Background
Nixon, Brevard was born on October 8, 1866 in Catawba Springs, Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States. Son of James and Mary (Proctor) Nixon.
Nixon, Brevard was born on October 8, 1866 in Catawba Springs, Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States. Son of James and Mary (Proctor) Nixon.
Educated Catawba College, Newton, North Carolina, Rock Springs Seminary, Denver, North Carolina, University of North Carolina.
Clerk, store of Proctor Brothers, 1884. Teacher, Pine Grove and Broadway School, 1884, River Bend Academy and Hoyles Bridge Academy, 1886, Lowesville Academy, 1887-1889, high school, Stanley Creek and Mount Holby, 1894, Pine Grove Academy, 1895. Editor and manager Mount Holby News, 1894.
Admitted to North Carolina bar, 1895, and began practice at Charlotte.
Member firm McCall & Nixon, 1895-1905. Alone, since 1905. Principal clerk of North Carolina House of Representatives, 1899-1901.
House secretary Young Men's Christian Association, Camp Greene, World War.
Member firm McCall & Nixon, 1895-1905.
Married Fanny Shell, January 1902.