John & Susanna Rixon came to Billings in April, 1883. He was associated with the Billings Times and the Billings Rustler. The 1883 Residence and Business Directory of Billings Montana lists John as printer with the Billings Post. They had four daughters and three sons: Rebecca Helen Rixon Bates, Anna Rixon Reece, Winifred Rixon Chapple, and Eleanor Rixon Fristchi; a Harold, Fred and Bill (William). Mary & Anna Rixon lived in the same house and are listed as teachers at the Billings Seminary. He died September, 1905 and was buried in Mountview Cemetery
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Contributors
Parmly Billings Library
Contributing Institution
Billings Public Library
Geographic Coverage
Billings (Mont.)
Digital Collection
Billings Public Library Historic Collection
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.
