MARSHALL COUNTY, TN- GOODSPEED BIOGRAPHIES - David Nix
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DAVID NIX is one of fourteen children born to the marriage of Robin and
Fannie (Arnold) Nix. The father was born in Georgia, and was married to
Miss Arnold in Marshall County. He was a Democrat and farmer, and after his
wife's death he married Vicey Cheak.. He died in 1880, lacking
sixteen days of being one hundred years old. David inherits English blood
from both parents. He was born in what is now Marshall County, April 20,
1818. He was allowed to have his own way in regard to attending school, and
not knowing the value of an education he preferred working in the cotton
fields to attending school, consequently, his education is none of the
best. He began earning his own living at the age of eighteen. and after
working as a farm laborer five years he purchased 100 acres of land largely
on credit, which he paid for and increased to 500 acres. In 1843 he wedded
Fannie Glenn, by whom he had ten children. Mr. and Mrs. Nix are members of
the Christian Church, and in polities he is a Democrat.

Surnames: Arnold, Cheak, Glenn, Nix
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."