Son of R. T. Nixon and Laura Wood
Obit-Gonzales Inquirer March 6, 1939
Died at the Age of 83
Last of Old School of Family Doctors of Horse And Bugg Era
Doctor James Wesley Nixon, last of the old pioneer physicians and surgeons of this section, died Sunday afternoons at 4:15 in the Holmes hospital here. He had been seriously ill since last January.
Funeral services were held at 4 o'clock this afternoon (Monday) from the family residence with Rev. K. C. Minter, pastor of the First Methodist church, officiating. Interment was in the Masonic cemetery and funeral arrangements were in charge of Robertson and Seydler.
Active pall bearers were Pink Cobb, O. W. Thompson, C. T. Rather, Jim Scheske, J. J. Matthews and Nixon Lynch.
Surviving are three children: R. L. Nixon, Gonzales, Dr. J. W. (Jamie) Nixon, San Antonio, and Mrs. Luella N. Kelley of Austin; nine grandchildren, Luella Nixon, Laura Nixon, Jim Nixon, Mildred Nixon, Polly Nixon, Patty Nixon and brothers; Mrs. Maggie Stephens, Oklahoma; Mrs. Ella Champion, Luling; Sam Nixon, Yancey; Mrs. Walter Hyman, Luling; Mrs. Ed Wood, Luling; Mrs. Alta Fisher, Luling; Z. V. Nixon, Luling; Dr., P. I. Nixon, SAN Antonio; Mrs. Frank C. Allen, Corpus Christi.
Dr. Nixon was 83 years, 10 months and 15 days of age at the time of his death. He was born at Old Nixon, in Guadalupe county near Luling, the eldest son of R. T. and Laure Nixon, pioneer settlers who came to this section from North Carolina. He attended the University of Virginia and Tulane University of New Orleans to study his chosen profession and did post graduate work at the medical branch of the University at Galveston.
Dr. Nixon was first married Dec. 29, 1886 to Miss Annie King, and to this union one child, Laura Nixon, who died as a baby was born, Mrs. Annie King Nixon also passed away a few years after her marriage and on November 26, 1890, Dr. Nixon and Miss Mary King were united in marriage and to them were born three children who now survived. The late Mrs. Nixon preceded her husband in death on January 28, 1937.
Three brothers and sisters also preceded Dr. Nixon in death, Mrs. Garrett Wilson and J. P. Nixon of New Mexico.
Dr. Nixon first began the practice of medicine at Old Nixon in 1882. He then went to Wightsboro where he practiced until 1893 when he came to Gonzales and continued his professional career until 1917, when he retired. Even after announcing his retirement in 1917, the demand for his services from those he had ministered unto for so many years was so heavy that he could not attain to freedom he desired from his profession, which is given as one of the reasons why he purchased a ranch in Medina county and moved there during the same year of his retirement.
After eleven years of ranch life, Dr. Nixon moved to Austin in 1928 and then back to his old home in Gonzales in 1931, where he resided until death.
There are many living in this section today, who remembered Dr. Nixon for his characteristic kindness, his wit and keen sense of humor. Numbers of those who are now middle-aged can recall a vivid picture of Dr. Nixon riding down the street on a big gray horse, and how they would scrapper when he playfully chased them or attempted to rope them.
The two big bays and blacks that pulled the doctor at a fast clip in a buggy about the country-side, are also remembered by many. Dr. Nixon retired from practice about the time the autombile came into its own as a practical means of conveyance.
"They won't stop when I say whoa," is the reason the doctor gave for using his two horses to a buggy, rather than an early day automobile.
Dr. Nixon long professional career was deadly that of the " old country family doctor, " with all the traditions of service and romance, which endeared him to hundreds over all this section. The weather was never too dark for Dr. Nixon to streak out down country lane and by-ways to answer a call of distress, despite the blackness of the night, the cold and rain.
Coupled with his friendly and sympathetic manner, he had the acumen of a most accurate memory, even into his declining days,. He was keenly observant, read almost constantly and was throughly conversant with affairs of the day.
As an example of his keen memory a few years ago a man walked up to his shook his hand and said:
"You don't remember me do you?"
You haven't cut your foot again lately, have you?" Dr. Nixon asked after a monuments reflection. He had treated the man for a gashed foot 32 years previously.
Another idiosyncrasy of this doctor of the old school, who made friends remembered their names and faces, was to hange their names if he though they were not fitting. He had his own names for everybody and so booked them on his own accords.
Despite his activity in administering to the sick, Dr. Nixon found time for study and research in medicine. He developed the use of Chopparro Amargoso in the treatment of chronic dysentery,which due to his research work, testing and study is now available in prepared form. Chopparro Amargoso is a small thorny bush that was used as a Mexican home remedy for treatment of bowel trouble, which grows in this county and Southwest Texas. He subjected himself to the risk of death in testing the plant to prove that it was not toxic, taking heavy dosages of medicine derived from the plant. After proving to his statinsfaction that the plant was ___ful as a medicine he prep___ and uses and in 1883 sent a ____ and ponds of Chopparro Amargoso to laboratories in London and _____ timore to be empounded.
Dr. Nixon and the late Dr. W. Hildebrand, another of the well known and beloved old physician were partners for a time. He outlived several of the younger doctors of the community some whom started practicing about the first time of Dr Nixons retirement ___
Obituary Gonzales Inquirer Mar. 9, 1939
Many Honor Memory of Dr. J. W. Nixon
Obituary Gonzales Inquirer Mar. 9, 1939
Dr.J. W. Nixon, Pioneer Physician Dies at Age of 83
Last of a old School of Family Doctors of Horse And Buggy Era
Obit-Gonzales Inquirer March 6, 1939
Died at the Age of 83
Last of Old School of Family Doctors of Horse And Bugg Era
Doctor James Wesley Nixon, last of the old pioneer physicians and surgeons of this section, died Sunday afternoons at 4:15 in the Holmes hospital here. He had been seriously ill since last January.
Funeral services were held at 4 o'clock this afternoon (Monday) from the family residence with Rev. K. C. Minter, pastor of the First Methodist church, officiating. Interment was in the Masonic cemetery and funeral arrangements were in charge of Robertson and Seydler.
Active pall bearers were Pink Cobb, O. W. Thompson, C. T. Rather, Jim Scheske, J. J. Matthews and Nixon Lynch.
Surviving are three children: R. L. Nixon, Gonzales, Dr. J. W. (Jamie) Nixon, San Antonio, and Mrs. Luella N. Kelley of Austin; nine grandchildren, Luella Nixon, Laura Nixon, Jim Nixon, Mildred Nixon, Polly Nixon, Patty Nixon and brothers; Mrs. Maggie Stephens, Oklahoma; Mrs. Ella Champion, Luling; Sam Nixon, Yancey; Mrs. Walter Hyman, Luling; Mrs. Ed Wood, Luling; Mrs. Alta Fisher, Luling; Z. V. Nixon, Luling; Dr., P. I. Nixon, SAN Antonio; Mrs. Frank C. Allen, Corpus Christi.
Dr. Nixon was 83 years, 10 months and 15 days of age at the time of his death. He was born at Old Nixon, in Guadalupe county near Luling, the eldest son of R. T. and Laure Nixon, pioneer settlers who came to this section from North Carolina. He attended the University of Virginia and Tulane University of New Orleans to study his chosen profession and did post graduate work at the medical branch of the University at Galveston.
Dr. Nixon was first married Dec. 29, 1886 to Miss Annie King, and to this union one child, Laura Nixon, who died as a baby was born, Mrs. Annie King Nixon also passed away a few years after her marriage and on November 26, 1890, Dr. Nixon and Miss Mary King were united in marriage and to them were born three children who now survived. The late Mrs. Nixon preceded her husband in death on January 28, 1937.
Three brothers and sisters also preceded Dr. Nixon in death, Mrs. Garrett Wilson and J. P. Nixon of New Mexico.
Dr. Nixon first began the practice of medicine at Old Nixon in 1882. He then went to Wightsboro where he practiced until 1893 when he came to Gonzales and continued his professional career until 1917, when he retired. Even after announcing his retirement in 1917, the demand for his services from those he had ministered unto for so many years was so heavy that he could not attain to freedom he desired from his profession, which is given as one of the reasons why he purchased a ranch in Medina county and moved there during the same year of his retirement.
After eleven years of ranch life, Dr. Nixon moved to Austin in 1928 and then back to his old home in Gonzales in 1931, where he resided until death.
There are many living in this section today, who remembered Dr. Nixon for his characteristic kindness, his wit and keen sense of humor. Numbers of those who are now middle-aged can recall a vivid picture of Dr. Nixon riding down the street on a big gray horse, and how they would scrapper when he playfully chased them or attempted to rope them.
The two big bays and blacks that pulled the doctor at a fast clip in a buggy about the country-side, are also remembered by many. Dr. Nixon retired from practice about the time the autombile came into its own as a practical means of conveyance.
"They won't stop when I say whoa," is the reason the doctor gave for using his two horses to a buggy, rather than an early day automobile.
Dr. Nixon long professional career was deadly that of the " old country family doctor, " with all the traditions of service and romance, which endeared him to hundreds over all this section. The weather was never too dark for Dr. Nixon to streak out down country lane and by-ways to answer a call of distress, despite the blackness of the night, the cold and rain.
Coupled with his friendly and sympathetic manner, he had the acumen of a most accurate memory, even into his declining days,. He was keenly observant, read almost constantly and was throughly conversant with affairs of the day.
As an example of his keen memory a few years ago a man walked up to his shook his hand and said:
"You don't remember me do you?"
You haven't cut your foot again lately, have you?" Dr. Nixon asked after a monuments reflection. He had treated the man for a gashed foot 32 years previously.
Another idiosyncrasy of this doctor of the old school, who made friends remembered their names and faces, was to hange their names if he though they were not fitting. He had his own names for everybody and so booked them on his own accords.
Despite his activity in administering to the sick, Dr. Nixon found time for study and research in medicine. He developed the use of Chopparro Amargoso in the treatment of chronic dysentery,which due to his research work, testing and study is now available in prepared form. Chopparro Amargoso is a small thorny bush that was used as a Mexican home remedy for treatment of bowel trouble, which grows in this county and Southwest Texas. He subjected himself to the risk of death in testing the plant to prove that it was not toxic, taking heavy dosages of medicine derived from the plant. After proving to his statinsfaction that the plant was ___ful as a medicine he prep___ and uses and in 1883 sent a ____ and ponds of Chopparro Amargoso to laboratories in London and _____ timore to be empounded.
Dr. Nixon and the late Dr. W. Hildebrand, another of the well known and beloved old physician were partners for a time. He outlived several of the younger doctors of the community some whom started practicing about the first time of Dr Nixons retirement ___
Obituary Gonzales Inquirer Mar. 9, 1939
Many Honor Memory of Dr. J. W. Nixon
Obituary Gonzales Inquirer Mar. 9, 1939
Dr.J. W. Nixon, Pioneer Physician Dies at Age of 83
Last of a old School of Family Doctors of Horse And Buggy Era
Son of R. T. Nixon and Laura Wood
Obit-Gonzales Inquirer March 6, 1939
Died at the Age of 83
Last of Old School of Family Doctors of Horse And Bugg Era
Doctor James Wesley Nixon, last of the old pioneer physicians and surgeons of this section, died Sunday afternoons at 4:15 in the Holmes hospital here. He had been seriously ill since last January.
Funeral services were held at 4 o'clock this afternoon (Monday) from the family residence with Rev. K. C. Minter, pastor of the First Methodist church, officiating. Interment was in the Masonic cemetery and funeral arrangements were in charge of Robertson and Seydler.
Active pall bearers were Pink Cobb, O. W. Thompson, C. T. Rather, Jim Scheske, J. J. Matthews and Nixon Lynch.
Surviving are three children: R. L. Nixon, Gonzales, Dr. J. W. (Jamie) Nixon, San Antonio, and Mrs. Luella N. Kelley of Austin; nine grandchildren, Luella Nixon, Laura Nixon, Jim Nixon, Mildred Nixon, Polly Nixon, Patty Nixon and brothers; Mrs. Maggie Stephens, Oklahoma; Mrs. Ella Champion, Luling; Sam Nixon, Yancey; Mrs. Walter Hyman, Luling; Mrs. Ed Wood, Luling; Mrs. Alta Fisher, Luling; Z. V. Nixon, Luling; Dr., P. I. Nixon, SAN Antonio; Mrs. Frank C. Allen, Corpus Christi.
Dr. Nixon was 83 years, 10 months and 15 days of age at the time of his death. He was born at Old Nixon, in Guadalupe county near Luling, the eldest son of R. T. and Laure Nixon, pioneer settlers who came to this section from North Carolina. He attended the University of Virginia and Tulane University of New Orleans to study his chosen profession and did post graduate work at the medical branch of the University at Galveston.
Dr. Nixon was first married Dec. 29, 1886 to Miss Annie King, and to this union one child, Laura Nixon, who died as a baby was born, Mrs. Annie King Nixon also passed away a few years after her marriage and on November 26, 1890, Dr. Nixon and Miss Mary King were united in marriage and to them were born three children who now survived. The late Mrs. Nixon preceded her husband in death on January 28, 1937.
Three brothers and sisters also preceded Dr. Nixon in death, Mrs. Garrett Wilson and J. P. Nixon of New Mexico.
Dr. Nixon first began the practice of medicine at Old Nixon in 1882. He then went to Wightsboro where he practiced until 1893 when he came to Gonzales and continued his professional career until 1917, when he retired. Even after announcing his retirement in 1917, the demand for his services from those he had ministered unto for so many years was so heavy that he could not attain to freedom he desired from his profession, which is given as one of the reasons why he purchased a ranch in Medina county and moved there during the same year of his retirement.
After eleven years of ranch life, Dr. Nixon moved to Austin in 1928 and then back to his old home in Gonzales in 1931, where he resided until death.
There are many living in this section today, who remembered Dr. Nixon for his characteristic kindness, his wit and keen sense of humor. Numbers of those who are now middle-aged can recall a vivid picture of Dr. Nixon riding down the street on a big gray horse, and how they would scrapper when he playfully chased them or attempted to rope them.
The two big bays and blacks that pulled the doctor at a fast clip in a buggy about the country-side, are also remembered by many. Dr. Nixon retired from practice about the time the autombile came into its own as a practical means of conveyance.
"They won't stop when I say whoa," is the reason the doctor gave for using his two horses to a buggy, rather than an early day automobile.
Dr. Nixon long professional career was deadly that of the " old country family doctor, " with all the traditions of service and romance, which endeared him to hundreds over all this section. The weather was never too dark for Dr. Nixon to streak out down country lane and by-ways to answer a call of distress, despite the blackness of the night, the cold and rain.
Coupled with his friendly and sympathetic manner, he had the acumen of a most accurate memory, even into his declining days,. He was keenly observant, read almost constantly and was throughly conversant with affairs of the day.
As an example of his keen memory a few years ago a man walked up to his shook his hand and said:
"You don't remember me do you?"
You haven't cut your foot again lately, have you?" Dr. Nixon asked after a monuments reflection. He had treated the man for a gashed foot 32 years previously.
Another idiosyncrasy of this doctor of the old school, who made friends remembered their names and faces, was to hange their names if he though they were not fitting. He had his own names for everybody and so booked them on his own accords.
Despite his activity in administering to the sick, Dr. Nixon found time for study and research in medicine. He developed the use of Chopparro Amargoso in the treatment of chronic dysentery,which due to his research work, testing and study is now available in prepared form. Chopparro Amargoso is a small thorny bush that was used as a Mexican home remedy for treatment of bowel trouble, which grows in this county and Southwest Texas. He subjected himself to the risk of death in testing the plant to prove that it was not toxic, taking heavy dosages of medicine derived from the plant. After proving to his statinsfaction that the plant was ___ful as a medicine he prep___ and uses and in 1883 sent a ____ and ponds of Chopparro Amargoso to laboratories in London and _____ timore to be empounded.
Dr. Nixon and the late Dr. W. Hildebrand, another of the well known and beloved old physician were partners for a time. He outlived several of the younger doctors of the community some whom started practicing about the first time of Dr Nixons retirement ___
Obituary Gonzales Inquirer Mar. 9, 1939
Many Honor Memory of Dr. J. W. Nixon
Obituary Gonzales Inquirer Mar. 9, 1939
Dr.J. W. Nixon, Pioneer Physician Dies at Age of 83
Last of a old School of Family Doctors of Horse And Buggy Era
Obit-Gonzales Inquirer March 6, 1939
Died at the Age of 83
Last of Old School of Family Doctors of Horse And Bugg Era
Doctor James Wesley Nixon, last of the old pioneer physicians and surgeons of this section, died Sunday afternoons at 4:15 in the Holmes hospital here. He had been seriously ill since last January.
Funeral services were held at 4 o'clock this afternoon (Monday) from the family residence with Rev. K. C. Minter, pastor of the First Methodist church, officiating. Interment was in the Masonic cemetery and funeral arrangements were in charge of Robertson and Seydler.
Active pall bearers were Pink Cobb, O. W. Thompson, C. T. Rather, Jim Scheske, J. J. Matthews and Nixon Lynch.
Surviving are three children: R. L. Nixon, Gonzales, Dr. J. W. (Jamie) Nixon, San Antonio, and Mrs. Luella N. Kelley of Austin; nine grandchildren, Luella Nixon, Laura Nixon, Jim Nixon, Mildred Nixon, Polly Nixon, Patty Nixon and brothers; Mrs. Maggie Stephens, Oklahoma; Mrs. Ella Champion, Luling; Sam Nixon, Yancey; Mrs. Walter Hyman, Luling; Mrs. Ed Wood, Luling; Mrs. Alta Fisher, Luling; Z. V. Nixon, Luling; Dr., P. I. Nixon, SAN Antonio; Mrs. Frank C. Allen, Corpus Christi.
Dr. Nixon was 83 years, 10 months and 15 days of age at the time of his death. He was born at Old Nixon, in Guadalupe county near Luling, the eldest son of R. T. and Laure Nixon, pioneer settlers who came to this section from North Carolina. He attended the University of Virginia and Tulane University of New Orleans to study his chosen profession and did post graduate work at the medical branch of the University at Galveston.
Dr. Nixon was first married Dec. 29, 1886 to Miss Annie King, and to this union one child, Laura Nixon, who died as a baby was born, Mrs. Annie King Nixon also passed away a few years after her marriage and on November 26, 1890, Dr. Nixon and Miss Mary King were united in marriage and to them were born three children who now survived. The late Mrs. Nixon preceded her husband in death on January 28, 1937.
Three brothers and sisters also preceded Dr. Nixon in death, Mrs. Garrett Wilson and J. P. Nixon of New Mexico.
Dr. Nixon first began the practice of medicine at Old Nixon in 1882. He then went to Wightsboro where he practiced until 1893 when he came to Gonzales and continued his professional career until 1917, when he retired. Even after announcing his retirement in 1917, the demand for his services from those he had ministered unto for so many years was so heavy that he could not attain to freedom he desired from his profession, which is given as one of the reasons why he purchased a ranch in Medina county and moved there during the same year of his retirement.
After eleven years of ranch life, Dr. Nixon moved to Austin in 1928 and then back to his old home in Gonzales in 1931, where he resided until death.
There are many living in this section today, who remembered Dr. Nixon for his characteristic kindness, his wit and keen sense of humor. Numbers of those who are now middle-aged can recall a vivid picture of Dr. Nixon riding down the street on a big gray horse, and how they would scrapper when he playfully chased them or attempted to rope them.
The two big bays and blacks that pulled the doctor at a fast clip in a buggy about the country-side, are also remembered by many. Dr. Nixon retired from practice about the time the autombile came into its own as a practical means of conveyance.
"They won't stop when I say whoa," is the reason the doctor gave for using his two horses to a buggy, rather than an early day automobile.
Dr. Nixon long professional career was deadly that of the " old country family doctor, " with all the traditions of service and romance, which endeared him to hundreds over all this section. The weather was never too dark for Dr. Nixon to streak out down country lane and by-ways to answer a call of distress, despite the blackness of the night, the cold and rain.
Coupled with his friendly and sympathetic manner, he had the acumen of a most accurate memory, even into his declining days,. He was keenly observant, read almost constantly and was throughly conversant with affairs of the day.
As an example of his keen memory a few years ago a man walked up to his shook his hand and said:
"You don't remember me do you?"
You haven't cut your foot again lately, have you?" Dr. Nixon asked after a monuments reflection. He had treated the man for a gashed foot 32 years previously.
Another idiosyncrasy of this doctor of the old school, who made friends remembered their names and faces, was to hange their names if he though they were not fitting. He had his own names for everybody and so booked them on his own accords.
Despite his activity in administering to the sick, Dr. Nixon found time for study and research in medicine. He developed the use of Chopparro Amargoso in the treatment of chronic dysentery,which due to his research work, testing and study is now available in prepared form. Chopparro Amargoso is a small thorny bush that was used as a Mexican home remedy for treatment of bowel trouble, which grows in this county and Southwest Texas. He subjected himself to the risk of death in testing the plant to prove that it was not toxic, taking heavy dosages of medicine derived from the plant. After proving to his statinsfaction that the plant was ___ful as a medicine he prep___ and uses and in 1883 sent a ____ and ponds of Chopparro Amargoso to laboratories in London and _____ timore to be empounded.
Dr. Nixon and the late Dr. W. Hildebrand, another of the well known and beloved old physician were partners for a time. He outlived several of the younger doctors of the community some whom started practicing about the first time of Dr Nixons retirement ___
Obituary Gonzales Inquirer Mar. 9, 1939
Many Honor Memory of Dr. J. W. Nixon
Obituary Gonzales Inquirer Mar. 9, 1939
Dr.J. W. Nixon, Pioneer Physician Dies at Age of 83
Last of a old School of Family Doctors of Horse And Buggy Era
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