William Burnet Nichols (1858- )

William Burnet Nichols was born on May 18, 1858 in McCracken County, Kentucky.  He was the third child born to William P. Nichols and Sarah A. Rice.  He was raised on the family farm in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky. 

In 1880, William was living in Ballard County, Kentucky, with his Uncle, James Nichols, and helping with the farm labor.  Later that year, William married Virginia Ira Belle Rudolph.  Virginia was born on August 24, 1862 in Kentucky, the daughter of David C. Rudolph and Lucinda Harper. Virginia's uncle, Felix Green Rudolph, married William’s sister, Mary C. Nichols.

The couple established a farm in Ballard County, Kentucky, near Virginia’s family.  They were the parents of six children:

            Katie                           born September 1881

            David  Presley            born December 1883

            Seth B.                       born December 1886

            William Harold          born October 1891

            Mern                           born September 1893

            Felix Rudolph            born January 10, 1907

Virginia Ira Belle Rudolph Nichols died on July 15, 1927 in Ballard County, Kentucky.  The cause of death was chronic nephritis, or inflammation of the kidneys, from which she had suffered for about a year.  She was 64 years old at her death.

Notes for William Burnet Nichols

Birth:  FamilySearch.org, Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960 for William B. Nichols

Residence & Occupation in 1880:  Year: 1880; Census Place: Borth Humphries, Ballard, Kentucky; Roll: 401; Family History Film: 1254401; Page: 389D; Enumeration District: 61; Image: 0794.

Marriage, Residence & Occupation in 1900:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Bandana, Ballard, Kentucky; Roll: T623_507; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 1.

Residence & Occupation in 1910:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Magisterial District 1, Ballard, Kentucky; Roll: T624_463; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0002; Image: 66; FHL Number: 1374476.

Residence & Occupation in 1920:  Year: 1920; Census Place: Needmore,  Ballard,  Kentucky; Roll: T625_557; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 2; Image: 975.

Notes for Virginia Ira Belle Rudolph

Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

Mary C. Nichols (1855-1919)

Mary C. Nichols was born on November 4, 1855 in McCracken County, Kentucky.  She was the second child born to William P. Nichols and Sarah A. Rice.  She was raised on the family farm in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky. 

Mary married Felix Green Rudolph about 1873 in McCracken County, Kentucky.  Felix was born February 17, 1852 in McCracken County, the son of Wiley B. Rudolph and Mary Jane Lynn.

After their marriage, Felix and Mary settled on a farm in Ballard County, Kentucky.  By 1900, the couple had bought a home on South 6^th Street in Paducah, McCracken County, where Felix was employed by the county as a public administrator. They remained in this home the rest of their lives.

Mary C. Nichols Rudolph died on June 2, 1919 in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky.  The cause of death was heart disease.  She was 63 years old at her death.

Felix Green Rudolph died on June 9, 1924 in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, just two months after his 72^nd birthday.

Notes for Mary C. Nichols

Birth:  FamilySearch.org, Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960 for Mary Nichols

Marriage:  Year: 1880; Census Place: Borth Humphries, Ballard, Kentucky; Roll: 401; Family History Film: 1254401; Page: 387C; Enumeration District: 61; Image: 0787.

Death:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

Notes for Felix Green Rudolph

Birth: Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960 for Felix Green Rudolph

Residence & Occupation in 1880:  Year: 1880; Census Place: Borth Humphries, Ballard, Kentucky; Roll: 401; Family History Film: 1254401; Page: 387C; Enumeration District: 61; Image: 0787.

Residence & Occupation in 1900:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Paducah Ward 5, McCracken, Kentucky; Roll: T623_540; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 69.

Residence & Occupation in 1910:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Paducah Ward 4, McCracken, Kentucky; Roll: T624_493; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0120; Image: 200; FHL Number: 1374506.

Residence & Occupation in 1920:  Year: 1920; Census Place: Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky; Roll: T625_588; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 139; Image: 694.

Death:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

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.