Background
Nixon, William Penn was born on March 19, 1833 in Fountain City, Wayne County, Indiana, United States. Son of Samuel and Rhoda (Hubbard) Butler Nixon.
Nixon, William Penn was born on March 19, 1833 in Fountain City, Wayne County, Indiana, United States. Son of Samuel and Rhoda (Hubbard) Butler Nixon.
Bachelor of Arts, Farmers’ College, O., 1854. Bachelor of Laws, University of Pennsylvania, 1859.
Charles Duffield, June 15, 1869. Practiced law Cincinnati until 1868. Member Ohio Legislature, 1865-1868.
Business manager Cincinnati Chronicle, 1868-1872. Since 1872, connected with the Chicago Inter Ocean as business manager, publisher, general manager and editor. Appointed Lincoln Park commissioner, 1896, president, 1897.
Delegate-at-large Republican National Convention, 1896. Appointed collector of port of Chicago, 1897, reapptd. 1901. Home: Chicago, Ill.
Member Ohio Legislature, 1865-1868.
Married Mary Stites, September 1861 (died 1862). Married second, Elizabeth, d.