William Harold Nichols (1891- )

William Harold Nichols was born on October 13, 1891 in Ballard County, Kentucky.  He was the second of six children born to William Burnet Nichols and Virginia Ira BelleRudolph.  He was raised on the family farm in Ballard County.

William married Leona Miles on December 22, 1909 in Obion County, Tennessee.  He was 18 years old and she was 16 years.  Leona was born in July 1893 in McCracken County, Kentucky, the daughter of Albert F. Miles and Minnie Humphries.  William and Leona had at least three children:

            Virginia                      born 1912

            William Earl               born 1914

            Richard H.                 born 1929

Shortly after their marriage, the young couple was living with William's family in Ballard County, Kentucky.  William helped on the family farm. 

William registered for the draft for the First World War on June 5, 1917 in Ballard County.  He was described as of medium height and build, with light blue eyes and blonde hair.  He did not serve in the war.

By 1920, the couple was living and working the farm adjacent to William’s parents.  By 1930, they were renting a home in Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan, where William was employed as a cabinet builder for a radio plant.

Notes for William Harold Nichols

Birth, Military, Residence & Occupation in 1917:  Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

Marriage:  Ancestry.com. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.  Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.

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.

Residence & Occupation in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place:  Jackson,  Jackson,  Michigan; Roll: 996; Page: 21B; Enumeration District: 32; Image: 742.0.

Notes for Leona Miles

Birth & Residence in 1900:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Massac, McCracken, Kentucky; Roll: T623_540; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 75.

Seth B. Nichols (1886- )

Seth B. Nichols was born December 1886 in Ballard County, Kentucky.  She was the third of six children born to William Burnet Nichols and Virginia Ira BelleRudolph.  She was raised on the family farm in Ballard County.

Seth married S.E. Dusch on April 19, 1907 in Ballard County.  She was 20 years old and he was about 28 years.  S.E. was born around 1879.  They were the parents of one child:

           

            Mildred           born 1908

By 1910, Seth and S.E. had divorced.  Seth and her child were living with her parents on their farm in Ballard County.

Notes for Seth B. Nichols

Birth:   Year: 1900; Census Place: Bandana, Ballard, Kentucky; Roll: T623_507; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 1.
Marriage:  FamilySearch.org, Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979 for S.B. Nichols

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

David Presley Nichols (1883-1965)

David Presley Nichols was born on December 29, 1883 in Ballard County, Kentucky.  He was the second of six children born to William Burnet Nichols and Virginia Ira Belle Rudolph.  He was raised on the family farm in Ballard County.

David registered for the draft for the First World War on September 12, 1918 in Ballard County.  At that time, he was employed as a farm laborer.  He was described as of medium height and build, with blue eyes and light hair.

In 1920, David was living with his parents on their farm in Ballard County.  David was working on the family farm, and he was listed as a widow in that census.

David Presley Nichols died on October 2, 1965 in McCracken County, Kentucky.  He was 81 years old at his death.

Notes for David Presley Nichols

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.

Birth, Military, Residence & Occupation in 1917:  Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

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

Death:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.  Original data: Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present. Frankfort, KY, USA: Kentucky Department of Information Systems.

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.

Herman Thomas Bell (1892- )

Herman Thomas Bell was born in August 16, 1892 in Hays, McCracken County, Kentucky.  He was the youngest of six children born to Wyley Jesse Bell and Elizabeth Eaker.  Throughout his youth, he helped his father work on the family’s dairy farm in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky.

On June 5, 1917, Herman registered for the draft for the First World War in McCracken County.  He was 24 years old and employed as a cashier for a bail bond company in the city of Paducah.  He was described as a man of medium height, stout build, with brown eyes and light hair.  He claimed exemption from the draft due to rheumatism.  In the 1930 census, he is listed as a veteran of the war.

By 1920, Herman had moved to Colorado and was living with his brother, Ray Hobson Bell, and his family in Denver, Denver County.  He was employed as secretary of a filling station, of which Ray was the president.

Herman married Lorene Carter on April 24, 1921 in Denver, Arapahoe County, Colorado.  He was 28 years old and she was 21 years.  Lorene was born December 7, 1899 in Tennessee, the daughter of George Washington Carver and Alberta Josephine Albritton.  

Herman and Lorene had at least two children:

            Robert H.       born 1924

            Beverly M.     1925

In 1930, Herman and Lorene were living with their children in a home on Fairfax Avenue in Denver, where Herman was employed as a merchant of oil and gasoline.  Lorene’s brother, Gus, and her father were living with them.

By 1935, the family had moved into a home worth $12,000 on South Colorado Boulevard in Denver.

Herman Thomas Bell died on December 30, 1944 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado and was buried in the Fairmount Cemetery.  He was 52 years old at his death.

Lorene Carter Bell went on to live another 29 years after the death of her husband.  She died on June 18, 1973 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado.

Notes for Herman Thomas Bell

Birth, Military, Residence, Occupation & Physical Description in 1917:  Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

Residence & Occupation in 1920:  Year: 1920; Census Place:  Denver, Denver, Colorado; Roll: T625_159; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 115; Image: 921.

Marriage:  "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KN3T-L1M : accessed 1 February 2015), Herman T Bell and Lorene Carter, 24 Apr 1921, Denver, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States; citing p. 5684, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,053 .

Residence & Occupation in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place:  Denver, Denver, Colorado; Roll: 237; Page: 31A; Enumeration District: 241; Image: 949.0.

Residence in 1935:  Year: 1940; Census Place: Denver, Denver, Colorado; Roll: T627_486; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 16-108.  Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Death:  "Find A Grave Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVGC-YWKX : accessed 1 February 2015), Herman T Bell, 1944; Burial, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Fairmount Cemetery; citing record ID 116963581, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Notes for Lorene Carter

Birth:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Union City, Obion, Tennessee; Roll: 1591; Page: 22B; Enumeration District: 0108; FHL microfilm: 1241591.  Source Information:  Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004

Death:  Ancestry.com FamilyTree (http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/73794317/person/44282673959 : accessed 1 February 2015), “Heidi's Birth Mother (Furnish) Family Tree”