NICOLL, Rev. David

NICOLL, BROWN, BARRETT, BARTLETT, CAMPBELL, HENDERSON, CRANSTON, HYDE, BARNES, BEARD, PATTERSON, BARTLETT, BAIRD, MCCLENAHAN, BUCHANAN, MAYES

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Date: 12/9/2001 at 09:22:46

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF De Witt TWP.
From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) pgs 736-751

REV. DAVID NICOLL, Pastor of the United Presbyterian Church, De Witt. Mr. Nicoll was born in the town of Andes, Delaware Co., N. Y., in 1841; he entered Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, in 1861. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Knapp's Pennsylvania Battery; was wounded at Wahatchie Valley Oct. 28, 1863; from that time till the close of the war, was employed in the Provost Marshal's office in New York City; was discharged May 19, 1865. In September, 1865, returned to Jefferson College; Jan. 1, 1866, he entered Monmouth College, Ill., graduating June, 1867; he graduated at the Theological Seminary, Monmouth, March, 1869; in November of the same year, was ordained, and installed Pastor of the U. P. Church, of De Witt. Married, Jan. 16, 1870, Isabella F. Brown, a native of Bovina, Delaware Co., N. Y.; has four children-Wm. A., Thomas E., Geo. D. and Mary. The U. P. Church at De Witt was organized Sept. 8, 1855, with sixteen members. The Elders were John Barrett and James Bartlett; in June, 1856, the Rev.. R. S. Campbell became the first Pastor; remained till April, 1868; he was succeeded by the present Pastor in January, 1870. In 1861, nine members of the Church enlisted in the army-John Barrett, John Henderson, D. J. Cranston, J. A. Hyde, W. H. Hyde, James Barnes, John F. Beard and James V. Patterson. Of these, but one, D. J. Cranston, survived till the end of the war, and he lost a leg at the battle of Chattanooga, in 1863; the others were killed in battle or died of disease while in the service. The Church has now ninety members. The members of Session are James Bartlett, N. T. Baird, Robert McClenahan, J. D. Buchanan and J. S. Mayes.