Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Zachariah Nicholson    
                Born: 1839                 in Madison Co, VA  1,2
                Died: Aug-30-1862          in Manassas, VA  2,1
              Census: 1850                 in Madison Co, VA  
            Military:                      Pvt, Co K, 6th W.Va. Cav, Civil War (killed in action)  3
              Father: Jesse Columbus Nicholson   (1801 - 1857) 
              Mother: Tabitha Nicholson   (1808 -     ) 
                Wife: Margaret Roberta Nicholson   4  
             Married: Jul- 8-1858          in Madison Co, VA  1
                Born: Oct- 8-1837          in Madison Co, VA  5,1,2
                Died: Mar-27-1909          in Doddridge Co, WV  2
              Buried:                      in Upper Little Indian Fork Cemetery, Coldwater (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV  2
              Census: 1900                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1863                 in Doddridge Co, WV  6
              Census: 1850                 in Madison Co, VA  
              Father: Christopher Columbus Nicholson   (1814 - 1889) 
              Mother: Mary "Patty" Kibena   (1816 - 1890) 
Other spouse 2
           M Child 1: Harris P. Nicholson      
                Born: 1859                  7
                Died: Jun-25-1859           7
           F Child 2: Alice Nicholson      
                Born: 1860                  8,6 (see note 1)
                Died: Feb-20-1943           2,8
              Buried:                      in Greenlawn Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  2
              Census: 1900                 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: George Minter Cox  b. May- 5-1855  d. Nov- 1-1926  
             Married: Nov-16-1876          in Doddridge Co, WV  9

Sources:
(1) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 369. 
(2) Findagrave.com. 
(3) Civil War Service Records, . 
(4) Marriage record of daughter. 
(5) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) 
(6) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(7) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 373. 
(8) Headstone (year only) 
(9) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), 
Identified as George M. Cox, 21. res. Doddridge Co, son of Philip S. & Elizabeth; and Alice Nicholson, 16, res. 
Doddridge Co, dau of Zachariah & Margaret.  Married Nov 16 1876. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date in 1900 Census is Feb 1861.  But date on headstone is 1860, while
"Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 373, reports it as as Aug 6 1860.







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