her husband was named John D. NIX. The story continues; this family, John D. NIX and Mary Dearest DONALD, also named one of their sons, John D. NIX. That is the son that married Mary Ann NIX in South Carolina, while he was on a bussinness trip from Mississippi back to South Carolina. I received some valuable assistance from the geneology Gurue of the NIX family Mrs and this is her story,, MARY ANN NIX: A SHORT HISTORY I searched for Mary Ann for a long time until I received some much needed assistance from Mrs Wanda Gregory. Following is my sumary of the notes, phone calls and other correspondance with her. Notes from Wanda Gregory: I am not sure that I can tell the complete story the way Wanda explained it to me, but I am going to try: I am also going to omit many of the minor details she used to prove to herself, and to me, that she had found my Mary Ann. There are several ways to tell this story, but I am going to take a great leap and tell the ending and then prove it with the details. Mary Ann did not appear on the 1850 Census in South Carolina with Jennings and the rest of the family. That is not unusual because she would have been 22 and old enough to be married and have started a family of her own. Mary Ann NIX married John D. Nix of Jasper County, Mississippi some time between 1846 and 1850. Apparently much closer to 1846, She moved with him to Mississippi and they had a total of 12 children. John D. died between 1880 and 1890, Mary Ann died after 1900, and they are both buried in the Griffin Cemetery in Jackson County, Mississippi. Now lets prove it! We need to find a tie between the Jennings family and two very common NIX names; Mary Ann and John D. This tie comes by skipping forward 50 years to the 1900 Census for Blount County Alabama. Page 195. Family #205 is John K. Nix and his family, that we know to be John Kelley Nix the second son of Jennings and his second wife Temperance Poole Ellison. However, there is one additional person shown in that family; Mary A. NIX b June 1827 in South Carolina, age 72,Widow with 12 children 5 living. That is Mary Ann from Mississippi, visiting her half brother, but we still have to prove it. Also shown on the 1900 Census for Blount County, Alabama, same page, Family #217 is William Ellison with his family, and his mother, Temperence Pool ELLISON, by now a widow. Also there is another person that cannot be immediately identified, Maggie NIX b June 1863, born in Mississippi, age 36 single. A third female NIX is shown in Altoona, Etowah County, Alabama which is about a mile away from the Ellison home. This is Rebecca Nix also single and living in the home of Jasper N. Rickles as his cook. That makes three females with the name NIX, that cannot be tied to any of the Nix families in the area. Earlier this year I had found Rebecca in the 1910 census for Altoona, but rejected it as being of any value because, well because I did not have the experience that Wanda has. Wanda, with her experience, continued to search all of the NIX families in the country. In the 1850 Jasper County Mississippi Census she found this family: John D. Nix age 28, b 1822 S.C. with his wife Mary, age 23 b 1827 S.C. Also listed is two children Martha A. age 2 and Mary Jane age 9/12. Also Deares NIX, and Mary Nix which would be Mary Dearest Donald Nix the Mother of John D. and Mary Ann NIX the sister of John D. and daughter of Dearest. (There is a third Mary Ann that made this search more interesting. Most researchers attribute the marriage of John D. to Mary Ann CARTER. Because several of the CARTER children married John D.'s sibblings} The 1860 and 1880 census for Jasper County shows this family continuing to grow. Then John D. dies between 1880 and 1890. Prior to 1900 the mother, Mary Ann and two of her single daughters come to Alabama to visit her half brother and the rest of the family of her father Jennings Nix, and are captured on the 1900 census. They must have stayed for some time because both the daughters took jobs as cooks and housekeepers. Rebecca was still working for Jasper N. Rickles as a cook for his family in 1910. We are still left with one additional detail to prove. How did John who was living in Mississippi, and Mary Ann living in South Carolina, meet and marry? Remember this was before the Civil War and travel between Mississippi and South Carolina was not a spur of the moment thing! That also has a logical answer if you are very experienced and have all of the details for all the NIX families at your finger tips. It seems that the family in Mississippi appointed John Daniel as their representative to return to South Carolina and settle some legal matters associated with his Fathers estate. This trip was planned for 1846 which was a convent time for 18 year old Mary Ann and 23 year old John Daniel. By the time that John returns and appears on the 1850 Mississippi census, he has his fathers estate settled as well as a wife and two young children. (This was written before the 1930 Census became available and shows the status of my search at that time. ) I have continued to search for descendants of Mary Ann and John D. with little success except for the youngest son of the family, also named John D. This is the extent of my discoveries. The Parents, John D. and Mary Ann, as well as the two single daughters are buried in Griffin cemetery in Jackson County Mississippi. I am assuming that at least four of the twelve children married and possibly have descendants. 1) Martha A., 3) Letty Jane, 9) Mary, and 12) John D. I have told you all that I know about the first three but let me give some more details about the son John D. After the Senior John D. died Mary Ann and daughters Margaret (Maggie), and Rebecca visited the family of Jennings Nix in Altoona, Etowah County, Alabama. Also John D. may have moved to Altoona And stayed. I think I have found him buried in the Altoona Walnut Grove Cemetery, d 22 Oct 1939. I also think that I have located one of his daughters, Verna Nannette, b 26 May 1895, d 12 June 1980 and married to Silas Herman BYNUM, b 9 July 1882, D 16 March 1954. [edit] =============================================In the 1930 Census I find 1930 census, Alabama, Etowah County,Altoona not city, district 55, page 4 of 5, family #38, next door to John D. NIX. Bynum, Silas, Head, R, yes, M., W, 47, M. 29, no, yes, A;, Al, Al, 82, yes, miner, coa lmine, 7882 W, yes no, 24 line 87 Verna, sife of H, x, F, W., 35, M. 15, no, yes, AlMississippi, Alabama, 82 yes, none. Alma, daughter,X, F, W, 16, S, yes, yes, yes, 82, Cora M., Daughter, X, F, W, 14, S, yes, yes, Al, AL, Al, 82, Grady F. , son, X, M, W, 11, S, yes, yes, Al, Al, Al, 82, Claud E. son, X, M, W, 10, S, yes, yes, Al, Al, Al, 82, Elmer E. son, x, m, w, 8, S, yes, Al, Al, Al, 82, HermanS., Son, X, M, W, 6, S. Yes, Al, Al, Al, 82, Minnia,R., daughter, X, F, W, 3 10/12, S, no, Al. Al, Al, 82. Sarah J., daughter, X, F, W., 2 5/12, S., no, Al, Al, Al, 82, 1930 census Alabama Etowah County, Altoona-not city, district 55, page 4 of 5, family #39, line # 97, along the Bynum Road 1930 Federal Census, Alabama Etowah County, Altoona, District 55, Precinct 32, ED 28-55, Sheet No 2B, stamp#9501, Suoervisor"s district no 3, Enumerated by me on April 10, 1930 Verna Stanfield, Along the Bynum Road, residence #38, family #39 NIX, John D. Head, R, yes, M, W, 56, M, 25, no, yes, Mississippi, N.C., S.C., 83, yes, Farmer, Farm, VVVV, O, yes, no, 25, line #97 Charlsie, Wife-H, F, W, 37, M, 31, no, yes, Alabama, Al., Tenn., 82, yes, none. Next door to Silas Herman Bynum By this time John D. had maarried a second time, His first wife Fanny A. INMAN, had died on 13 March 1923. He died 22 Oct 1939 and is buried at the Walnut Grove- Altoona Cemetery, side by side with Fannie and two of their small children that died in childhood. I think that I forgot to tell you that there was another Mary Ann NIX in the story! John D. had a younger sister, almost the same age as my Mary Ann. She lead me down several dead end's. But some day I think I will attempt to find her and determine her fate.
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