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A brief biography relating some interesting happenings of my life
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Memoir by James William Nixon recalling events of his life from the time of his youth in St. George, Utah. He recounts attending Martha Cox's school, his baptism by William Empy, the family's move to Mt. Trumbull, his childhood occupations (including caring for cattle and horses, running his father's mill, and driving oxen), lumber hauling, the death of his father, his work on Tobe Whitmore's cattle ranch, his travels throughout Utah, his romance with Effie Woolley, his mission work in the midwestern United States and California, and his travels throughout California including San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino.
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