Cletus V. Nichols (1914 - 1991)

Born 18 Feb 1914 in Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Died 22 Jan 1991 at age 76 in Dawson, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Cletus V. Nichols was born in Georgia in 1914, the son of Tilman Nichols and Addie Metcalf. He married Marjorie Buice. They had two sons, Kenneth and Ronnie. Cletus died in 1991 in Georgia.^[1]

In 1920, the Nichols family lived in Dawsonville, Dawson, Georgia. They owned their farm. The family included Tilman M. Nichols, 44, a farmer; his wife Addie, 42; their children, Lonie, 17, a farm laborer; Conie, 15, farm laborer; Levie, 13; May, 11; Marchie, 9; Iler, 7; Cletus, 5; and Vanace, 2. None of the children were in school. All were born in Georgia. Living nearby was their son, Granville, 24, a farmer, and his wife.^[2]

In 1930, the Nichols family lived on their rented farm on Creighton Road in Waleska, Cherokee, Georgia. The household included T.M. Nichols, 55, a farmer, and not a military veteran; his wife, Ada, 54; their children, Eva, 23; Marge, 18; Jen, 16; Cletus, 14; and Vanice, 12; and grandchildren, Elco, 10; Osco, 8; Leona, 6; and Carrell, 2. All members of the household were born Georgia.^[3]

He died, aged 77, on 22 January 1991 in Dawson, Georgia.^[4] Cletus is buried with his wife, two sons, and his parents at Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Dawson County, Georgia.^[5]

Burial

Place: Lebanon Baptist Cemetery - Dawson County, Georgia, USA ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ familysearch.org Family Tree, with sources (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L68T-Z8T)
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch [1] : accessed 19 June 2020, Cletus Nichols in household of Tilman M Nichols, Dawsonville, Dawson, Georgia, United States; citing ED 39, sheet 3B, line 84, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 247; FHL microfilm 1,820,247.
3. ↑ 1930 US Census, Waleska, Cherokee, Georgia (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:33SJ-4N2?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=LVPV-MMW)
4. ↑ US Social Security Death Index (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JRXS-WJX)
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 19 June 2020), memorial page for Cletus V. Nichols (18 Feb 1914–22 Jan 1991), Find A Grave: Memorial #77561530, citing Lebanon Baptist Cemetery, Dawson County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by dreid2277 (contributor 47339526) .