. Historic days in Cumberland County, New Jersey, 1855-1865 : political and war time reminiscences . uld say yes or no, with significant em-phasis, while his sincere argument and eloquent sentencestouched the hearts of many juries for the righteous verdictwhich he desired should be based upon the truth and theevidence. The sterling principles of his life were exem-plified not only before the bar of the Court, but upon thestump, when in hot campaigns of excited partisans he wasalways the same courteous, argumentive. polished Nixon family of which the illustrious jurist-statesman cam
. Historic days in Cumberland County, New Jersey, 1855-1865 : political and war time reminiscences . uld say yes or no, with significant em-phasis, while his sincere argument and eloquent sentencestouched the hearts of many juries for the righteous verdictwhich he desired should be based upon the truth and theevidence. The sterling principles of his life were exem-plified not only before the bar of the Court, but upon thestump, when in hot campaigns of excited partisans he wasalways the same courteous, argumentive. polished Nixon family of which the illustrious jurist-statesman came was of Fail-field growth. On a small farmnear the village of Cedarville, in what was then a part ofthe good old township of Fairfield, named after a countywhich the early settlers had left in Connecticut for a homein New Jersey, Jeremiah Nixon reared a remarkable fam-ily. Besides Judge Nixon, he had other distinguished sons,none of whom are now living. Rev. J. Howard Nixonbecame a minister of the Gospel of the Presbyterian faith,at one time pastor of the clnirch in Indianapolis. Tnd., of (IsJi. WAR TIME PICTURES— Tenth New Jersey Regiment Inf. John B. Hoffman Capt. George W. Hummell Lieut. William J. Sutton Capt Isaac T. Thackara John Fawnsbury Lieut. James Nieukirk Joseph Simkins C. Henry Seeley 1 I I 86 HISTORIC DAYS which President Benjamin Harrison was an elder. An-other son, James Nixon, went South, became editor of theNew Orleans Crescent, and led a regiment as colonel in theConfederate Army. The remaining brother, William , long president of the Cumberland National oldest financial institution, a financier of greatability, amassed a fortune in the keen pursuit of sisters became the wives of leading men—one the wifeof David P. Elmer, the nther the wife of General J>hn , of the United States Army. Two other sistersbecame wives of Samuel Bodine, a Philadelphia manufac-turer, and Henry Sheppard, o
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