Nevada City native Frank M. Nilon was the son of Judge & Mrs. Frank H. Nilon.
Frank M. Nilon was a prominent young attorney who went into practice with his father under the firm name, Nilon & Nilon. He also served two terms with the Nevada City Board of Education. Patriotically, he was a veteran of WWI. Fraternally, he was a member of the Nevada City Elks No. 518; past president of Hydraulic Parlor No. 56 Native Sons of the Golden West and past president of the Grass Valley Rotary Club. Frank M. Nilon married Dorothy Downing on December 7, 1927.
His death was a result of a single car accident on the Dry Creek Grade of the Auburn Highway on his return trip from San Francisco. It was surmised that the accident occured due to his having fallen asleep at the wheel. He was, according to newspaper reports, returning to Nevada County to attend to a lawsuit involving the death of Eugene Prisk, who drowned in the Memorial Park "Plunge" on July 13, 1927.
Nevada City native Frank M. Nilon was the son of Judge & Mrs. Frank H. Nilon.
Frank M. Nilon was a prominent young attorney who went into practice with his father under the firm name, Nilon & Nilon. He also served two terms with the Nevada City Board of Education. Patriotically, he was a veteran of WWI. Fraternally, he was a member of the Nevada City Elks No. 518; past president of Hydraulic Parlor No. 56 Native Sons of the Golden West and past president of the Grass Valley Rotary Club. Frank M. Nilon married Dorothy Downing on December 7, 1927.
His death was a result of a single car accident on the Dry Creek Grade of the Auburn Highway on his return trip from San Francisco. It was surmised that the accident occured due to his having fallen asleep at the wheel. He was, according to newspaper reports, returning to Nevada County to attend to a lawsuit involving the death of Eugene Prisk, who drowned in the Memorial Park "Plunge" on July 13, 1927.
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