Francis A. Nixon
| Francis A. Nixon | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Francis Anthony Nixon December 3, 1878 Elk Township, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | September 4, 1956 (aged 77) La Habra, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Father of U.S. President Richard Nixon |
| Spouse(s) | Hannah Milhous Nixon (m. 1908–56, his death) |
| Children | Harold Nixon Richard Nixon Donald Nixon Arthur Nixon Edward Nixon |
| Parent(s) | Sarah Ann Wadsworth Nixon Samuel Brady Nixon |
| Relatives |
Julie Nixon Eisenhower (granddaughter) Tricia Nixon Cox (granddaughter) Christopher Nixon Cox (great-grandson) Jennie Eisenhower (great-granddaughter) Pat Nixon (daughter-in-law) Edward F. Cox (grandson-in-law) David Eisenhower (grandson-in-law) Christopher Nixon Cox (great-grandson) Andrea Catsimatidis (great-granddaughter-in-law) Alexander Richard Eisenhower (great-grandson) Melanie Catherine Eisenhower (great-granddaughter) |
Francis Anthony Nixon (December 3, 1878 – September 4, 1956) was an American businessman and the father of U.S. President Richard Nixon.
Nixon was born in Elk Township, Vinton County, Ohio, the son of Sarah Ann (née Wadsworth), a native of Hocking Township, Fairfield County, Ohio, and Samuel Brady Nixon, who was from Smith Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Nixon's family ancestry included colonial Pennsylvania Quakers. He was raised Methodist, however, but converted to Quakerism when he married Hannah Milhous.
Nixon moved to California at the turn of the century after having been frostbitten working as a motorman in an open streetcar in Columbus, Ohio. After working as a farmhand and oil roustabout, he attempted to cultivate lemons outside Los Angeles.
After his son Richard was born, Nixon abandoned the lemon grove, and the family moved to the Quaker community of Whittier, California. Nixon focused on the family business, a store that sold groceries and Atlantic Richfield gasoline, but the family remained impoverished. Nixon's life was marked by the deaths of his two sons, Arthur and Harold, from tuberculosis. He has been described as a "restless, frustrated, and angry man, a mean-spirited person who psychologically abused his five sons and sometimes beat them."
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