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Rev. James Samuel Nicholson

Male 1854 - 1928  (73 years)


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  • Name James Samuel Nicholson 
    Prefix Rev. 
    Born 16 Aug 1854  Cross Plains, Ripley, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    _UID 852FAA174890924497254569AE269FE5E5E3 
    Died 7 Jul 1928  Goldfield, Wright, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Goldfield Cem, Wright, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • SOURCES:
      1. Ancestry.co file: Ancestors of the Past and Present (Owner: tinasmith101 <http://www.ancestry.com/community/member/profile.aspx?cba=tinasmith101>


      2. From "Unk" file on Ancestry.com:
      James Samuel NICHOLSON, Sex: Male, Birth: 16 AUG 1854 in Cross Plains, Indiana (Ripley Co.) Death: 7 JUL 1928 in Goldfield, Iowa (Wright Co.)
      Emily Theresa Nicholson, b. May 29, 1885 at Ainsworth, Iowa. May belong to this family. Have no other data. There were six grandchildren.
      Ordained Baptist minister in 1898 Goldfield, Iowa after 1911, retired in 1923
      Buried Goldfield cemetery in Wright Co., Iowa
      Ordained Baptist minister in 1898

      1800 US Census
      J. S. Nicholson Home in 1880: Oregon, Washington, Iowa Age: 25 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1855 Birthplace: Indiana Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's Name: Maggie Nicholson Occupation: Farming Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male
      - Maggie Nicholson Home in 1880: Oregon, Washington, Iowa Age: 23 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857 Birthplace: Tennessee Relation to Head of Household: Wife Spouse's Name: J. S. Nicholson Occupation: Keeping House Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Female.
      Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Oregon, Washington, Iowa; Roll: 368; Family History Film: 1254368; Page: 98B; Enumeration District: 138; Image: 0799.
      Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.
      Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

      1885 Iowa State Census
      James S Nicholson,30, Birth Location: Indiana Marital Status: Married Gender: Male Birth Year: abt 1855.
      - Maggie J Nicholson, 28, Birth Location: Tennessee Marital Status: Married Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1857
      - Alice L Nicholson, 3, Birth Location: Washington Marital Status: Single Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1882
      - Ross M Nicholson, 1, Birth Location: Washington Marital Status: Single Gender: Male Birth Year: abt 1884
      Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.
      1885 Census, Residence County: Washington Residence State: Iowa Locality: Ainsworth and Oregon, Family Number: 32 Line: 9 Roll: IA1885_273

      1900 US Census
      J. Samuel Nicholson Home in 1900: Penn, Jefferson, Iowa [Pleasant Plain, Jefferson, Iowa] Age: 45 Birth Date: Aug 1854 Birthplace: Indiana Race: White Gender: Male Relationship to head-of-house: Head Father's Birthplace: Indiana Mother's Birthplace: Indiana Spouse's Name: Maggie J Nicholson Marriage year: 1880 Marital Status: Married Years married: 20.
      - Maggie J Nicholson Home in 1900: Penn, Jefferson, Iowa [Pleasant Plain, Jefferson, Iowa] Age: 43 Birth Date: Oct 1856 Birthplace: Tennessee Race: White Gender: Female Relationship to head-of-house: Wife Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother: number of living children: 6 Mother: How many children: 8 Spouse's Name: J Samuel Nicholson Marriage year: 1880 Marital Status: Married Years married: 20
      - Allice L Nicholson Home in 1900: Penn, Jefferson, Iowa [Pleasant Plain, Jefferson, Iowa] Age: 18 Birth Date: Dec 1881 Birthplace: Iowa Race: White Gender: Female Relationship to head-of-house: Daughter Father's name: J Samuel Nicholson Father's Birthplace: Indiana Mother's name: Maggie J Nicholson Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Marital Status: Single
      - C Ray Nicholson [C Roy Nicholson] Home in 1900: Penn, Jefferson, Iowa [Pleasant Plain, Jefferson, Iowa] Age: 12 Birth Date: Jul 1887 Birthplace: Iowa Race: White Gender: Male Relationship to head-of-house: Son Father's name: J Samuel Nicholson Father's Birthplace: Indiana Mother's name: Maggie J Nicholson Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Marital Status: Single
      - Loyd L Nicholson Home in 1900: Penn, Jefferson, Iowa [Pleasant Plain, Jefferson, Iowa] Age: 11 Birth Date: Dec 1888 Birthplace: Iowa Race: White Gender: Male Relationship to head-of-house: Son Father's name: J Samuel Nicholson Father's Birthplace: Indiana Mother's name: Maggie J Nicholson Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Marital Status: Single
      - Mila B Nicholson Home in 1900: Penn, Jefferson, Iowa [Pleasant Plain, Jefferson, Iowa] Age: 8 Birth Date: Oct 1891 Birthplace: Iowa Race: White Gender: Female Relationship to head-of-house: Daughter Father's name: J Samuel Nicholson Father's Birthplace: Indiana Mother's name: Maggie J Nicholson Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Marital Status: Single
      - Clark Nicholson [Clara Nicholson] Home in 1900: Penn, Jefferson, Iowa [Pleasant Plain, Jefferson, Iowa] Age: 5 Birth Date: Dec 1894 Birthplace: Iowa Race: White Gender: Male Relationship to head-of-house: Son Father's name: J Samuel Nicholson Father's Birthplace: Indiana Mother's name: Maggie J Nicholson Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Marital Status: Single
      - Harold Nicholson Home in 1900: Penn, Jefferson, Iowa [Pleasant Plain, Jefferson, Iowa] Age: 11/12 Birth Date: Jun 1899 Birthplace: Iowa Race: White Gender: Male Relationship to head-of-house: Son Father's name: J Samuel Nicholson Father's Birthplace: Indiana Mother's name: Maggie J Nicholson Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Marital Status: Single
      Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Penn, Jefferson, Iowa; Roll: T623_439; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 51.
      Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004






      1900: Lived in Penn, Jefferson Co., Iowa
      1925 Iowa State Census
      James S. Nicholson, 70, Male, White, Married, Owns Home, Value 2000, #years in USA:70, #years in Iowa: 57, Education: 8th Grade, can read and write.
      - Margaret J Nicholson [Margaret J McConnell] Birth Location: Tennessee Marital Status: Married Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1857 Race: White Relation to Head: Wife. Mother: Lucinda Walker Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee. Father: Isaac W McConnell, Father's Birthplace: Tennessee. Marriage Place: Tennessee. #years in USA: 68, #years in Iowa: 66,Education: 10th Grade, can read and write.
      Census Date: 1 Jan 1925, Residence County: Wright Residence State: Iowa Locality: Goldfield. Line: 25 Roll: IA1925_2013
      Source Information:
      Ancestry.com. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.
    Person ID I894  7B William Bassett of Cross Plains, Indiana
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2011 

    Father Thomas Jefferson Nicholson,   b. 3 Apr 1827, Cross Plains, Ripley, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Oct 1902, Ainsworth,Washington, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Julia Elizabeth McGee,   b. 30 Oct 1829, North Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Dec 1911, Ainsworth , Washington , Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 6 Feb 1851  , Jefferson, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    Family ID F643  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Jane MCCONNELL,   b. 11 Oct 1856, Marysville, Blount, Tennessee , United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1941, Gilmore City, Humboldt, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 30 Dec 1879  , Washington, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Children 
     1. Alice Lillian Nicholson,   b. 25 Dec 1881, Ainsworth,Washington, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Ross McConnell Nicholson,   b. 24 Nov 1883, Ainsworth,Washington, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1887, Ainsworth,Washington, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
     3. Emily Thersa Nicholson,   b. 29 May 1885
     4. Clinton Ray Nicholson,   b. 30 Jul 1887, Ainsworth,Washington, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1975, Goldfield, Wright, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    +5. Lloyd Leslie Nicholson,   b. 18 Dec 1888, Ainsworth,Washington, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1963, Morning Sun, ,Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     6. Myla Isabel Nicholson,   b. 16 Oct 1891, Ainsworth,Washington, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 May 1959, Renwick, Humboldt. Iowa,United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     7. William Clare Nicholson,   b. 11 Dec 1894, Ainsworth,Washington, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Nov 1895, Ainsworth,Washington, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     8. Joseph Clark Nicholson,   b. 11 Dec 1894, Ainsworth,Washington, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Harold M Nicholson,   b. 14 Jun 1899, ,Henry, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F644  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S203] Williams E-Mail, Sherry Williams, ().

    2. [S27] 1860 US Census, US Gov., (Ancestry.com).

    3. [S60] 1885 Iowa State Census, Iowa, (Ancestry.com).

    4. [S93] 1900 US Census, US Gov, (Ancestry.com).

    5. [S42] 1880 US Census, US Gov., (Ancestry.com).

    6. [S202] Abrams File, Cindy Abrams, (RootsWeb).