Horace Nichols
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Horace Wheeler Nichols (abt. 1805 - 1883)

Horace Wheeler Nichols
Born about in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, USAmap
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Husband of — married 2 Jan 1831 in Bristol, Hartford, CTmap
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Died at about age 78 in Middlebury, New Haven, Connecticut, USAmap
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Biography

Horace Wheeler NICHOLS was born about March 1805. He died 27 Jul 1883 and was buried in Gunntown Cemetery, Naugatuck, New Haven, CT. Horace married Abigail Chloe HOLT on 2 Jan 1831 in Bristol, Hartford, CT.

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Birth about MAR 1805 Note: Jillson, Myrtle M., Those Buried in Gunnton Cemetery, an article in The American Genealogist (vol 13, 1936), "d. 27 July 1883, ae 78 y 4 m". Both tombstone inscriptions and office records are included in this article.


Died 28 JUL 1883. Middlebury, Connecticut. [1]

Marriage 2 JAN 1831. Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut. [2]

Sources

  1. Source: #S3 p. 176-7 Horace W. Nichols d. Middlebury, July 28, 1883, aged 74, of cancer of liver; b. Naugatuck, occupation = farmer.
  2. Source: #S1 Bristol VR 1:65 Horace W. Nichols of Waterbury to Abigail H. Scarritt of Bristol by H. Stanwood pastor of the Baptist Church in Bristol
  • 1850 Naugatuck Census.
  • 1860 Naugatuck Census. beside John and Content Nichols, ages 74 & 75

living with them is 28 year old Jane M. Nichols, and George, 23, Edwin 15.

  • 1870 Middlebury Census. Horace and Abigail are alone, living between James H? Bradley, and George S. Pope.
  • 1880 Middlebury Census.
  • Compiled and edited by Jacqyelyn Ladd Ricker, The Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2006), p. 9230. " ... Horace W., of Waterbury ..."

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  • David Davis and Levi Glasson, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Gunntown Cemetery, p. 137. "Nichols, Joel S., born Apr, 17, 1803, died Apr. 9, 1861

Nichols, Avis Hoag, wife of J. S., born Sept., 16, 1804, died May 19, 1875. Nichols, Horace, died July 27, 1883, age 76. Nichols, Abigail C., died Sept. 6, 1883, age 80. Nichols, Edward J., died Feb. 23, 1911, age 73, Co. H., 23 Inf. Vonn. Vol., G.A.R. 133. Nichols, Myra A., wife of E. J., died May 19, 1931, age 86. Nichols, Elizabeth M. Roberts, wife of H., born 1847, died 1915. Roberts, William J., born June 9, 1914, died May 7, 1879. Roberts, Harriet Cook, wife of W. J., born Feb. 5, 1821, died May 26, 1903." http://oxfordpast.net/gtcemscan137.html.

  • Ricker, Ricker Compilation, 9230, 11177. " ... by Rev. H. Stanwood - Bristol VR."

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  • Source: S3 death certificate or record
  • Source: S1 marriage record




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