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Dr. Justin Wroe Nixon, D.D.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Delphi, Carroll County, Indiana, United States
Death: July 11, 1958 (72)
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States
Place of Burial: 350 East Maple Street, Granville, Licking County, Ohio, 43023, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Harmon Ausburn Nixon and Eva Arminta Nixon
Husband of Ida Elizabeth Nixon, PhB
Father of John Harmon Nixon; Charles Robert Nixon; Elizabeth Wickenden Johnson; Alice Wroe St. Clair and Justin Wroe Nixon, Jr.
Brother of Charles Homer Nixon; Robert P. Nixon; Harmon Ausburn Nixon; Esther Nixon; Mary B Nixon and 2 others

Managed by: Aaron Furtado Baldwin, UE9006698
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About Dr. Justin Wroe Nixon, D.D.

Dr. Justin Wroe Nixon

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Education

Graduate Doane Academy, Granville, Ohio, 1901. Bachelor of Arts, Denison University, 1905. Graduate Rochester Theological Seminary, 1908. Post-graduate University of Chicago, Columbia. Doctor of Divinity, College Ozarks and Denison University, 1925, Miami University, 1931, Oberlin College, 1937.

Career

Ordained to Baptist ministry, 1909. Associate pastor Calvary Church, Minneapolis, 1908-1909. Pastor Judson Memorial Church, Minneapolis, 1909-1916.

Acting Hoyt professor Hebrew language and literature Rochester Theological Seminary, 1916-1917, professor, 1917-1919, Huntley Professor of English Bible and Christian sociology, 1919-1924.

Pastor Brick Presbyterian Church, Rochester, 1924-1937. William Newton Clarke professor of Christian theology and ethics Colgate-Rochester Division School, 1937-1951.

Cornelius Woelfkin professor, 1951-1954, retired. Lecturer summer terms, on Christian ethics Union Theological Seminary 1924, 38, 44, Auburn Theological Seminary, 1931, 38, Chicago Theological Seminary, 1932.

Rauschenbusch lecturer Colgate-Rochester Division School, 1931.

Trustee Church Peace Union. Division secretary Young Men's Christian Association 90th division Advertising Educational Foundation, 1918.

Family

Married Ida Elizabeth Wickenden, June 12, 1914. Children: John Harmon, Charles Robert, Elizabeth, Alice Wroe, Justin Wroe.

Father: Harmon Ausburn Nixon
Mother: Eva Arminta (Wroe) Nixon
Spouse: Ida Elizabeth Wickenden
Child: Justin Wroe Nixon
Child: Elizabeth Nixon
Child: Alice Wroe Nixon
Child: John Harmon Nixon
Child: Charles Robert Nixon

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Dr. Justin Wroe Nixon, D.D.'s Timeline

1886
February 23, 1886
Delphi, Carroll County, Indiana, United States
1915
April 7, 1915
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
1917
August 19, 1917
1919
April 15, 1919
New York, United States
1923
November 2, 1923
1929
February 23, 1929
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States
1958
July 11, 1958
Age 72
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States
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Maple Grove Cemetery, 350 East Maple Street, Granville, Licking County, Ohio, 43023, United States