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William Nichelson

14 Mar 1836 – 19 Apr 1919

Birth	14 Mar 1836
Death	19 Apr 1919
Cemetery	Sand Valley Cemetery Callaway , Custer County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	Corbin Naylor on 07 Aug 2014
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59044375

Bio

Civil War veteran. Private in the 71st Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry. William "Nicholdson" enrolled for 3 months' service on 19 July 1862 at Middletown (now called Mahomet), Champaign County, Illinois. He was then age 26, single, a farmer resident in the county's Mahomet Township; born in Hamilton County, Ohio. He was 5 feet, 7 inches, with brown hair, gray eyes, and a fair complexion. Private Nicholdson was mustered in Company H, 71st Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, on 26 July 1862 in Chicago, Illinois. The 71st Illinois was assigned to garrisons in southern Illinois and western Kentucky, and the regiment and its personnel were mustered out on 29 October 1862 on expiration of term of service. (The 71st Illinois lost 23 men to disease.) William "Nicholson" and Martha C. Osborn were married on 4 September 1878 in Champaign County. "William Nichelson of Callaway who was taken to the insane hospital at Hastings week before last by Sheriff Talbot, died at that institution last week Sheriff Talbot was informed. He was eighty-three years of age and quite helpless." ("Dies at Asylum," Custer County Republican , Broken Bow, Nebraska, 24 Apr 1919, p. 1.)

Inscription

NICHELSON MARTHA C. | WILLIAM 1840-1913 | 1836-1919

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Family

Parents

• Susan Higdon Nicholson 1812–1861

Spouse

• Martha C Osborn Nichelson 1840–1913

Siblings

• Pvt. Charles Nicholson 1831–1863
• George Nichelson 1838–1902
• Benjamin J. Nichelson 1841–1914
• Isaac "Ike" Nichelson 1845–1925
• Margaret Nichelson Reed 1849–1873
• Abram Nichelson 1851–1865
• Ebenezer Nichelson 1854–1934
• James Henry Nichelson 1858–1946

Children

• John William Nichelson 1885–1968

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