The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-02
The Rem0va/ Of Interesting Woman
Recalls Memories OfEarIy Birmingham

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Mr.. Garrison, and little latter Mr.. 7.
c. Thompson. Mrs. Nixon has occupied
at different times during these 40 years
different prominent places about town, al
ways on the other side, but making
changes to the betterment of her family
and an exclusive boarding house, her
homo being a rendezvous for the society
folks. If exclusive society event was
planned in the early days Mrs. Nixon was
always behind the scheme and more times
than otherwise it was at her home and
under her direct supervision. A historical
event in society. and one well known by
many of the younger society folk of to-
day, since they have heard it from parent
and grandparent, was the calico ball given
by Mr.. Linn, In the Linn building, last
Friday night 36 years ago. In speaking
of Mrs. Nixon, and her change RETROSPECT
lively TO Mrs. Allen, few days since
she mentioned the calico ball, and some
Of the prominent society people IN attend
ance. Mrs Nixon. Of course, was there,
and among others were Miss Annie Phel-
an, Miss Carrie Phelan (afterward Mrs.
Beale of Montgomery. Miss Mollie Mudd,
Miss Bette Cook and others. Among the
brilliant events taking place about this
time or a little later was the wedding at
the o. Church of tho Advent of Miss
Cummins. Mrs. Nixon's sister. The wec-
ding was distinctly smart event of those
days, and later supper followed at Mrs.
Nixon's home in honor OF the bride and
groom. Society has always had ling
representatives at the hreside of "a IS dear
little matron.
When I first came to Birmingham
twenty years ago." said Mr. Richard
Johnston few days since. IT was d.
rected by Mr.. Rhodes to go to Mrs.
Nixon. She was then at her home on
the corner of Sixth avenue, valuable
property which she still owns, by the
way. found there, as always, a select
coterie of young men popular in the
social and business world. Among
them were DR.. George s. Brown, DR.. T.
d. Park, both of whom were married
from there; Sam Pullman, now OF
Washington Carl Eastman, who has re-
NAMED with her all these years, NOV
ing with her as did to the Eagle hotel,
then back to her home, from there to
the Florence hotel and later to the old
Caldwell home, on the corner of Tween
ty-first street and Fourth avenue, where
she remained for number of years,
subsequently moving into the residence
built by DR.. Caldwell not long before
his death. 1t Is this location that she
leaves to come to the Highlands and to
be among the old friends who have mar
ried at her home and since have reared
families and established homes OH the
Highlands. Among those who have
been inmates of her home and will be
neigh bors now are all those before
mentioned, almost all of whom are still
living and will be near her. There is
Mr.. Scion Jacobs, who was living at her
home when his marriage to Miss Pat
tie Ruffner was a beautiful event of
several years ago, the dinner given in
tn cir honor the night before being up
to the lifelong standard of the dear
little hostess. Mr.. Nathan Miller,
whose brilliant marriage to Miss Sarah
Rogan was an event long to be remem-
bered, was living at her home at the
time Then here was Mr.. Lee c. Brad
ley, who went to Charlottesville, Va, to
wed Miss Eleanor Lyon. Mr.. I. +.
Young, whom Mrs. Nixon sent to his
marriage with the lovely Lallah Jordan
Hillman; Mr.. John Warren, who lived
there for many years brought his bride
there. She was the beautiful Nellie
Seals of Marietta, Ga, and the sister of
Claude Seals, who lived at Mrs. Nixon's
for so many years. Then little more
than a year ago Mr.. Ed Warren, Jr.,
a brother to Mr.. John Warren, brought
his bride to the dear little mother and
remained until building his own lovely
home, where he will be one of her
neighbor Among those who have
lived under the roof tree for SO many
now seems almost a tragedy, are Judge
Charles Ferguson and Mr.. Frank Eos
ter. Mrs. Nixon's children all first saw
the light over there on the othre side
of town. They have grown to man
hood and womanhood there. Two OF
tn EN-, DR.. Percy Nixon and Miss Margaret
Cummins Nixon, were married from
there, the latter having a beautiful
wedding ceremony at the Church of the
Advent a few years ago, when she mar
ried DIR. William Dempsey Partlow of
Tuscaloosa and went back to the home
of her mothers girlhood. Miss Kath-
leen Nixon, the youngest of the group
of four, has grown to beautiful young
womanhood in the mothers home on tn
other side of town and now comes on
the Highlands, where her belleship in
society will continue. So the lovely
little adopted mother of so many hearts
makes a change which recalls history
and every one In Birmingham wishes
her much happiness in the new year and
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