Jul-28-2018
Husband: David Nicholson
Census name: David Nickleson 1
Born: ca 1804 2
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Madison Co, VA
Father: Shadrack Nicholson
Wife: Mary D. Breeding 2,3
Married: Apr-19-1827 in Madison Co, VA 2
Born: ca 1809 2
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Madison Co, VA
Father:
Mother:
M Child 1: James Madison Nicholson
Census name: M. J. Nickleson
Born: ca 1829 in Madison Co, VA 4
Died: Jun-15-1863 near Alexandria, VA 4 (see note 1)
Buried: in Arlington National Cemetery, VA 5
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Madison Co, VA
Military: Aug-15-1862 - Jun-15-1863 Pvt, Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War (POW - died of disease) 6,7
Wife: Sarah Ann Nicholson b. Jan-27-1832 d. Feb-16-1912
Married: Apr-23-1855 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 4,8
M Child 2: William Allison Nicholson
Born: Nov- -1831 in Madison Co, VA 9,8,2
Census: 1910 in Salt Lick District, Braxton Co, WV
Census: 1870, 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1856 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 8
Census: 1850 in Madison Co, VA
Military: Aug-15-1862 - Jul- 3-1865 Pvt, Co A, 14th W.Va. Inv, Civil War 6
Wife: Ellen B. Cox b. Nov- 7-1837 d. Jan-24-1875
Census name: Eleanor Cox 10
Married: Dec-16-1856 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 11
Wife: Nancy May Cooper b. Nov- -1840
Also known as: May Cooper 12
Married: Mar- 1-1883 in Lewis Co, WV 13
F Child 3: Mary F. Nicholson
Born: Feb-21-1834 in Madison Co, VA 14,8
Died: Mar-12-1892 15
Buried: in Snider Cemetery, jct Double Camp Rd & Meathouse Fork, near Avon, Doddridge Co, WV 16
Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Madison Co, VA
Husband: William Samuel Cox b. Nov-29-1835 d. Feb-10-1911
Married: Oct-22-1857 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 8
F Child 4: Jane E. Nicholson
Born: Mar- -1836 in Madison Co, VA 9,8
Census: 1870, 80, 1900, 10 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Lewis Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Madison Co, VA
Husband: Berryman Columbus (Benjamin) Nicholson b. Apr- 4-1836 d. Dec- 4-1900
Also known as: Berry Nicholson 17
Married: Apr- 2-1857 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 18
M Child 5: Henry Nicholson
Born: ca 1837 19,2
Census: 1850 in Madison Co, VA
F Child 6: Susan Nicholson
Born: ca 1839 in Madison Co, VA 19,8
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Madison Co, VA
Husband: David Hinkle Nicholson b. Dec-20-1837 d. Dec-18-1923
Married: Jan-17-1861 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 20,2
F Child 7: Patsy C. (Martha) Nicholson 2
Born: ca 1844 19,2
Census: 1850 in Madison Co, VA
M Child 8: Joseph Peter Nicholson
Census name: Peter Nicholson
Born: 1850 19,2
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Madison Co, VA
Wife: Catherine Ann Hitt
Married: Mar-31-1870 in Lewis Co, WV 2
Sources:
(1) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.
(2) 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. 368.
(3) Marriage record of daughter.
(4) 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. 370.
(5) Findagrave.com.
(6) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration.
(7) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service ,
Ancestry.com.
(8) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)
(9) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District)
(10) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.
(11) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, There are two records for this marriage, one presumably for the
license, the other for the ceremony itself. (1) MR p. 17. Identified as Wm. A. Nichelson, 25, son of David Nicholson;
and Ellen Cox, 19, dau of Levi Cox. The entry is dated Dec 16 1856. (2) MR p. 118. Identified as Wm. A. Nicholson,
single, 25, b. Madison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of D. Nicholson & Mary; and E. Cox, single, 19, b. Lewis Co, res.
Doddridge Co, dau of L. Cox & Salle. Married Dec 16 1856 in Doddridge County. (Note: Basis for identification of
wife's mother as Salle is not known. All other references to her have been as Phebe or some
variation.)
(12) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV.
(13) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, Identified as Wm Alison Nicholson, widowed, 51, b. Madison Co Va, res.
Doddridge Co, son of D. & M. D. Nicholson; and May Cooper, single, 42, b. Harrison Co, res. Lewis Co, dau of W. & M. H.
Cooper. Married Mar 1 1883 in Lewis County. MR p. 104 :
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10712473&Type=Marriage.
(14) Headstone.
(15) Record of husband's remarriage.
(16) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)
(17) Death record of son.
(18) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993),
There are two entries for this marriage. In the first, the couple are identified as Berryman Nicholson, 21, son of
Jesse; and Jane Nicholson, 21, dau of David; married on Mar 27 1857. In the second, they are identified as Benjamin
Nicholson, 21, b. Madison Co VA, res. Doddridge Co, son of Jesse & Tobitha; and Jane Nicholson, 21, b. Madison Co VA,
res. Doddridge Co, dau of David & Mary; married Apr 2 1857. Researcher Susie Davis Nicholson (p. 368) identifies them
as Berryman C. Nicholson & Jane E. Nicholson, married Apr 2 1857.
(19) 1850 Census.
(20) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993),
Identified as D. H. Nicholson, 23, b. Madison Co VA, res. Doddridge Co, son of Lewis & Susan L.; and Susan Nicholson,
20, b. Madison Co VA, res. Doddridge Co, dau of David & Mary D. Married Jan 17 1861. As grandchildren of Shadrack
Nicholson, David H. Nicholson and Susan Nicholson were first cousins.
Event Notes
Note (1) Civil War Service Records pertaining to James M. Nicholson state "Died June
15 1863, of disease at Convalescent Camp, Va. A paroled Prisoner of War. Was
captured at Greenland Gap, W.Va., Apr 25 1863." (Note: Greenland Gap is in
Hampshire County. Regimental history records state "Co. A and a company of the
23d Illinois Infantry fought and defeated a superior force under the Confederate
Gen. Jones at Greenland Gap in April 1863, inflicting terrible punishment upon
the enemy, who finally surrendered." Total casualties of the 14th W.Va.
Infantry during the War included 88 killed or mortally wounded, and 157 who died
of disease or accident.) Other records pertaining to James M. Nicholson show
that he was at the Confederate prison camp in Richmond from May 4 to May 14
1863, when he was paroled presumably due to illness. He was sent to Washington
DC on May 20 1863, and then to the Convalescent Camp near Alexandria, Va., on
May 29 1863.)
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