Alan D. Newton wrote: > > My great grandfather was John Edward NIX, who was born March 9, 1858. My mother told > me he was born in Alabama, but his death certificate indicates that he was born in > Louisiana (no parish given). He was living in Plaska, Hall County, Texas, at the time > of his death on February 20, 1924. > > John Edward NIX was living in Kaufman County, Texas, in 1898 when my grandfather Lewis > Cass NIX was born. He was married to Eliza Jane PRICKETT or PRITCHETT, but I do not > know where and when. > > My grandfather Lewis Cass NIX came to Washita County, Oklahoma, as a young man - perhaps > 1916 or 1917. Apparently, the rest of the family stayed in Hall County, Texas, but I > assume he was going to live with "family" since he seems to be a little young to be > striking out completely on his own. Some of his brothers and sisters were Claude, Paul, > J.C., Pearl, Ruby, Jewel, Orv, and Penny, but I know nothing else about them. > > Someone recently provided me some information on two John NIXes on the 1910 census for > Oklahoma. At the time I asked for the information, I thought "my" John Edward NIX had > moved to western Oklahoma. Only later, I learned that he remained in Texas and died > there in 1924. However, this may be the "family" that my grandfather Lewis Cass NIX > went to live with. This is the information I was given: > > John Nix, 38, born in KY with wife Lula, 35, born in TX, with children, Beulah, 8, born > in OK; Leroy, 7, OK; Charley, 4, OK; Pearl, 2, OK; John, age not reported, OK; and > stepson, Frank McCroskey, 13, TX. This family was living in Washita Co in 1910, E.D. > 263, Family # 171. > > John Nix, 56, born in KY, living with his wife Mary, 62, born in IN also in Washita Co., > E.D. 270, Family #258. (Could he possibly be the father of the other John?) > > I would like to add my name to this list of people looking for information about John > and/or Edward NIX in Oklahoma or Texas. > > Thanks, > > Alan Newton > > ==== NIX Mailing List ==== > Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html Dear Alan, I can't help you with info about JOHN and/or JOHN EDWARD NIX in OK, but your JOHN EDWARD NIX, b. 9 March 1858, was the son of JOEL ROSS NIX and ELIZABETH SMITH. JOHN EDWARD NIX and ELIZA JANE PRITCHETT married 22 April 1885 in Kaufman Co., TX. He died 20 Feb. 1924, Hall Co., TX. She died 21 April 1960 in Phoenix, Mamricopa, AZ. I have more info if interested. Nadyne FAULKENBERRY Lynn Amarillo, TX 79108 Three of the children of Clois Edward NIX and Mary Belle SLAGLE are listed below. They are great grand children of John Edward NIX. Cherry NIX Hefner , Amarillo, TX Orvie & Judy NIX, 7801 Farrell Dr., Amarillo, TX 79121 (806) 354-9525 (psychologist at Boys Rancy; Judy teaches in Amarillo) Rickey Nix & Sheila, Dumas, TX (coach at Dumas High) My great grandmother, NARCISSA ISABELL "BELL" NIX was just younger than he. She and her husband, Charlie Robert FAULKENBERRY, moved to McClain Co., Ok in 1820s. My father visited some of the Memphis Nixes when he was a boy.