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Samuel T Nichols

Male 1846 - 1906  (59 years)


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  • Name Samuel T Nichols  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born 13 Sep 1846  Wade Twp., Clinton, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Dist. 68, Clinton, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Residence 1850  Dist. 68, Clinton, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    With parents David A and Mariah (Hull) Nichols and six siblings 
    Census 1860  Clinton Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Carlyle P.O. 
    Residence 1860  Clinton Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    With father David A Nichols, step-mother Sally (Maddox) and three siblings 
    Census 1870  Twp. 3N Range 2W, Clinton, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Carlyle P.O. 
    Occupation 1870  Twp. 3N Range 2W, Clinton, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Farmer 
    Residence 1870  Twp. 3N Range 2W, Clinton, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    With wife Jane and a farm hand 
    Possessions 30 Sep 1872  Irishtown Precinct, Clinton, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    On this date sells a one half interest in the N½NE¼ and E½SW¼ of sec. 27 of Twp. 3N Range 2W for $800 to brother John Nichols 
    Census 1880  Rio La Plata, La Plata, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Enumeration District 65 
    Occupation 1880  Rio La Plata, La Plata, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Dairy man 
    Residence 1880  Rio La Plata, La Plata, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Boarding with three other men in the Thomas McCollough house 
    Residence 31 Mar 1899  La Plata Twp., San Juan, New Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    "Samuel Nichols met with a serious loss the other day, accidentally setting fire to one hundred tons of hay while burning off his ditch. The hay was all destroyed." 
    Census 1900  Precinct 3, San Juan, New Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Enumeration District 95 
    Occupation 1900  Precinct 3, San Juan, New Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Farmer 
    Residence 1900  Precinct 3, San Juan, New Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    With wife Lucinda E, a son, and two step-daughters 
    Residence 8 Sep 1906  La Plata Co., New Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    "residing on the lower La Plata river in New Mexico" 
    Died 8 Sep 1906  Durango, La Plata, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 11
    Cause: Suicide by gunshot 
    • At Peoples' Corral in Durango, Colorado; he had been suffering from cancer
    Buried 12 Sep 1906  Durango, La Plata, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 11
    • Animas City Cemetery [2]
    Notes 
    • Probate records of La Plata Co., Colorado are not available online (5 Jan 2018)
    Person ID I0979  Wm L Gann Ancestors
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2021 

    Father David Allen Nichols,   b. 11 Oct 1811, Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1863, Wade Twp., Clinton, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Mariah Hull,   b. 11 Jul 1816, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1856, Wade Twp., Clinton, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Married 19 Mar 1835  Carlyle, Clinton, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13
    Family ID F430  Group Sheet

    Family 1 Jane,   b. 1844, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 1870 - 30 Sep 1872  (Age 28 years) 
    Married Bef 01 Jun 1870  [6
    Family ID F840  Group Sheet

    Family 2 Lucinda E Johnson,   b. Oct 1846, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1 Jun 1920  (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Married 1886  [14
    Last Modified 23 Mar 2016 
    Family ID F988  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S14592] Nichols Family Bible, Oliver Nichols, Sarah Nichols, Jay Nichols, Nancy (Eaton) Nichols, Sadie Nichols, et. al., (1869 - 1970).

    2. [S40191] Find a Grave, Jim Tipton, founder, (http://www.findagrave.com), Memorial# 5574295 (Reliability: 2), 2 Jul 2012.

    3. [S34621] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Dist. 68, Clinton, Illinois (Reliability: 2), 02 Aug 2010.

    4. [S40178] 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), fam. 596, p. 82, Clinton Co., Illinois (Reliability: 2), 21 Jun 2010.

    5. [S34621] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), fam. 556, p. 367A, Dist. 68, Clinton, Illinois (Reliability: 2), 02 Aug 2010.

    6. [S34634] 1870 United States Federal Census, United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), fam. 114, p. 16, Twp. 3N Range 2W, Clinton, Illinois (Reliability: 2), 15 May 2010.

    7. [S231] Clinton County, Illinois Deeds, 1818-1915, Clinton County (Illinois). County Recorder (Main Author), (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976), Deed Record, vol. 7, pg. 208 (Reliability: 3), 11 Mar 2021.

    8. [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. 10, p. 3, ED 65, Rio La Plata, La Plata, Colorado (Reliability: 2), 2 Jul 2012.

    9. [S183] San Juan County Index, 1890-1902, L. C. Grove, pub., Vol. 10, No. 8, Ed. 1, Friday, March 31, 1899, p. 1 (Reliability: 2), 22 Sep 2019.

    10. [S34623] 1900 United States Federal Census, United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900), fam. 213, p. 11A, ED 95, Precinct 3, San Juan, New Mexico (Reliability: 2), 23 Mar 2010.

    11. [S79] Durango (La Plata Co., CO) Weekly Banner, 13 Sep 1906, p. 3 (Reliability: 2), 24 Jul 2015.

    12. [S14600] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900, Illinois Secretary of State, (online database).

    13. [S26302] Clinton County, Illinois Marriages 1825-1848, (Clinton County, Illinois), 17.

    14. [S34623] 1900 United States Federal Census, United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900), fam. 213, p. 11A, ED 95, Precinct 3, San Juan, New Mexico (Reliability: 2), 23 Mar 2016.