Nichols, Wilbur

1827 - 1889  (62 years)

• Name	Nichols, Wilbur  [1, 2]
  	20181232 Martinsburg- http://genealogytrails.com/penn/mckean/bios/bios10.html?fbclid=IwAR1b98RvQMYR464zWr51hF8IkeVpbN3MW0wqHwwJdXZ0YxNq2ynGXkVb2HI#CERES Genealogy Trails McKean County Pennsylvania Biographies - ANNIN TOWNSHIP - CERES TOWNSHIP - NORWICH TOWNSHIP 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]
  Birth	31 Aug 1827	Concord, Erie, New York, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1870	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA   [1]
  Death	8 Nov 1889	North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA   [1]
  Burial	Abt 11 Nov 1889	North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I63802	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	Nichols, Samuel jr,   b. 21 Jul 1792, Halifax, Windham, Vermont, USA d. 1856, Eldred, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Chase, Abigail,   b. 1797, Vermont, USA d. Halifax, Windham, Vermont, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	10 Nov 1816	Halifax, Windham, Vermont, USA   [1]
  Settled jt	1830	Eldred, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  	20181232 Martinsburg- http://genealogytrails.com/penn/mckean/bios/bios10.html?fbclid=IwAR1b98RvQMYR464zWr51hF8IkeVpbN3MW0wqHwwJdXZ0YxNq2ynGXkVb2HI#CERES Genealogy Trails McKean County Pennsylvania Biographies - ANNIN TOWNSHIP - CERES TOWNSHIP - NORWICH TOWNSHIP 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]
  Family ID	F45200	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 31 Aug 1827 - Concord, Erie, New York, USA Residence - 1870 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Death - 8 Nov 1889 - North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Burial - Abt 11 Nov 1889 - North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S1718] Public Member Trees 2018-, Nichols Family Tree Nancy Nichols. Record for Samuel Nichols Nichols Family Tree Nancy Nichols 20181231 Martinsburg bio from PA Genealogy Trails expand on family (60) facts http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=30169940911&indiv=try [S2073] Pennsylvania Genealogy Trails - McKean County Biographies, (Name: J.H. Beers & Co.; Date: 1890;), Nichols, ERASTUS H. NICHOLS, farmer, P. O. Turtle Point, was born in Halifax, Windham Co., Vt., October 14, 1822,. 20181232 Martinsburg- http://genealogytrails.com/penn/mckean/bios/bios10.html?fbclid=IwAR1b98RvQMYR464zWr51hF8IkeVpbN3MW0wqHwwJdXZ0YxNq2ynGXkVb2HI#CERES Genealogy Trails McKean County Pennsylvania Biographies - ANNIN TOWNSHIP - CERES TOWNSHIP - NORWICH TOWNSHIP 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] 20181232 Martinsburg- http://genealogytrails.com/penn/mckean/bios/bios10.html?fbclid=IwAR1b98RvQMYR464zWr51hF8IkeVpbN3MW0wqHwwJdXZ0YxNq2ynGXkVb2HI#CERES Genealogy Trails McKean County Pennsylvania Biographies - ANNIN TOWNSHIP - CERES TOWNSHIP - NORWICH TOWNSHIP 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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TNG ID: I63802