John Travis Nixon
| John Travis Nixon | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 10, 1867 Colchester, Illinois, US |
| Died | February 8, 1909 (aged 41) Mobile, Alabama |
| Resting place | Crowley Cemetery in Crowley, Louisiana |
| Residence | Crowley, Louisiana |
| Occupation | Newspaperman and publisher |
| Spouse(s) | Leola Belle White Nixon (married 1895–1909, his death) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Joseph and Susannah Mellor Nixon |
John Travis Nixon (July 6, 1867 – February 8, 1909) was a journalist and publisher in several American cities, particularly Monroe and Crowley, Louisiana, where he founded what later became the existing Monroe News-Star and The Crowley Post Signal.
Nixon was born in Colchester in McDonough County in western Illinois, the son of Joseph Nixon, originally from Newcastle upon Tyne in England and the former Susannah Mellor. He was reared in Osage County and Wellington in Sumner County, both in Kansas, where he had engaged in farming and became a printer's assistant, respectively. He moved to the American South in 1885; his parents relocated to Grand Bay near Mobile, Alabama. Nixon worked on newspapers in Mobile and New Orleans, Alexandria (now The Alexandria Town Talk), Patterson in St. Mary Parish and Washington in St. Landry Parish. In 1893, with partner Julius Cheney, he launched the Monroe Evening News, a forerunner of the Monroe News-Star in Monroe in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana.
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