Introduction

Biography

Nixon was the son of Ly­man and Eli­za­beth Wa­ter­man, and hu­sband of Elea­nor Has­kins (mar­ried 1883, Me­na­sha, Wis­con­sin)

A news­pa­per writ­er, po­et and Chau­tau­qua lec­tur­er, he was teach­ing in Doug­las, Io­wa, in 1880. By 1900, he had moved to Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Works

• Some Home-Made Po­ems (Green­leaf Com­pa­ny: 1895)
• Ben King’s Verse, ed­it­or (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Forbes, 1899)
• A Book of Vers­es, 1900
• In Mer­ry Mood (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts & Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Forbes, 1902)
• For You and Me (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Da­vis & Bond, 1903)
• Boy Want­ed; A Book of Cheer­ful Coun­sel (To­ron­to, Ca­na­da: Mc­Clel­land & Good­child, 1906)
• Sonnets of a Bud­ding Bard (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Forbes, 1907)
• The Girl Want­ed: A Book of Friend­ly Thoughts (Chi­cago, Il­li­nois: Forbes, 1913)
• Sunshine Verses (Bo­ston, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Da­vis & Bond, 1913)
• If I Knew You and You Knew Me, 1921
• A Rose to the Liv­ing and Oth­er Po­ems (Boston, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Chap­ple Pub­lish­ing, 1929)