Husband: Lewis Albert Nicholson
Also known as: Albert Nicholson 1,2,3,4
Born: Jul-24-1860 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 2,5,6,7,8,9
Died: Jul-13-1936 in Coldwater (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 2,7
Buried: in Upper Little Indian Fork Cemetery, Coldwater (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 10,11,2
Census: 1910, 1920, 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1900 in Salt Lick District, Braxton Co, WV
Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: Berryman Columbus (Benjamin) Nicholson (1836 - 1900)
Mother: Jane E. Nicholson (1836 - )
Other spouse 2
Wife: Mary Elizabeth Snider
Also known as: Elizabeth 12
Married: Mar-31-1881 in Doddridge Co, WV 5,13
Born: May- 6-1863 14,5,15 (see note 1)
Died: May- 1-1893 in Coldwater (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 16,14
Buried: in Upper Little Indian Fork Cemetery, Coldwater (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 10,15
Census: 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: Joseph Snider (1815 - 1900)
Mother: Jane Cooper (1834 - )
F Child 1: Iva Nicholson Born: Feb-29-1882 in Doddridge Co, WV 17
M Child 2: Archie Columbus Nicholson 11 Born: 1883 in Doddridge Co, WV 7,18 Died: 1951 7 Buried: in Copen Cemetery, Braxton Co, WV 10 Resided: 1934 in Glady, Randolph Co, WV 19 Resided: 1905 in Doddridge Co, WV 18 Census: 1900 in Salt Lick District, Braxton Co, WV Wife: Leotia Bell Carrico b. Sep-23-1889 d. 1925 Also known as: Leotie B. Carrico 18 Married: Oct- 8-1905 in Doddridge Co, WV 18 Wife: Clara Belle Strawder b. ca 1913 Married: Dec- 1-1934 in Elkins, Randolph Co, WV 19
M Child 3: Dorsey Lee Nicholson Census name: Dorcie L. Nicholson Born: Feb-25-1886 in Doddridge Co, WV 20,21,22 Died: May- 2-1973 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 23,22 Resided: in Coldwater (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 23 Resided: in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 22 Resided: 1942 in Copen, Braxton Co, WV 24 Census: 1900, 20, 30, 40 in Salt Lick District, Braxton Co, WV Occupation: miner and farmer 23,25 Occupation: 1940 coal miner 26 Wife: Bertha Bird Steele b. Jan- 1-1893 d. Mar-23-1968 Also known as: Bertha D. Steele 27 Married: Jul-21-1909 28 Wife: Augustine Winemiller b. Dec-10-1905 Married: Nov-11-1970 28
F Child 4: Ida May Nicholson 29 Born: Mar-24-1888 in Coldwater (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 30,22 (see note 2) Died: Aug-15-1974 11,22 Resided: in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 22 Census: 1910, 1920, 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Salt Lick District, Braxton Co, WV Husband: Dow D. Herron b. Feb-14-1883 d. Sep- -1976 Married: Jan-10-1963 11
F Child 5: Bertie Gay Nicholson 31 Census name: Birdie J. 32 Born: Sep-18-1890 in Coldwater (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 23,33 Died: Jan-31-1976 in Mesquite, Dallas Co, TX 23 Buried: in Indian Fork Baptist Cemetery, New Milton (Coldwater), Doddridge Co WV 23,10 Resided: in Salem, WV 23 Resided: in Mesquite, Dallas Co, TX 23 Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Salt Lick District, Braxton Co, WV Husband: John Albert Nicholson b. May-21-1886 d. Jan-22-1938 Married: Oct- 6-1907 in Doddridge Co, WV 34 Husband: Worthy Wayne Morris b. Sep-26-1884 d. Jan-27-1959 Also known as: W. W. Morris 35
F Child 6: Mary Rose Nicholson 36 Also known as: Rosie Nicholson 31 Born: Feb-16-1893 in Doddridge Co, WV 37,13 (see note 3) Died: Jun-25-1961 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 37 Buried: in Indian Fork Baptist Cemetery, New Milton (Coldwater), Doddridge Co WV 37 Census: 1900, 10, 30, 40 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 4) Census: 1900 in Salt Lick District, Braxton Co, WV Husband: Silas Bruce M. Dennison b. Sep- 4-1867 d. Feb-25-1947 Nickname: Bubby 38 Married: Apr- 8-1920 in Doddridge Co, WV 39
F Child 7: (Female) Nicholson Born: Feb-15-1893 in Doddridge Co, WV 40
Sources: (1) Marriage record of son. (2) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 4, p. 152. (3) Death record of daughter. (4) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). (5) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 2, p. 21. (6) 1900 Census, Braxton County, WV. (7) Headstone (year only) (8) Birth record of son. (9) Braxton County Marriage Records, Sutton, WV. (10) Findagrave.com. (11) 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. 376. (12) Obituary of son. (13) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (14) Headstone. (15) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 1, p. 65. (16) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Cause of death given as consumption. DR Bk 1, p. 65. (17) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Although the birth record clearly states Feb 29 1882, that year was not a leap year, so that date did not exist. Identified as dau of Louis & Mary E. Nicholson. BR Nk 1, p. 122. (18) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (19) Randolph County Marriage Records, Elkins, WV. (20) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Dorsie L. Nicholson, son of Lewis A. & Mary E. Nicholson. BR Bk 1, p. 148. (21) Obituary, Parents identified as Albert Lewis Nicholson & Elizabeth Snyder Nicholson. Siblings not mentioned. (22) Social Security Death Index. (23) Obituary. (24) National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Ancestry.com online database) (25) 1930 Census, Braxton County, WV. (26) 1940 Census, Braxton County, WV. (27) Obituary of daughter. (28) Obituary of husband. (29) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 2, p. 241. (30) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as daughter of Lewis Albert Nicholson and Mary Elizabeth Snyder. BR Bk 2, p. 241. (31) Birth record of daughter. (32) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (33) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Bertie Gay Nicholson, b. Sep 18 1890 at Coldwater, dau of Lewis Albert Nicholson (age 30, b. Lewis Co) and Mary Elizabeth Snider (age 27, b. Coldwater), this being the mother's 5th child of whom 4 now living. Delayed certificate filed Nov 21 1956 on affidavit of brother (not identified), marriage record and voter's registration. However, another birth record (BR Bk 2, p. 242) identifies an unnamed female Nicholson, b. Sep 25 1890 in Doddridge Co, dau of Albert Nicholson (age 30, b. Doddridge) and Mary Snider (age 26, b. Marion Co), this being the mother's 5th child. The latter record would appear to be invalid on several counts. BR Bk Del-1, p. 124-C. (34) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as John A. Nicholson, 21, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Miss Bertie G. Nicholson, 17, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Oct 6 1907 at "the residence of Wm. Nicholson." Person providing information for the record: L. A. Nicholson. Relationships of the latter two persons not indicated, but presumably the fathers of the couple. MR Bk 8, p. 71. (35) Obituary of wife. (36) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (37) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (38) West Union Herald-Record, 2/13/2007. (39) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Silas B. Dennison, 52, of Doddridge Co; and Mary R. Nicholson, 27, of Doddridge Co. Married Apr 8 1920. (40) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as dau of Albert & Mary Nicholson, this being the mother's 6th child. BR Bk 2, p. 246. Event Notes Note (1) Birth place reported as Doddridge Co in birth records of daughter Bertie, unnamed daughter born in 1893, and in her own death record, but as Marion Co in birth record of unnamed daughter born in 1890, and as Harrison Co in her own marriage record. Identified as Elizabeth Snyder in son Dorsey's obituary, but as Mary Snider in obituary of daughter Bertie. Note (2) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Jan 1888. Note (3) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Jan 1892, age 8. Note (4) In 1900, she was enumerated (as Mary R. Nicholson, b. Feb 1893) in Doddridge County in the household of her paternal grandparents Berryman & Jane Nicholson, as well as in Braxton County (as Rosa Mary Nicholson, b. Jan 1892) in the household of her father and stepmother, Lewis A. & Ellen Nicholson.