George Edwards Nichols (abt. 1845 - 1905)

Born about 18 Aug 1845 in Haverhill, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States

Died 7 Jun 1905 at about age 59 in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

George Edwards was born in Haverhill, New Hampshire, about 1845, the son of Jonathan and Myra (Montgomery) Nichols. (His birthdate of August 18, 1845, is based on his age at the time of his death - 59 years, 9 months and 20 days). He grew up in Haverhill, where his father was a wheelwright.^[1]

He attended the Kimball Union Academy in Plainfield, New Hampshire, between 1862 and 1863, and when on to attend Dartmouth College 1863-64. During the Civil War, he served in the United States Navy, 1864-1865, as a paymaster clark. After the war, he took a few years to travel and study, and then settled down to work as a bookkeeper in Boston, Nantucket, Fairhaven and Webster, Massachusetts. ^[2]

In 1877, he was appointed as principal of the Lincoln School on College Ave. in Somerville, Massachusetts. He held the position for 3 years, when he transferred to the newly-built Highland School on Highland Ave., in 1880. He served as principal there until his death in 1905.^[3]

He married in 1877 to Mary Louise Tourtelllotte.^[4] Their first son, Courtland, was born in 1879 in Somerville.^[5] By 1900, the couple had 4 children: Cortlandt, Mildred, Robert and James.^[6]

George died of chronic Bright's Disease in 1905. He was 59 years old. He is buried at the Wyoming Cemetery in Melrose, Massachusetts.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWZ6-1ZL : 29 February 2020), George E Nichols in household of Jonathan Nichols, Haverhill, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States
2. ↑ The General Cataglogue and A Brief History of Kimball Union Academy, Plainfield, N.H., 1815-1880, p. 236
3. ↑ Annual Report of the School Committee of the City of Somerville, 1908, p. 83
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4SX-R9M : 24 May 2018), George Edward Nichols and Mary Louise Touitellotte, 26 Dec 1877
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHXW-J61 : 12 August 2017), George E Nichols, Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9TX-YWL : accessed 20 March 2020), George Nichols, Somerville city Ward 3, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWJ7-NBZ : 22 May 2019), George Edwards Nichols, 07 Jun 1905

• Souvenir School Directory of Somerville (1896), Published Boston, MA, p. 76
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHXW-J61 : 12 August 2017), George E Nichols, Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States