Edward was born about 1797. He is the son of John Nixon and Mary Armstrong.
In 1851, Edward was widowed, and a butcher by trade.
Melmerby is about 11 miles from Alston, so he may have been the Edward Nixon who married Sarah Walton at Alston on 18 Nov 1820.
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