Son of James Nix Jr. and Mary Love. Born in Dowsley, Lnclns, England. Died in Tooele, Tooele Co., UT. Married Mary Holmes Banks in Dec. 1851. Father of 10 children; George H., Emily Althea, Thomas Holmes, Mary Ann, Sarah Elizabeth, Lucy Jane, Sarah Elizabeth, James, Margaret Matilda, and William Ernest Nix. Utah Mormon Pioneer.
The 1800s where the end of the industrial revolution and the birth of scientists.
The Industrial Revolution began around 1760 and ran through the 1840's. Then began the birth of the profession of science. Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Te...
Churches and the people who led and attended them.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. ~ Dalai Lama XIV
Originally a colony of Great Britain and under the rule of King George III, the Founding Fathers of the United Sates were opposed ...
Old photos of workers and businesses from past decades
While we don't know what the first business transaction was, it is easy to imagine that thousands of years ago a good hunter bartered his excess meat for something more useful to him. In the history ...