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Ezra J. NICHOLSON

Ezra J. NICHOLSON

Male 1897 - 1972  (75 years)

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  • Name Ezra J. NICHOLSON 
    Born 26 Jan 1897  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Apr 1897. But birth record, headstone and SSDI show is as Jan 26 1897.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Salt Lick District, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1935  Troy, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1938  Glady, Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1940  Dry Fork District, Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1940  [5] 
    coal loader in coal mine 
    Residence Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Died 13 Dec 1972  Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6, 7] 
    Buried Indian Fork Baptist Cemetery, New Milton (Coldwater), Doddridge Co WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I14044  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2023 

    Father Lewis Albert NICHOLSON,   b. 24 Jul 1860, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1936, Coldwater (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Eleanor "Ellen" NICHOLSON,   b. 1876, Copen, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1921  (Age 45 years) 
    Family ID F6726  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Vena Bell DEVERICKS,   b. 14 Feb 1900, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1935, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)  [9] 
    Married 20 Jun 1916  [10] 
    Children 
    +1. Oral Willis NICHOLSON,   b. 12 Aug 1917, Coldwater (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1990  (Age 72 years)
    +2. Everett John NICHOLSON,   b. 5 Jun 1919, Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1990  (Age 71 years)
     3. Hester Geraldine NICHOLSON,   b. 17 Mar 1921, Huntington, Cabell Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jul 2011, Canal Winchester, Franklin Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     4. Robert Darrell NICHOLSON,   b. 20 May 1923,   d. 27 Sep 1995  (Age 72 years)
     5. Howard Milton NICHOLSON,   b. 22 Sep 1927, Coldwater (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Apr 2011, Bristow, Prince William Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F23973  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Madge KNIGHT,   b. 13 Jan 1913, Burnsville, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1973, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 31 Jul 1938  Elkins, Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Family ID F36579  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Bk 3, p. 149 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2617483&Type=Birth.
      Identified as Ezra J. Nicholson, white male, born January 26, 1897 in Doddridge County, son of Lewis A. Nicholson & Ella Nicholson. Original typed entry had birth date as June 26 1897, but changed by hand to read Jan 26 1897.

    2. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S2714] 1940 Census, Randolph County, WV.

    4. [S2226] Randolph County Marriage Records, Elkins, WV.

    5. [S2684] 1940 Census, Braxton County, WV.

    6. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    7. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 376.

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    9. [S1372] Obituary of wife's brother.

    10. [S5] Headstone.