“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


E. C. NIXON, grocer, confectioner; is a native of Watertown, where he 
as born Oct. 23, 1854, and has been engaged in his present business 
since October, 1876.  His father, George E. Nixon, came to Watertown   
in October, 1847; commenced the cooperage business in the following 
spring, and has continued to carry on the same business ever since; he 
came to Canada in 1844; there he learned the cooper’s trade; in the 
spring of 1847, he came to Penfield, Monroe Co., and resided there six 
months prior to coming here.  He was married, in Watertown, in April, 
1848, to Eliza Grout, a native of Queens Co., Ireland; they have three 
children – Mary Ellen, Fannie (now Mrs. Cyrus Stevenson, of Sturgeon 
Bay) and Edward C.  Mr. And Mrs. Nixon are members of the M. E. 
Church.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)