"The Roanoke Leader" Roanoke, Randolph Co., Alabama NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, June 8, 1904 LOCAL News At the residence of J.A. Henry on Broughton Ridge on Sunday afternoon, his daughter Miss Beulah was married to Mr. A. M. Nixon. Mr. T.J. East, Esq. performed the ceremony. File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Candace Gravelle [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) July 2, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A. M. Nixon is a descendant of the Absalom "Hawk" Nixon Family: Descendants of Absalom "Hawk" Nixon 1 Absalom "Hawk" Nixon b: 1 Mar 1796 in Ninety-Six District, South Carolina (now Laurens Co.) d: 13 Jul 1871 in Randolph Co., Alabama Burial: First Baptist Church Cemetery, Roanoke, Randolph Co., Alabama .. +Ellenor "Nellie" McKnight b: 5 Jan 1799 in South Carolina m: 4 Jul 1816 in South Carolina d: 30 Nov 1840 in Georgia (Henry Co. ?) Father: Andrew McKnight Mother: Elizabeth Nash ...... 2 Pleasant "Shaw" Nixon b: 10 May 1834 in South Carolina d: 30 Nov 1903 in (Randolph Co., Alabama) Burial: Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery - N/of Roanoke, Randolph Co., Alabama ........... +Martha Elizabeth Bales b: 24 Jun 1839 in Alabama m: Abt 1858 in Randolph Co., Alabama d: 16 Mar 1921 in (Broughton, Randolph Co., Alabama) Burial: 17 Mar 1921 Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery - N/of Roanoke, Randolph Co., Alabama Father: Larkin Bales Mother: Susan Dempsey ............... 3 Robert "Andrew" Marion Nixon b: 21 Nov 1877 in Randolph Co., Alabama d: 2 Jun 1944 ................... +Mary Beulah Henry b: Abt 1877 in Alabama m: 5 Jun 1904 in Randolph Co., Alabama Father: J. A. Henry Mother: ....................... 4 Jim Shaw Nixon b: Abt 1906 in Randolph Co., Alabama d: 9 Jul 1954 in Upson Co., Georgia (Resident of Pike Co., Georgia) Burial: Neal Baptist Church Cemetery - Pike Co., Georgia ............................ +Louise E. Peaden b: 5 Feb 1907 d: 4 Dec 2004 in Spalding Co., Georgia Burial: 6 Dec 2004 Neal Baptist Church Cemetery - Pike Co., Georgia Father: Mother: ................................ 5 Clyde Junior Nixon b: 19 Feb 1925 in Randolph Co., Alabama d: 30 Aug 2002 in Concord, Pike Co., Georgia Burial: 1 Sep 2002 Neal Baptist Church Cemetery - Pike Co., Georgia ..................................... +Merita C. ?_______ ................................ 5 Willie C. "Sam" Nixon ................................ 5 Leroy Nixon b: ................................ 5 Eloise Nixon ..................................... +Robert Lee Harrison ................................ 5 Wyatt L. "Doc" Nixon ................................ 5 Jack Nixon ................................ 5 Ted Nixon ................................ 5 Roy L. Nixon ....................... 4 Frank Nixon b: Abt 1908 in Randolph Co., Alabama ....................... 4 Lillie Nixon b: Abt 1910 in Randolph Co., Alabama ....................... 4 Allie Nixon b: Abt 1912 in Randolph Co., Alabama ....................... 4 Pearl Nixon b: Abt 1914 in Randolph Co., Alabama ....................... 4 Charlie Nixon b: Abt 1916 in Randolph Co., Alabama ....................... 4 Dewitt Nixon b: Abt 1917 in Randolph Co., Alabama ....................... 4 Annie Nixon b: Abt Sep 1919 in Randolph Co., Alabama