Elbert Geter Nicholson (1904)

NICHOLSON, HAINES

Posted By: Treva Patterson
Date: 8/17/2007 at 13:40:04

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
July 1904

E. G. Nicholson died at his home on West Green St. on Saturday afternoon at 6:00.

For eight months Mr. Nicholson had been confined to the house and for the past four months had not been out of his bed. He suffered excruciating pain most of the time from disease of the prostrate gland. The funeral occurred on Sunday afternoon at 3:00. He was one of the early settlers of the county, moving to the north part of the county from Mahaska County before the war.

He was married to Isabel Haines in Mahaska county before coming to Madison County. In 1872 he moved to Winterset.
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, July 7, 1904
Page 5

Obituary

Elbert Geter Nicholson was born in Washington county, Indiana March 7, 1842. He with his parents came to Scott county, Iowa in 1848, and to Madison county in 1854. They first settled on what was known as Coon Divide.

In 1870, September 6th, he was married to Miss Ann Isabelle Haines of Mahaska county. To this union was born one child, which died in infancy. After coming to Madison county he was engaged in farming till 1870, when he moved to Winterset, where he was engaged from time to time in various kinds of business, but always busy.

His business relations made him a very familiar figure on the streets of our city, and when he was confined to his room, he was greatly missed by his friends, which were many.

After about eight months of untold suffering, during which time all and all that was in the power of human skill to do, he found relief in death on the evening of July 2d, at 6 o’clock.

The funeral occurred from his late home, conducted by Rev. E. E. Bennett of the Christian church. After the funeral service his remains were laid to rest in the Winterset cemetery.
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, July 7, 1904
Page 5

County and City

Geter Nicholson, who has been a great sufferer during the past eight months, passed away at his home in the west part of the city on Saturday evening. The deceased was one of the early settlers of this county and was widely known throughout the north and west parts of this county. More extended notice of his life is published elsewhere in this paper.
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The Madison County Reporter
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, July 7, 1904
Page 4

Same obituary as in the Madisonian.

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