Person:Thomas Nixon (7)

(Meigs County, Ohio) Meigs Co. Telegraph October 31, 1883

Transfers of Real Estate Middleport -- Miner's Joint Stock Co. to Thomas NIXON, lot 18. $300;

UNION OHIO VOLUNTEERS

126th Regiment, Ohio Infantry

Organized at Camp Steubenville, Ohio, and mustered in September 4, 1862. Moved to Parkersburg, W. Va., September 16, 1862. Attached to Railroad Division, West Virginia, to January, 1863. Martinsburg, W. Va., 8th Army Corps. Middle Department, to March, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps, to June, 1863. 3rd Brigade, French's Command, 8th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps. Army of the Potomac, to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac and Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to June, 1865.

SERVICE.-Moved to Cumberland, Md., October 17, 1862, and to North Mountain December 12. Guard duty on Baltimore & Ohio Railroad from North Mountain to Martinsburg December 12-20, and duty at Martinsburg till June 14, 1863. Expedition to Greenland Gap April 15-22. Action at Martinsburg June 14 (Co. "B"). Retreat to Harper's Ferry June 15-17. Guard stores to Washington, D. C.; thence to Frederick, Md., July 1-5. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24. Action at Wapping Heights, Va., July 23. Duty in New York City during draft disturbances August 18-September 5. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Kelly's Ford November 7. Brandy Station November 8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7. Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient "Bloody Angle" May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 18-July 6. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23. Ordered to Baltimore, Md., July 6. Battle of Monocacy Junction, Md., July 9. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty at Kernstown till December. Moved to Washington, D. C., December 3; thence to Petersburg, Va. Siege of Petersburg December 9, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Sailor's Creek April 6. Guard prisoners at Burkesville April 6-15. March to Danville April 15-27, and duty there till May 16. Moved to Richmond, Va., May 16; thence to Washington, D. C., May 24-June 2. Corps Review June 9. Mustered out June 25, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 148 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 142 Enlisted men by disease. Total 296.

Steubenville Herald Star (Steubenville, Ohio) > 1898 > August > 31 "Thomas Nixon and wife and F.E. Cunningham and wife are attending the Clark golden wedding at Osage."

1. ↑ Census
   1870 US Census; Series: M593 Roll: 1227 Page: 318.

   NIXON, THOMAS; OHIO , JEFFERSON, ISLAND CRK TWP
   Age: 49, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: OH, Occupation: Farmer

2. ↑ Powell, Esther Weygandt. Tombstone inscriptions & family records of Jefferson County, Ohio. (Akron, Ohio: E.W. Powell, 1968)
   26.

   Nixon, Thomas 1821-1908

3. ↑ Military Record
   http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm.

   Thomas Nixon (First_Last)
   Regiment Name 126 Ohio Infantry
   Side Union
   Company K
   Soldier's Rank_In Pvt
   Soldier's Rank_Out Pvt
   Alternate Name
   Notes
   Film Number M552 roll 80

4. ↑ Census
   1870 U. S. Census; Island Creek Twp., Jefferson County, Ohio; Heritage Quest: Series: M593 Roll: 1227 Page: 318.

   Thomas Nixon age 49 living with wife Mary age 44, and children: George age 18, Greenbury age 14, Fanny age 12, Margaret age 10, Andrew age 7, Frank age 3 and Elbert age 1.

5. ↑ Census
   Year: 1880; Census Place: Island Creek, Jefferson, Ohio; Roll: T9_1037; Family History Film: 1255037; Page: 306.3000; Enumeration District: 101; Image: 0202.

   Name: Thomas Nixon
   Home in 1880: Island Creek, Jefferson, Ohio
   Age: 59
   Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
   Birthplace: Ohio
   Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
   Spouse's Name: Mary
   Father's birthplace: Pennsylvania
   Mother's birthplace: Virginia
   
   Household Members: Name Age
   Thomas Nixon 59
   Mary Nixon 52
   Greenberry C. Nixon 26
   Fanny Nixon 22
   Maggie J. Nixon 19
   Andrew Nixon 17
   Franklin Nixon 13
   Elbert Nixon 11
   Thomas B. Nixon 6

6. ↑ Publication
   Historical Collections of Ohio; By Henry Howe; Vol. I; ©1888 Jefferson County; Page 976 .

   "STEUBENVILLE, the county-seat of Jefferson, is situated on the right bank of the Ohio river, 68 miles below Pittsburg and 400 miles above Cincinnati. The average altitude of the city is a little over 700 feet above tide water, surrounded by hills rising several hundred feet higher. The city lies well above the river with a general slope toward it, giving a fine natural drainage. It is 41½ miles west of Pittsburg and 150 miles east of Columbus, on the P. C. & St. L. R. R., which crosses the Ohio river at this point. It is also on the C. & P. R. R. The surrounding country abounds in coal and natural gas, with which the city is supplied for manufacturing and other purposes. County Officers: Auditor, William F. SIMERAL; Clerk, Andrew S. BUCKINGHAM; Commissioners, John UNDERWOOD, David SIMPSOM, Jacob P. MARKLE; Coroner, James M. STARR; Infirmary Directors, Eli FETROW, Thomas NIXON, Charles BARRETT...."

7. ↑ Heritage Quest Online
   1900 U.S. Census; Island Crk twp, Jefferson County, Ohio; Heritage Quest: Series: T623 Roll: 1289 Page: 42 .

   NIXON, THOMAS B.; Age: 79, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: OH; shown living with his wife Mary and granddaughter Ida born Nov 1878.