My Present Past
A genealogical experience
David Thomas Nichols
    Born: August 3rd 1812 in Broadalbin, (Fonda's Bush) Montgomery County, New York
    Died: December 10th, 1893 in Wyanet, Bureau County Illinois
    Father: Joshua Nichols  born: May 21st, 1783   died: August 4th, 1854
    Mother: Sally Cook  born: June 11th, 1788  died: January 5th, 1846

    Married 1: Clarisa Watkins born: December 17th, 1815  died: December 1st, 1845  
    Date of marriage: November 20th, 1834
    Children:  
    1)  William Irving  born: June 8th, 1836   died: April 29th, 1901
    Married: Elizabeth Root   Date of marriage: January 1st, 1859
    2)  Minerva Henrietta   born: September 24th, 1838   died:
    Married: Andrew Garrett  Date of marriage: November 10th, 1855
    3)  Horace Wesley  born: July 27th, 1842  died:
    Married: Alice Giles  Date of marriage: April 27th, 1865

    Married 2: Huldah G Barry  born: April 30th, 1822   died: July 19th, 1903  
    Date of marriage: May 14th, 1846 in St. Charles, Illinois
    Children:
    4)  Clarissa Eunice  born: August 2nd, 1847   died: August 28th, 1919
    Married 1: James Crawford  Date of Marriage: May 2nd, 1866  
    Married 2: Phillip Millard  Date of Marriage: April 5th, 1894
    5)  Dexter Alonzo  born:  January 8th, 1849   died: August 4th, 1854    
    6)  David Thomas  born: June 11th, 1853   died: September 20th, 1854
    7)  Sarah Ellyn   born: December 15th, 1854   died: November 13th, 1928
    Married: Edward John Engel   Date of Marriage: August 17th, 1876
    Place of Marriage: Wyanet, Bureau County, Illinois
    8)  Clifford Lamotte  born: November 20th, 1856   died: May 12th, 1929
    Married: Mabel E Frans   Date of Marriage: February 2nd 1878
    Place of Marriage: Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois
    9)  Emerette Alma  born: December 10th, 1858   died: January 25th, 1937
    Married: William A Yearnshaw   Date of Marriage: February 5th, 1879
David Thomas Nichols was a worthy descendant of worthy ancestors and
like them in his day and generation lived a useful and honored life.
This account of those who went before him has been collected and transcribed into
this book that his children might have the pleasure of knowing from what good stock they came.
Also as a slight token of the compiler's appreciation of past kindness.

To his memory is this record most respectfully dedicated by:

Lewis J Crary                                                                                                                                                                                  Source:
Chicago, Illinois 1905                                                                                                                                             Family Genealogical Book
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David Thomas Nichols
1875
1840 Census David T Nichols
Kane County, Illinois
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