Benjamin
T.
Nixon
Born in Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Zedekiah Frederick Nixon
and Jemimah (Chandler) Nixon
Brother of
Samuel J Nixon, William Robert Nixon, Samuel T Nixon, Elizabeth L. Nixon, Narcissa Adeline (Nixon) Hoard, Henrietta C. Nixon, John Henry Nixon and Zekiah Nixon
Husband of
Mary Emmaline (Marsh) Nixon
— married
1872 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Rubin S. Nixon, Aaron Burr Nixon, Alice Effie (Nixon) Lamb, Mary Jane (Nixon) Todd, Hannah Bertha (Nixon) Chappel, Marthy E. Nixon and Sarah Bell (Nixon) Woodruff
Died
at age 79
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Oct 2011
This page has been accessed 553 times.
Biography
Sources
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCCY-F92 : 15 August 2017), Ben T Nixon, Saint Charles, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 200, sheet 459A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,421.
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M94V-HJP : accessed 28 February 2020), Benjamin T Nixon, Magisterial District 6, Charleston (south part) Dawson Springs town, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 71, sheet 17B, family 336, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,528.
- Find a Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149960804)
Death of son, Aaron
- "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-LS74 : 9 January 2019), Ben Nixon in entry for Aaron Burr Nixon, 8 Apr 1957; citing Death, Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,709,305.
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Kelly (McCulley) Knight
When daughter Effie was living in Arizona, she named Benjamin's birthplace as Kentucky (1900 Census) & in 1910 & 1920, said he was born in Virginia. His wife was consistently said to have been born in North Carolina.
posted 20 Aug 2017 by Kelly (McCulley) Knight
[thank Kelly]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Kelly (McCulley) Knight 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A245268 [compare], Ancestry member bestrecipe
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~6.25%
Martin Riley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A129830 [compare], Ancestry member macmadman
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Emi Knight :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A632057 [compare]
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