Mary was born in 1827. She is said to have been the daughter of Preston Ward and Ellender Lawson. Mary married William Newton Nichols in 1845. [1] In 1870 the couple is enumerated on the federal census in Franklin County, Arkansas. [2] She passed away in 1903. [3]
Born
ABT 1824.
Tennessee
Alabama
Found multiple copies of birth date. Using ABT 1824
Residence Age: 56; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Wife.
1880
White Oak, Franklin, Arkansas, USA.
Event: White.
Race
Sources
↑ Franklin County Section of Goodspeed's Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin and Sebastian Counties Arkansas. Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1889. Reprinted for Franklin County Historical Society. Pages 1263-64.
↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNC3-HHH : 12 April 2016), Mary Nichols in household of William Nichols, Arkansas, United States; citing p. 25, family 177, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,552.
↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #43285398 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43285398/mary-joplinnichols : accessed 27 March 2022), memorial page for Mary “Polly” Ward Joplin/Nichols (10 Jan 1827–26 Jul 1903), citing Nichols Chapel Cemetery, Altus, Franklin County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Ken Hutchinson (contributor 47213198) .
Source: S41 Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010). 880 United States Federal Census</i>. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. TID 439 Author Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publisher Ancestry.com Operations Inc PubPlace Provo, UT, USA PubDate 2010 Title 1880 United States Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: White Oak, Franklin, Arkansas; Roll: 44; Family History Film: 1254044; Page: 719B; Enumeration District: 059; Image: 0149 Page Year: 1880; Census Place: White Oak, Franklin, Arkansas; Roll: 44; Family History Film: 1254044; Page: 719B; Enumeration District: 059; Image: 0149 File Format: jpg PHOTO Scrapbook: N
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