November 9, 1913, Tom married Eura Ellington, daughter of Andrew Middleton Ellington. Together, they had twelve children, most of whom were born at home. Tom share cropped 188 acres belonging to his new father-in-law. He later bought the land. The house he and Eura lived in was built by her brother Oller Ellington.
Tom raised his children on that farm. He never owned a car or a tractor. He farmed using a mule, Smut and a horse, Tony, and a plow. He used a horse and a wagon instead of a car. Later, friends or family would take them to town by car when they needed to go. Even in the early 1950s, they were still cooking on a wood stove and doing laundry in a iron pot in the back yard. They raised most of their own vegetables, sugar cane for syrup, cows, hogs and chickens.
Tom always had two stetsons. One for work and one for dress.
In the early 1960s, he became quite ill and his children moved he and Eura to Angleton, Brazoria County, Texas so they could be closer. That is where he died December 14. 1963. He was 77 years old.
November 9, 1913, Tom married Eura Ellington, daughter of Andrew Middleton Ellington. Together, they had twelve children, most of whom were born at home. Tom share cropped 188 acres belonging to his new father-in-law. He later bought the land. The house he and Eura lived in was built by her brother Oller Ellington.
Tom raised his children on that farm. He never owned a car or a tractor. He farmed using a mule, Smut and a horse, Tony, and a plow. He used a horse and a wagon instead of a car. Later, friends or family would take them to town by car when they needed to go. Even in the early 1950s, they were still cooking on a wood stove and doing laundry in a iron pot in the back yard. They raised most of their own vegetables, sugar cane for syrup, cows, hogs and chickens.
Tom always had two stetsons. One for work and one for dress.
In the early 1960s, he became quite ill and his children moved he and Eura to Angleton, Brazoria County, Texas so they could be closer. That is where he died December 14. 1963. He was 77 years old.
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Ida Mae Nixon Carter
1914–1996
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George Nixon
1917–1981
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Gatsy Gertrude Nixon Leonard
1919–2012
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Thomas Council Nixon Jr
1920–1999
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Reuben Harvon Nixon
1923–1994
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Willie Sue Nixon Stone
1925–2017
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Andrew Ellington "Andy" Nixon
1927–1994
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Eura Curtis Nixon Boles
1930–1997
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Robert Nixon Sr
1932–2009
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Robbie Nixon Allen
1932–2023
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Boley Willard Nixon
1935–1995
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