Just a word of advice...I have learned many people after the great War (1861-1865)...especially Southerners moved to other States that paid Confederate pensions....most lost everything they had and I think with so many bad memories and sadness...just picked up and moved on....Texas and Tennessee were the first two States to pay Confederate pensions...I am positive that is what brought my ALLEN KENDRICK NIX to Texas and many others ...FORRESTER ---------- > From: Larry W. Mabra <Larry_W._Mabra@onlineworks.com> > To: NIX-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re(2): [NIX-L] NIX-L Nix ca 1800 Texas > Date: Wednesday, July 08, 1998 11:43 AM > > Well, lets see. > There are some close clues here. From a fmily bible I get Joseph P. Nix > as the patriarch of this family, but no dates or locations. His wife is > Laura Bell Hanes. > That's awfully close to your James Robert Nix and Sarah Ann Haines. > > Your John Peter Nix m. Lydia Annie Alison 8 Jan 1878 > My John Peter Nix married Lydia May Allison, but their first born , Thomas > Allen, was born 5 May 1895 in Erath Co. TX. That's seventeen years after > yours got married. > > It appears that James Robert Nix, Jr. ( my title ) b. 1859 died 1928 was > divorced just as his father was. Does that jive with what you have found? > > > There seems to be about five lines of Nix that have ended up in Texas, and > there does not seem to be a connection for them in this country, (USA). > It is spooky sometimes to see the same names over and over, but in > differant lines. > > Your Nix line does not tie in with anything I have seen, or collected. > But, you never know when some thread will appear that will tie some of > them together. > > Good Hunting > > Larry > > > ==== NIX Mailing List ==== > Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html