Nicholls, George H.

NICHOLLS

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Date: 7/9/2021 at 16:33:06

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.711

NICHOLLS, GEORGE H., farmer, Palmyra Township, Sec. 7; P. O. Palmyra; was born in Brook county, West Virginia, March 23, 1821; when a small lad, his father moved to Knox county, Ohio, where he was raised; in 1853 he came to this county; having had but little success previous to his coming to this county, he rented land for several years in this vicinity. In 1864 he purchased the 100 acres on which he now resides, and since that time has increased his real estate to 263 acres, having accomplished all this by hard labor and good judgment, assisted by one of the noblest of women, formerly Miss Sophia Howe, a native of Ohio, whom he married March 23, 1847; they have nine children: Elliott, Susan M. (wife of I. Sutton), Margaret E. (wife of A. McCarty), Thos. J., Lucinda, Cyrus, Elmira (now Mrs. E. Gunlock), David, and Florence; lost one daughter, Alice.