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Chester Octerlony NICHOLAS

Chester Octerlony NICHOLAS

Male 1884 - 1962  (78 years)

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  • Name Chester Octerlony NICHOLAS 
    Born 15 Feb 1884  Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Age in marriage record would put birth in about 1885. Birth date on headstone is 1883.
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1907  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1910  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [3] 
    farmer 
    Occupation 1920  [4] 
    gas line walker 
    Census 1920, 1930, 1940  Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1950  Kincheloe Creek, Union District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930, 1940, 1950  [5, 6, 7] 
    farmer 
    Died 19 Jul 1962  Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried Law Chapel Cemetery, Sand Fork of Kincheloe Rd (CR 2), Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I49363  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2024 

    Father John Floyd NICHOLAS,   b. 26 Nov 1855, Falling Spring, Greenbrier Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1930  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Nancy Dora MORRIS,   b. 25 Nov 1855, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1932, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Family ID F21255  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Audra Belle JENKINS,   b. 6 Oct 1887, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Sep 1963, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)  [8] 
    Married 1 Aug 1907  Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Willis Earl NICHOLAS,   b. 8 Sep 1908, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1928, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 20 years)
     2. James Claude NICHOLAS,   b. 3 Apr 1910, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Nov 1942, Kincheloe (Jane Lew), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
     3. Archie Arnett NICHOLAS,   b. 1912,   d. 18 Feb 1932, Kincheloe (Jane Lew), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 20 years)
    +4. Roxie Gay NICHOLAS,   b. 19 Dec 1913, Birch Run, near Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jun 1934, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 20 years)
     5. Rubie Phyllis NICHOLAS,   b. 21 Dec 1917, Birch Run, near Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 May 1996  (Age 78 years)
    +6. Genevieve Catherine "Betty" NICHOLAS,   b. 11 Dec 1922, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jul 1987  (Age 64 years)
    +7. Cora Annamae "Ann" NICHOLAS,   b. 27 Nov 1926, Sand Fork, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jul 2024, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years)
     8. Robert Ervin NICHOLAS,   b. 9 Jun 1930,   d. Nov 1975  (Age 45 years)
    Family ID F20338  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S1820] Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV.

    3. [S2110] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

    4. [S2057] 1920 Census, Lewis County, WV.

    5. [S2119] 1930 Census, Lewis County, WV.

    6. [S2650] 1940 Census, Lewis County, WV.

    7. [S288] 1950 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    8. [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. 308.