Background
Nixon was born in Elk Township, Vinton County, Ohio, the son of Sarah Ann (née Wadsworth), a native of Hocking Township, Fairfield County, Ohio, and Samuel Brady Nixon, who was from Smith Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Nixon was born in Elk Township, Vinton County, Ohio, the son of Sarah Ann (née Wadsworth), a native of Hocking Township, Fairfield County, Ohio, and Samuel Brady Nixon, who was from Smith Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Nixon moved to California at the turn of the century after having been frostbitten working as a motorman in an open streetcar in Columbus, Ohio. After working as a farmhand and oil roustabout, he attempted to cultivate lemons outside Los Los Angeles They had five sons:
Harold Samuel Nixon (June 1, 1909 – March 7, 1933)
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994)
Francis Donald Nixon (November 23, 1914 – June 27, 1987)
Arthur Burdg Nixon (May 26, 1918 – August 19, 1925)
Edward Calvert Nixon (born May 3, 1930)
He was played by Tom Bower in Oliver Stone"s Nixon.