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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Marshall Nixon, dealer in implements, grain, lumber, brick, staves and
heading, and shipper of live stock, Veedersburg, one of the leading business men
in this part of the state, was born in Racine county, Wisconsin, in 1847, and is
the son of John and Maria Nixon. The former was a native of Ohio, and emigrated
to Wisconsin in the time of its early settlement, while the red men were yet
plenty in the forests, and there raised a family of nine children, seven of
which are living; one died in the late war, another was discharged from the
service because of ill health. In 1866 Mr. John Nixon went to Idaho, and was
shot in his door by the Indians, in his fiftieth year. Marshall Nixon's mother,
a native of New York state, now lives in Racine, Wisconsin. Marshall Nixon
remained on the farm with his father, working in the summer and attending the
district school during the winter, till he was sixteen; then he came to Attica,
this county, and went into the employ of his uncle, P. S. Veeder, under whom he
received his business education, with the exception of some two months'
instruction at Eastman's Business College, of Chicago, Illinois. While in the
employ of P. S. Veeder he lost no opportunity by which he could earn something,
and not infrequently assisted at unloading cars and canal-boats after his day's
work was done for his employer. Thus, by economy and industry, he soon was able
to conduct business for himself. He engaged in buying and shipping poultry and
scrap iron, not largely but with success. In 1872, in connection with P. S.
Veeder, he came to Veedersburg, while it was yet in its infancy, and opened the
first warehouse and lumber-yard in that place. This prospered, and in 1874 he,
with James Martin, of Attica, who sold his interest in 1877, added farm
implements to his business. In 1877, in partnership with John Lightle, he added
a stave and heading factory. In 1879, in connection with Mr. Bogan, added
brick-making; all of which have proved profitable. In addition to these he has
been engaged since he located here in buying and shipping live stock, and is
operating a tight-barrel factory in Peoria, Illinois, and was engaged for a time
in the grain trade at Mount Pulaski, Illinois. In his employ at this time are
150 men. He was married in 1877 to Miss Florence Cade, a native of Fountain
county, and daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Cade. By this union he has one
child, Clarence V., now two years old. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian
church. He is a member of the Veedersburg lodge, A. F. and A. M. Is a strong
member of the republican party; was candidate for the office of state
representative in 1878.

Additional Comments:

Van Buren Township

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.


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