SUSAN "SARAH" iOWA (BUSARD) WALKER NICHOLS

BUSARD, WALKER, NICHOLS, WILSON

Posted By: Jennifer (email)
Date: 5/25/2021 at 19:04:51

Mrs. Nichols was in maidenhood Susan Iowa Busard. She was born at Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa, and was the daughter of Hugh and Mary (Wilson) Busard, natives of Virginia and Iowa, respectively, who became successful farmers in Lee County, where the spent their last days. To this worthy couple were born eleven children, of whom Mrs. Nichols is the fifth oldest. She was married the first time at Williamsville, Know County, Ill., to Hiram Walker, who was born there and served in Company G, Thirty-eighth Illinois Regiment, during the Civil War. He was a painter in Illinois until they removed to Northport, Stevens County, Wash., where they homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land, which they farmed for thirteen years, and then sold, and in 1909 came to Butte County, purchasing the present place, and here Mr. Walker died, September 22, 1912. Their only child, Margaret, had preceded him, her death occurring in 1911. Mrs. Walker continued to reside on the ranch, and after two years was married to Kelcy Nichols, the ceremony taking place in Oroville, October 3, 1914.

Source: ”History of Butte County, California: With Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men and Women of the County who Have Been Identified with Its Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present.” George C. Mansfield, Historic record Company, 1918 - Butte County (Calif.) - 1331 pages