Jonathan Calvin Nichols (1865 - 1951)

Born 20 May 1865 in Clay County, West Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah E. (Jones) Nichols — married 6 Jun 1889 (to 11 Sep 1894) in Clay Co., West Virginia

Husband of Virginia Aretta (Pritt) Nichols — married 25 Nov 1894 in Clay Co., West Virginia

Descendants

Died 3 Feb 1951 at age 85 in Lizemores, Clay Co., WV

Biography

From "Robert Martin's Family Records" in RootsWeb, dated 2013-11-03: 1880 census Clay County WV. living at home, 15 and single. 1900 Clay County County Census Living at 202-206, Married 5 years, 4/4 children all at home his mother Cristena living with him 1910 Clay County census living at 96-100 sheet 6-A. heis 44 she is 30 he h as been maried 2 times and her first marriage married for 16 years 9/8 kids all at home

Jonathan Calvin Nichols, a son of Elijah and Christena (Neal) Nichols, was born in Clay County WV May 20, 1865 and died there February 3, 1951. He married Sarah J. Jones June 6, 1889. Sarah, a daughter of William H.H. and Rosannah (King) Jones, was born about 1870. After the couple were divorced September 11, 1894, Sarah married Miles Morton. Jonathan married Virginia Arretta "Jenny" Pritt November 24, 1894. Virginia, a daughter of Andrew Jackson and Sophia (Samples) Pritt, was born December 30, 1876 in Clay County WV and died January 21, 1965.

Children of Jonathan Calvin and Sarah J. (Jones) Nichols.

524. (1). Felista

525. (2). Chester

Children of Jonathan Calvin and Virginia Arretta (Pritt) Nichols.

526. (1). Eva Laura b. May 1893 m.Emmett H. Eads

527. (2). Tona Annis b. Mar 1895 m.Robert Thornton Bird

528. (3). Arnold Hobart b.Jan 1898 m.Gladys Barnett m.Agnes Maude (Ramsey) Bird

529. (4). Okey Richard b. Jan 1900 m.Elvada King

Sources

• Paternal relationship of this person is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing of a living descendant. David Green Nichol and William Carl Nichols match on 36 out of 37 markers, (see the Nichols Surname Project at http://www.brian-hamman.com/ResultsForNicholsSurnameProject.htm ), thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA John Nicoll.

Neva Jane "Janie" Stout Bryant, descendants of Levin Nichols as posted to Nichols Surname Project linked to FamilyTreeDNA.com. Names of father and grandfather of DNA sample donor omitted for privacy considerations.

Martin, Robert: "Robert Martin's Family Records" database in RootsWeb, updated 1-3-2013: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=robertmartin0729&id=I175557

Footnotes

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Bob Nichol for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Bob and others.