Richard M. Nixon
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Richard Milhous Nixon came from a family with a strong heritage. His
father's side of the family were Methodists originally from Scotland. Then, in
the early 1600s, they migrated to Ireland, and to America in the 1730s. His
grandfather, George Nixon, died in the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil war.
Richard's father, Frank Nixon, wa ....
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.... in Yorba Linda, CA, and
built a small house there. Then, on January 9, 1913, Richard Milhous Nixon was
born in that very house. Hannah and Frank would have three more children: Donald
(born in 1914), Arthur (born in 1918), and Edward (born in 1930).
The Nixon family lived on the edge of poverty. The lemon ranch didn't
make enough money to provide for the family of seven, so Frank started doing odd
jobs (namely building houses) AND ran the lem ....
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Number of pages: 6 (approx. 250 words per double-spaced page)
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