Nixon and Williamson family papers 1849-1961

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Nixon and Williamson family papers 1849-1961

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The Nixon and Williamson families as well as the Chapman and Cooper families had ties to Edwardsville, Wyandotte County, Kansas; to Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas and to the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas. This collection of the families' papers date from 1849-1961 and consists of letters, certificates, journals and photographs.

.5 linear feet (1 box) and 1 oversize box

University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection

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University of Kansas.

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The University of Kansas (KU) in Lawrence, Douglas County was established in 1864 under constitutional provision. KU is a major comprehensive research and teaching university that serves as a center for learning, scholarship, and creative endeavor. The university is committed to offering the highest quality undergraduate, professional, and graduate programs and offers a broad array of advanced graduate study programs. It fulfills its mission through faculty, academic, and research programs of in...

Williamson family

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Robert Nixon was born in Omogh, Ireland, in 1828 and came to the United States in 1844 where he studied at the University of Chicago Department of Law and became a lawyer. In 1866 he married Ellen Isabella (Nellie) Chapman of Edwardsville, Kansas. Nixon and his wife had 4 children: a son, William James Nixon, born in 1870 and three daughters: Minnie Isabella Nixon, born 1867; Jessie May Nixon Shively, born 1872; and Florence Elizabeth Nixon, born in 1875. Robert Nixon died in 1880 i...

Chapman family

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Nixon, Robert, 1828-1880.

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Cooper, John Wesley, b. 1842.

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Nixon family

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Cooper family

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Williamson, Orah K., 1873?-1936.

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