Born in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Andrew Tarlton Nichols
and Mary Jane (Lingo) Nichols
Sister of
Tracy Andrew Nichols, Marie Lingo (Nichols) Newman, Edna Ivola (Nichols) Dover, Grace Isabelle Nichols and Homer Louis Nichols
Wife of
Leon Elmour Porterfield
— married
12 Mar 1902 (to 7 Sep 1916) in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Wife of
Fred House Elder
— married
22 Apr 1920 in Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Hubert Lane Porterfield, Ted Wayne Porterfield, Arthur Tracy Porterfield, Ivana Leona Marie Porterfield and Steven Russell Elder
Died
at age 76
in Palermo, Butte, California, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Jul 2022
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Biography
Mabel was born in 1879. She was the daughter of Andrew Nichols and Mary Lingo.
She married Leon Elmour Porterfield (1882-1956), and had the following children:
- Jack Nichols Porterfield
- Ted Wayne Porterfield (1906-1957)
- Arthur Tracy Porterfield (1908-1969)
- Ivana Leona Marie Porterfield (1910-1993)
She married Fred House Elder (1873-1940), and had the following child:
Mabel passed away in 1956.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXK7-XYL : 13 January 2022), Mabel Nickols in household of Andrew T. Nickols, Unity Township, Piatt, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
- Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29Q-MQHV : 23 February 2021), L E Porterfield and Mabel L Nichols, 12 Mar 1902; citing Marriage, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States, district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,363,974.
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLW-GZJM : 6 March 2021), Mabel Lee Nichols Elder, ; Burial, Oroville, Butte, California, United States of America, Memorial Park Cemetery; citing record ID 93307845, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93307845/mabel-lee-elder
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