The son of John & Susanna Panton Rixon, William P. Rixon, was born in Ontario on July 4, 1876. He came to Montana in April, 1883. His father, John, was associated with the Billings Times and the Billings Rustler. Will married Laura Goddard on June 19, 1909. Before 1919, William was a drug clerk with his brother Fred at Rixon's Pharmacy. He sold real estate & insurance. Sisters were Rebecca Helen Rixon Bates, Eleanor Rixon Fristchi, Anna Rixon Reece, and Winifred Rixon Chapple. Brother of Harold and Frederick Rixon. William P Rixon died April, 12, 1939 and was buried at Mountview Cemetery.
Creator
Unknown
Genre (Short List)
photographs
Genre (AAT)
photographs
Type
Image
Date Original
1925
Subject (LCSH)
Pioneers--Montana--Yellowstone County. Rixon, William P. Rixon, Laura Goddard. Clerks (Retail trade) Drugstores.
Rights Management
Billings Public Library is unaware of any copyright in the images in the collection. We encourage use of these materials under the fair use clause of the 1976 copyright act. All images in this collection may be used for educational, scholarly purposes and private study. We do request that a credit line be included with each item used. If you wish to publish or reproduce the material in any physical or digital form that exceeds that permitted by fair use or use them for any commercial purpose, including display or web page use, you must obtain prior written permission from Billings Public Library.
Contributors
Parmly Billings Library
Contributing Institution
Billings Public Library
Geographic Coverage
Billings (Mont.)
Digital Collection
Billings - Images of People
Digitization Specifications
HP Scanner, unknown model, unknown scanning software; 12,506,000 Bytes file size for master TIF file; 2941 x 2372 dimension size for master TIF file; web-viewable images created from master TIF using Microsoft Office Picture Manager and CONTENTdm 5.0.
