Jul-28-2018
Husband: Lewis Nicholson
Also known as: Louis Nicholson 1
Died: bef 1850 2
Father: Shadrack Nicholson
Wife: Susanna L. Breeding 3 4,1,3
Also known as: Susannah L. Breaden 4,1
Married: Dec-22-1835 2
Born: ca 1811 2
Died: Mar-16-1891 in Doddridge Co, WV 2
Census: 1850 in Madison Co, VA
Father:
Mother:
M Child 1: Ambrose B. Nicholson
Born: Sep-18-1836 in Madison Co, VA 5,6,7,8,9 (see note 1)
Died: Nov-24-1925 in Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 6,7
Buried: in Snider Cemetery, jct Double Camp Rd & Meathouse Fork, near Avon, Doddridge Co, WV 6,10,11,12
Census: 1900, 1910, 1920 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Madison Co, VA
Occupation: farmer 6
Military: Aug-14-1862 - Jun- 3-1865 Pvt, Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 13,14,15
Wife: Sarah Elizabeth Dennison b. 1839 d. Nov-15-1862
Also known as: Mary E. Dennison 16
Married: Apr-15-1858 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 7
Wife: Martha M. Binegar b. ca 1849 d. May-15-1867
Married: Jan- 4-1866 in Harrison Co, WV 17,7,18
Wife: Melissa Perine b. ca 1845
Married: Nov- 5-1868 in Harrison Co, WV 19
Wife: Nancy Margaret ___ b. Mar-19-1853 d. Feb-25-1921
Married: Mar-29-1889 in Doddridge Co, WV 20 (see note 2)
M Child 2: David Hinkle Nicholson
Born: Dec-20-1837 in Madison Co, VA 21,6
Died: Dec-18-1923 in Coldwater (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 22
Buried: in Indian Fork Baptist Cemetery, New Milton (Coldwater), Doddridge Co WV 6
Census: 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850 in Madison Co, VA
Military: Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 23
Wife: Susan Nicholson b. ca 1839
Married: Jan-17-1861 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 24,2
Wife: Cinderella A. Cox b. Feb-16-1849 d. Jul-19-1926
Also known as: Cinda 3
Married: Jul- 3-1870 in Doddridge Co, WV 21
M Child 3: Richard C. Nicholson
Born: ca 1838 in Madison Co, VA 25
Census: 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1861 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 21
Census: 1850 in Madison Co, VA
Wife: Lydia A. Kinney b. Jul- -1844 d. May- -1920
Married: Dec-24-1861 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 26,2
F Child 4: Amanda Melvenia "Mandy" Nicholson
Census name: Manda M.
Born: Nov- -1842 in Madison Co, VA 9,27,21
Census: 1900, 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1858 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 21
Census: 1850 in Madison Co, VA
Husband: James H. Dennison b. ca 1838 d. May-15-1863
Married: Apr-15-1858 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 21
Husband: John Rinehart Swisher b. May-30-1821 d. May-13-1885
Also known as: Rinehart Swisher 28,3
Married: Dec-10-1868 in Doddridge Co, WV 29
Sources:
(1) Marriage record of son.
(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) Death record of son.
(4) Marriage record of daughter.
(5) Headstone.
(6) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx)
(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. 371.
(8) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.
(9) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District)
(10) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised &
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >.
(11) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)
(12) Findagrave.com.
(13) U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(14) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service ,
Ancestry.com.
(15) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration.
(16) Death record of daughter.
(17) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Susie Davis Nicholson reports marriage date as Jan 4 1865.
(18) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)
(19) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Susie Davis Nicholson reports marriage date as May 15 1868.
(20) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993),
Identified as Ambrose B. Nicholson, 53, b. Madison Co VA, res. Doddridge Co; and Mrs. Nancy M. Clark, 36, b. Harrison
Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Mar 31 1889.
(21) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)
(22) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).
Wes Cochran's "Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969" lists death date as 12/20/1923, but actual death record clearly
shows death date as Dec 18 1923, with burial on Dec 20 1923, his 86th birthday. Informant: Harold W. Nicholson, Salem
WV.
(23) H. H. Hardesty, History of Doddridge County (1883),
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvpioneers
/doddridgecountyhistory.html.
(24) 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.
(25) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993),
"Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 371, reports birth as about 1841.
(26) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993),
Identified as Richard C. Nicholson, 23, b. Madison Co VA, res. Doddridge Co, son of Lewis & Susannah L.; and Liddi
Kinney, 19, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Israel & Cassy. Married Dec 24
1861.
(27) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1-A, p. 158.
(28) Taylor County Historical & Genealogical Society, Grafton, WV, A History of Taylor County West Virginia, McClain
Printing Co, Parsons, WV (1986), p. 408.
(29) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as John R. Swisher, widowed, age 47, b. in Lewis Co, son
of Peter & Susannah Swisher; and Mandy M. Dennison, widowed, age 26, b. Madison Co, dau of Lewis & Susanna Nicholson.
Married Dec 10 1868. MR Bk 1-A, p. 158.
Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date of Sep 18 1836 reported by Susie Davis Nicholson, but Sep 15 1836
stated on death record, while "Doddridge County Cemeterie" reports Sep 19 1836
on headstone. Name on headstone: Ambrose B. Nickleson.
Note (2) Marriage date of Mar 31 1889 reported by Susie Davis Nicholson.
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