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ERASTUS H. NICHOLS, farmer, P. O. Turtle Point, was born in Halifax, Windham Co., Vt., October 14, 1822, and is a son of Samuel and Abigail (Chase) Nichols, who settled in Eldred, McKean Co., Penn., in 1830.
Samuel Nichols, who was a farmer by occupation, cleared and improved the farm now occupied by
- his son Dana B., and died there.
He (Sam -jcw) had the following named ten children:
- Lenora,
- Huldah (Mrs. Edson Warner),
- Erastus H.,
- Lucina (Mrs. Charles Calkins),
- Edwin,
- Wilbur,
- Adelia (Mrs. George Colvin),
- Permelia (Mrs. Frederick McClure),
- Nathaniel and
- Dana B.
Erastus H. Nichols was reared in Eldred from eight years of age, and after reaching his majority worked by the month until he was twenty-six years old. He then engaged in farming in Eldred, and in 1861 removed to Annin township, where he cleared and improved the farm he now occupies.
In November, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Fifty-eighth Regiment, P. V. I., was wounded at Drury Bluff, and honorably discharged from the service in December, 1864.
He was twice married;
- his first wife was Lucinda P., daughter of Anson G. and Mary A. (Bowen) Moses, of Olean, N. Y., and by her had two children:
- George S. and
- Lillian.
- His second wife was Mrs. Amelia M. (Cooley) Smith, of Cuba, N. Y.
Mr. Nichols is one of Annin township's most prominent citizens. He is a member of the G. A. R.; politically a Republican.
[Source: "History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter, Penn..." vol. 1; J.H.
Beers & Co., publishers; 1890]
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