(1848-1918)
Sammy Nirdlinger was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and worked in the family's clothier business before going into theatre management under the tutelage of George K. Goodwin (d. 1885), an amusements entrepreneur in Philadelphia. In partnership with J. Fred Zimmerman, Nixon soon controlled the first-class theatres in Philadelphia, which poised them to join the four other theatre businessmen in forming the Theatrical Syndicate in 1896.
The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater. James Fisher.