Amos
Egelston
Nicholson
Born in Lerna, Coles, Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Patrick Nicholson
and Elizabeth (Ashmore) Nicholson
Brother of
Joseph Bennet Nicholson, Patience Ann (Nicholson) Balch, William Anderson Nicholson, Mary (Nicholson) McGuire, James Minnis Nicholson, Sara Jane (Nicholson) Endsley, Harriet Newell (Nicholson) Leitch, Albert Barnes Nicholson, Margaret Matilda (Nicholson) Newman, Infant Son Nicholson and Ella Elizabeth (Nicholson) Newman
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 18
in Clinton, Hinds, Mississippi, United States
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Biography
Amos Egelston Nicholson born 10 May 1845 in Lerna, Coles, Illinois, USA. He never returned from the Civil War. Died 12 Feb 1864 near Clinton, Hinds, Mississippi. USA.[1]
Amos Nicholson served in the military during the Civil war. He was in the 5th Regiment, Illinois Cavalry, Company E as a Private.[2]
He fought (and presumably died) in a battle on 12 Feb 1864 at Clinton, MS.[3]
Amos was born in 1845. He was the son of Patrick Nicholson and Elizabeth Ashmore. He passed away in 1864.
Sources
- ↑ Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., American Civil War Regiments, 1861-1866 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
- ↑ National Park Service. U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1138&h=4883126&ssrc=pt&tid=70327752&pid=34211642403&usePUB=true.
- ↑ Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., American Civil War Regiments, 1861-1866 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
- Hammer, C. Wilson. (1961). Genealogy of Patrick McGuire and Catherine Prigmore McGuire, about 1750-about 1835. Salt Lake City. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89061965752
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