John Danielson Nichols

1803 - 1886  (82 years)

• Name	John Danielson Nichols  [1, 2]
  Born	23 Feb 1803	Massachusetts   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1824	Springfield, Clark, Ohio   [4]
  Census	1850	Springfield, Clark, Ohio   [1]
  Occupation	1850	Springfield, Clark, Ohio   [1]
  	"none"
  Residence	1850	Springfield, Clark, Ohio   [1]
  	With wife Sarah (Christie), six children, father David Nichols and mother-in-law Sarah Christie
  Census	1860	Springfield, Clark, Ohio   [5]
  	Springfield P.O.
  Occupation	1860	Springfield, Clark, Ohio   [5]
  	Bookseller
  Residence	1860	Springfield, Clark, Ohio   [5]
  	With wife Sarah (Christie) and three children
  Census	1880	Versailles, Ripley, Indiana   [6]
  	Enumeration District 2-157
  Occupation	1880	Versailles, Ripley, Indiana   [6]
  	Publisher
  Residence	1880	Versailles, Ripley, Indiana   [6]
  	With wife Sarah (Christie) in son-in-law Jonathan D Rebuck's home, with a daughter and grand-daughter
  Residence	21 Jan 1886	Versailles, Ripley, Indiana   [4]
  Died	21 Jan 1886	Versailles, Ripley, Indiana   [4, 7]
  Buried	25 Jan 1886	Springfield, Clark, Ohio   [7, 8]
  	Ferncliff Cemetery [8]
  		John Danielson Nichols (1803 - 1886) - Find A Grave Memorial Created by: GWC Record added: Feb 24, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 48704982
  Notes	He was a bookseller, news dealer, and newspaper editor. He was most famous as an abolitionist who took great risk in operating an 'Underground Railroad' station from his home in Springfield, Clark Co, OH. His efforts assisted large numbers of fugitive slaves on their way to freedom in Canada. He died in Indiana, but was buried in Clark County, Ohio. [7] Not found in Ripley Co., Indiana Will Records, vols. D and E Not found in Ripley Co., Indiana Probate Order Book vols. 11 and 12 (8 Jan 2018)
  Person ID	I0971	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	David Nichols,   b. 30 Nov 1779, Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts ,   d. 1855, Ohio  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Celia Blashfield,   b. 2 Oct 1782, Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts ,   d. 13 Jul 1840, Springfield, Clark, Ohio  (Age 57 years)
  Married	23 Dec 1802	Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts   [9]
  Family ID	F432	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Sarah Christie,   b. 1808, New Hampshire ,   d. Aft 24 Jan 1886  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F426	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S34621] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), fam. 324, p. 181, Springfield, Clark, Ohio (Reliability: 2), 05 Aug 2010. [S14595] Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.), The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, vol. 32, p. 22. [S14595] Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.), The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol. 32, p. 22. [S260] Springfield Globe-Republic, (Springfield, OH: Kinney, Nichols & Co. (), ISSN: 2158-4664., Friday, 22 Jan 1886, pg. 3, col. 2 (Reliability: 2), 9 Dec 2020. [S40178] 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), fam. 319, p. 40, Springfield, Clark, Ohio (Reliability: 2), 1 Nov 2011. [S34622] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), fam. 79, p. 49, Versailles, Ripley, Indiana (Reliability: 2), 1 Nov 2011. [S40191] Find a Grave, Jim Tipton, founder, (http://www.findagrave.com), Memorial# 48704982 (Reliability: 1), 1 Nov 2011. [S260] Springfield Globe-Republic, (Springfield, OH: Kinney, Nichols & Co. (), ISSN: 2158-4664., Monday, 25 Jan 1886, pg. 4, col. 3 (Reliability: 2), 9 Dec 2020. [S26867] Vital Records of Brimfield, Massachusetts - 1731 to 1849 - Marriages, The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, comp., (The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, 2005-), http://www.ma-vitalrecords.org., vol. 1, p. 255 (Reliability: 2), 15 Dec 2009.