William Nicholson 1868-1940

NICHOLSON, KELLY, WATSON, KEY, BURKE

Posted By: Ann Krumme (email)
Date: 5/17/2008 at 17:54:05

Death of Wm. Nicholson
Prairie du Chien, Wis.,--Funeral services for William Nicholson, 71, who died Saturday night at his home in Prairie du Chien after a long illness, were held at St. John’s Catholic church at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Burial was in St. Gabriel’s cemetery here.

Mr. Nicholson was born Nov. 23, 1868, on a farm in the Cherry Mound vicinity in the Mississippi river hills in Allamakee county, Iowa, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Nicholson, early settlers of that region. On Aug. 26, 1902 he married Katharine Kelly at St. Pius church, Cherry Mound. They lived on a farm in that vicinity for a number of years, then moved to a farm near Prairie du Chien. Four years ago he retired from farming and came to Prairie du Chien to live.

Surviving are the wife; three daughters, Mrs. Robert Watson of Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Russell Burke and Mrs. Keith Key, both of Prairie du Chien; one son, William of Prairie du Chien, and a brother, Edward Nicholson of Waukon, Ia. One son, Edward, died in 1918. There are five grandchildren.—La Crosse Tribune.

~Allamakee Journal and Lansing Mirror
Wednesday November 13, 1940