The Nichols Families of Buchanan County, Missouri

ROBERT L. NICHOLS, attorney at law, German-American Bank Building, was born near Halleck, Crawford Township, Buchanan County, Missouri, November 8, 1868, and is the son of Robert A. and Harriet (Shull) Nichols. His father now resides near Dearborn, Mo. There were four children in the family, our sub-

Price. He was in the battle of Lexington, Mo., and all the battles in which his command was engaged, throughout the entire war. Two of his brothers. Wash Nichols, who is living, and Reuben Nichols, who is deceased, were also in the Gates regiment with him, and served through the entire war.

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CHARLES T. NICHOLS, millwright, was born in Lewis County, New York, April 18, 1830, and was there educated. When seventeen years of age he went to Carthage, Jefferson County, where he learned the millwright trade, and worked in various parts of the East, in 1861 assisting in organizing a company for the United States service. On account of inability for duty he was obliged to remain from the contest. His three brothers, U. S. Merritt, S. and James L. were soldiers in the Union cause, the latter dying in the service from disease. His father, Samuel, was a bridge builder and stone contractor. In 1865 Mr. Nichols came West, spending the greater portion of two years at Helena and Virginia City, Montana. He erected the first saw-mill in Helena, and during his stay there was also interested in mining. He afterwards returned home, going to San Francisco and thence by steamer to New York. The spring of 1867 found him in St. Joseph, where he has since been a resident. His business extends throughout Northern Missouri, portions of Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska. The St. Joseph Glucose Works, one of the largest institutions of the kind in the country, was fitted and placed in running order by Mr. Nichols. Millwright work is his specialty, but he is an adept in the various branches of mechanism. He married in 1864 Miss L. A. Pardee, of New York. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

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JOHN M. NICHOLS, general agent of the Wells-Fargo Express Company, was born at Webster, Ind., November 11, 1849. He came to St. Joseph in 1870, and was employed by the Wells-Fargo Express Company for seven years. Then he was for a year with the American Express Company, and from 1888 till 189s served the Pacific Company. In 1895 he was appointed general agent a St. Joseph for the Wells-Fargo Company, the position he now holds. Mr. Nichols was married in Hiawatha, Kan., in December, 1872, to Miss Esther J. Olds, and they have three children.

As printed in the source¹. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.