Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 7 October 2005

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J. T. NIXON, physician and surgeon, Mason, was born in Butler Co., Ohio, March 29, 1810; he is a son of Allen and Margaret (Troutman) Nixon, who were born in Fayette Co., Penn., in which they were married. In 1803, they located in Butler County, where they lived till 1812, at which time they removed to Union Township, Warren Co., where they made a permanent home. To them were born eleven children, four of whom are living, viz., Allen, William R., James R. and J. T. Mr. Nixon is buried on land selected by himself a number of years previous to his death. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and served his country faithfully. The boyhood of our subject was passed on the farm, and the rudiments of his education were received in the district schools. He lived on his father's farm till 19 years old, when he engaged in preaching the Gospel conformably to the rules of the Christian Church, in which he labored for a quarter of a century in Warren and adjoining counties. On account of failing health, he abandoned his ministerial labors and began the study of medicine; in 1852, he took a course of lectures in the Eclectic Institute in Cincinnati; after receiving a full course, he began the practice of medicine in Mason, where he has since paid attention to the demands of his large and increasing practice, which has made the Doctor a handsome competency. He is a member of the Masonic order, in which he has advanced to the order of Knight Templar. He was married, in 1838, to Mrs. Eliza Hall, by whom he has had two children, viz., Rebecca, now Mrs. Sheets [sic - Shurts], and Mary E., now Mrs. Bursk.