Born in Monroe, West Virginia, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Thomas Nickell
— married
21 Jan 1822 in Monroe, Amherst, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Margaret (Nickell) Spencer, Savilla (Nickell) Price, Amanda (Nickell) Moran, Eliza Jane (Nickell) Adams, Sally A Nickell, Anderson Nickell and Isaiah Ford Nickell
Died
at age 77
in Henry, Iowa, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Jan 2015
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Biography
Isabella was born in 1805 in Monroe County, West Virginia.
In 1822, Isabella married Thomas Nickell in Monroe County. They had ten children.
In 1848, they moved to Henry County, Iowa.
She passed away in 1883.
I. F NICKELL...
Thomas Nickell was a native of the Old Dominion, his parents, who were of Scotch-Irish descent, having been early settlers of Virginia. His birth occurred in 1800 and his death in 1885. He was a man of strict integrity and a consistent Presbyterian in religion. He married Isabel McDowell, who was of Scotch ancestry and later moved to Ohio and lived in Jackson county. Subsequently he moved with his family to Henry county, Iowa, going there when it was a frontier state, in 1848, before there were any railroads west of the Mississippi. Mrs. Nickell died at the age of seventy six years. Ten children were born of their union three sons and seven daughters.
1850 Federal Census in Jefferson Township, Iowa:
- Thomas Nickels 50 born Virginia
- [wife] Isabel 45 born Virginia
- [daughter] Civilla 20 born Ohio
- [daughter] Eliza J 15 born Ohio
- [daughter] Sally A 13 born Ohio
- [son] Anderson 8 born Ohio
- [son] Isaiah NF 4 born Ohio
Sources
- 1822 West Virginia Marriage Record for Thomas Nickell and Isabella McDowell
- 1850 Federal Census
- Findagrave profile
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Dave McNally for creating McDowell-1689 on 8 Jan 15.
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