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About Frances Amanda Andrews
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Frances Amanda Nixon was born on November 5, 1843, in Randolph County, North Carolina, USA. Her parents were Eleazer Burkhead Andrews and Mary Hix.
Frances married Captain Robert Thomas Nixon on December 8, 1872, in Guadalupe County, Texas, USA. She was a school teacher at The Early Nixon School and was the 3rd cousin of Laura Ann Nixon (Wood). She was a wonderful, caring and loving step-mother to Laura's children. Together they had the following children:
- Corinne Pearl Hyman;
- Mollie Myrtle Allen (Nixon);
- Beula Viene Wood;
- Pat Ireland Nixon, MD;
- Alta Estelle Fisher;
- Thomas Hendrix Nixon;
- Pat Ireland Nixon, MD.
- Zebulon Vance Nixon;
She died on December 7, 1939, in Luling, Caldwell, Texas, USA, Luling, Caldwell County, Texas, United States.
The Nixon Plantation
In 1852, Robert T. Nixon at the northern Gonzales—Guadalupe County line founded the original settlement of Nixon, now known as the ghost town "Old Nixon;" a former 14,000-acre plantation between Belmont-Luling.[20]
The Old Nixon facility, despite being fenced at 14,000 acres at its precipice, began at an original capitalization of $800 for four hundred acres of land; with no original "free land" grants of early Texas. During Juneteenth 1865, the plantation was not affected by the abolishment of slavery, as the plantation had no slaves. Cattle and horse-breeding were the primary occupations of this enterprise, the latter being featured in The Quarter Horse journal of July 1947, featuring the early 1900s, when the Old Nixon plantation under Dr. J.W. Nixon, hosted the first "Joe Bailey" Quarter Horse, a foremost founding sire of the breed.[21][22][23]
In 1899, Old Nixon at Guadalupe County had a cotton gin (Nixon-family owned), two schools, a church, a blacksmith, several residences; alongside "Wagner's Store" and " Nixon and Stephens: Dealers in Dry Goods, Notions, Fine Groceries and General Merchandise." The latter was owned by *William Bell. Stephens and Sam Nixon. Robert T. Nixon's brother John T. Nixon lived at Rancho near what is now northern Nixon in southern Gonzales County. The name of Nixon was later taken from the former town and applied to the new town formed on John T. Nixon's land.
The only remaining establishment of the original Old Nixon settlement is its cemetery.[24][25][26]
Rancho-Nixon While Old Nixon was being founded, the settlement of Rancho grew at the northern boundary of present-Nixon and the country store of Paul Murray, on land he purchased in 1849. His store was located at the intersection of roads that led to the important settlements of San Antonio, Gonzales, Seguin, Cuero, Goliad, and Indianola. Murray had come to Texas from Mississippi and was soon followed by many of his Mississippi neighbors. They came in search of farmland but soon abandoned the plow to adopt the cowboy culture of the area, as unbranded range cattle were everywhere and free for the taking.
The name "Rancho" was the first name given to the developing Nixon settlement as a ranching culture developed. Some of the earliest open range branding codes in Texas originated here in 1866, as local stockmen were gathering cattle herds to be driven to northern markets by Rancho cowboys. These codes facilitated the system of marking and tracking the cattle that mingled together in open, unfenced ranges. A post office was officially established in 1855, and Rancho grew to have several businesses, as well as a school and two churches.
Rancho began a rapid decline in population when the Galveston, Harrisburg, and San Antonio Railroad bypassed the town in 1906, and many residents relocated to the new railroad town of Nixon, two miles to the south. The post office closed in 1911, and by that time, many of Rancho's buildings had been moved to Nixon and most of Rancho's residents had relocated to the new town. Although virtually no visible evidence of the town of Rancho remains, the town's short existence stands as a reminder of the hundreds of similar towns that fell prey to the railroads that crossed Texas during the late 19th century.[27]
Union-Nixon Near the Wilson County—a portion of Nixon, the town of Union or "Union Valley" had its postal services moved to Nixon in 1915. Settled before the American Civil War, the town had a population as high as 300 and several stores before its general consolidation into the Nixon community alongside FM 1681.
In 1947, the Union area had a nominal population of 50, with 22 reported in 1990 through 2000.[28]
Nixon News In the early 20th century, Nixon had a local newspaper titled Nixon News. It was forced to cease publication in September 1921. The editor cited reasons ranging from a lack of advertisement in the paper, lack of support from local businesses, and apathy from the general community. The Daily Advocate newspaper of Victoria, Texas, during this period, suggested that the downscaling of another significant Texan paper was a related trend.[29] References*
- [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Nixon,_Texas] Nixon, Texas * correction sent in, Dry goods store was owned by William Bell Stephens and Sam Houston Nixon. We have newspaper articles about the business.
"Early Nixon's of Texas" by Pat Ireland Nixon, MD, Genealogies by Dr. and Mrs. Pat Ireland Nixon, Jr., Published by Carl Hertzog, El Paso, Texas 1956
[https://newbooksinpolitics.com/political/the-early-nixons-of-texas/]
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89082553272&view=1up&seq=11
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Frances Amanda Andrews's Timeline
| 1843 |
November 5, 1843
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Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
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| 1873 |
September 13, 1873
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Guadalupe County, Texas, USA
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| 1875 |
October 26, 1875
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Guadalupe County, Texas, USA
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| 1878 |
April 30, 1878
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Guadalupe, Victoria County, Texas, USA
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| 1880 |
June 19, 1880
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Nixon Plantation, Guadalupe County, Texas, USA
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| 1883 |
November 29, 1883
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Nixon, Gonzales County, Texas, USA, Guadalupe County, Texas, United States
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| 1886 |
March 1, 1886
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Nixon, Gonzales, Texas, United States
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| 1887 |
October 7, 1887
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Nixon, Gonzales, Texas, USA
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| 1939 |
December 7, 1939
Age 96
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Luling, Caldwell, Texas, USA, Luling, Caldwell County, Texas, United States
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