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Born 1868
From The Daily news' history of Buchanan County and St. Joseph, Mo. From the time of the Platte purchase to the end of the year 1898. Preceded by a short history of Missouri. Supplemented by biographical s (1898)
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. Some of the more im-
As printed in The Daily news' history of Buchanan County and St. Joseph, Mo. From the time of the Platte purchase to the end of the year 1898. Preceded by a short history of Missouri. Supplemented by biographical s (1898). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
The printed record stops around 1898. We trace your line from there down to you, with every source cited.