Wednesday, October 12, 2011

William P. Nichols (1829-bef 1913)

William P. Nichols was born around 1829, probably in either Caldwell County or McCracken County, Kentucky.  He was the son of Jesse Nichols and Elizabeth Wadlington.  He was raised on the family farm in McCracken County, Kentucky. 

William married Sarah A. Rice on February 16, 1854 in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky.  He was 24 years old and she was 18 years.  Sarah was born about 1835 in Kentucky, the daughter of Samuel Lewis Rice and Jane Morrow.  William and Sarah had at least three children:

            (Daughter)                 born December 28, 1854, died before 1860
            Mary C.                      born November 4, 1855
            William Burnet           born May 18, 1858

After their marriage, William and Sarah made their home on a farm in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky. 

Sarah A. Rice Nichols died around 1871 in McCracken County, Kentucky.  She was in her early 40’s at the time of her death.

William married again on September 8, 1887 in Spencer County, Kentucky.  He married Anna Isabell Bell, daughter of James Montgomery Bell and Mary Ann Elizabeth Hall.  Anna was born on January 15, 1849 in McCracken County.

Anna Isabell Bell Nichols died as a result of liver failure on March 12, 1913 in McCracken County, Kentucky, at the age of 64 years.  She was a widow at the time of her death.


Notes for William Preston Nichols
Birth:  Year: 1850; Census Place: District 2, McCracken, Kentucky; Roll: M432_211; Page: 166B; Image: 338.
Marriage:  FamilySearch.org, Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979 for Sarah A. Rice
Residence & Occupation in 1860:  Year: 1860; Census Place: District 2, McCracken, Kentucky; Roll: M653_383; Page: 812; Image: 476; Family History Library Film: 803383.
Residence & Occupation in 1870:  Year: 1870; Census Place: District 3, McCracken, Kentucky; Roll: M593_487; Page: 15A; Image: 33; Family History Library Film: 545986.
Marriage to Ann:  FamilySearch.org, Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979 for Annie Bell

Notes for Sarah A. Rice
Birth:  Year: 1850; Census Place: District 2, McCracken, Kentucky; Roll: M432_211; Page: 195A; Image: 395.
Children:  Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960
Death:  New.FamilySearch.org, Sarah A. Rice

Notes for Anna Isabell Bell
Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.

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