Seek Parents & Siblings of my ancestor John (W.?) Nixon born Macguiresbridge, Co. Fermanagh, N. Ireland, April 23, 1787, arrived New Orleans, Louisiana, 1803 or 1805, senior attorney for the City of New Orleans, son-in-law, Periguine 'Perry' Snowded Warfield, of Georgetown, D.C., assistant New Orleans City attorney. Nixon owned 15,000 acres of swamp timberland (cypress) around New Orleans and the Nixon House Hotel, Biloxi, Mississippi. In 1811 he helped found New Orlean's Freemason Lodge. In the 1815 Battle of New Orleans, he was Adj. Lt. of De Jean's 1st Louisiana Militia on the far west bank until over-run by the British when he spike his two light cannon and retreated. The cannon and captured regimental flag may have been in the War Trophy Room, Whitehall, England? October 14 or 15, New Orleans, he wed Adeline Cecelia Copp, the daughter of New Orleans lawyer David Copp, Jr., murdered 1803 or 1805 in a New Orleans gambling house. Widow Mrs. Mary 'Polly' Watson Copp, wed Robert Porter (Collector of Customs?). Adj. Lt. John Nixon was entombed in the Biloxi City Cemetery, June 4th or 7th, 1848, where Nixon, Copp, and James Streets are named for the family.
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Robert Porter Nixon, (all born N.O. except last, Biloxi) 2 June 1816, died 5 July 1816.
Martha Bell Nixon, 15 May 1818, July 12, 1904, Biloxi, 12/10/1844, N.O. wed Perry Warfield, kin of base born Bessie Warfield who wed King Edward, VIII, of England. Children: Mrs. Edwin W. Hosmer of St. Joseph, Louisiana, and Mrs. Lee of Summit, Mississippi.
Jane Ann Nixon, June 2, 1820, Biloxi April 14, 1898, 1-14-1847, N.O. 2nd wife LtCol Robert Wm. James, (1811-1882) civilian master of the U.S. Amy transport 'Gen. Hammer' out of New Orleans in the Mexican War. I was a 12-4 watch, o/s helmsman aboard the USNS Corpus Christi Bay out of N.O., via the Panama Canal, to watch French A-bombs in the South Pacific. Their son, my great grandfather, Capt. Harry Copp James, born N.O. Aug 7, 1848, Freemason (as was LtCol James), died Biloxi Sept. 23, 1923, Biloxi Harbormaster who New Year's Day, 1914, brought in the cruiser USS Chester to Ship Island with President Wilson aboard.
John Washington Nixon, U.S. Navy and Confederate Navy paymaster, Aug 23, 1822, Oct 4, 1888, Augusta, Georgia, wed Sally "Kate" Maddox, son Gwinn Henry Nixon, 1861-1920, lawyer.
James Roscoa/Oscar Nixon, Dec 17, 1826, wed Margaret Blaney and Martha Morse Inskeep..
Richard Augustus Nixon, Aug 9, 1826, died 1865, wed Adeline Hamilton.
Henry Kirke Nixon, Jan 8, 1830, Nov 24, 1908, 4 sons, 1 daughter; descendant Hon. Walter Louis Nixon, Jr., Chief U.S. District Judge, Biloxi, impeached in U.S. Congress.
Wm. Robinson Nixon, Sr., June 26, 1832.
Catherina Grant Nixon, Sept. 22, 1835, died N.O. 12-27-1863.
Rowina Louisa Medora (Miss Pinky) Nixon, born Biloxi Sept. 23, 1839, died Biloxi Aug 9, 1917.
Jamesc Alfred Locke Miller, Jr.,
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