In this section you will find links to the people
for whom this website is dedicated to.
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Capt Thomas Nichols of Charlemont, Massachusetts who served in the Revolutionary War.
Joshua Nichols, son of Thomas, from Broadalbin, Fonda's Bush, New York, who was a judge in
Franklin County, Massachusetts.
David Thomas Nichols, son of Joshua, who moved to Illinois, journeyed to Sacramento, California
during the gold rush in 1849 and returned to Kane County, Illinois by mule, in 1851. Settled in
Wyanet, Bureau County, Illinois in 1854. He was then hired by Col. Hammond to be the first
agent for the Chicago Burlington & Quincy railroad in Wyanet, Illinois
Sarah Ellen "Sadie" Nichols, daughter of David Thomas Nichols, born in Wyanet, Bureau County
Illinois in 1854, who married Edward J Engel, August 17th, 1876 in Wyanet, Illinois. Sadie was
very active in the women's suffrage era, helping organize the Hawthorne Club.
John B Engel father of Edward J, who came to the United States in 1852 from Lorraine, France,
settling in Auburn, New York, then Covington, Kentucky and finally
to Bureau County, Illinois in 1856.
Edward J Engel, son of John, who worked for the Chicago Burlington & Quincy and
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific railroads in Wyanet, Illinois from 1872 to 1881, then moving to
Halstead, Kansas in 1881, Emporia, Kansas in 1882 and Argentine, Kansas in 1883 to become the
operator/agent for the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe railroad.
George D Engel, son of Edward born in Argentine, Kansas in 1890, who worked for the Kansas City
Structural Steel Company in Argentine, Kansas in 1908, the Swift Company in 1920, retiring
in 1956 and finally the Clay County Assessors office in Liberty, Missouri.
Ruth M Engel, daughter of George who grew up in Argentine, Kansas, moved to Liberty, Missouri
in 1927, graduated from Liberty High School in 1931, attended William Jewell College from
1931-36, worked at William Jewell during WWll, married Robert E Jacobs and
settled in Liberty, Missouri.
Robert E Jacobs came to Liberty, Missouri in 1943 at the age of sixteen with his younger brother
Edgar. Worked at the NAA factory in the Fairfax District of Kansas City, Kansas,
building B-25 bombers. In 1945 he worked for the Chicago Burlington & Quincy railroad,
Liberty Police Department in 1956 and Trans World Airlines, retiring in 1993.
Edgar W Jacobs who came to Liberty, Missouri in 1943 at the age of fifteen with his older
brother, Robert Eugene. He worked on a farm in Liberty, Missouri until he found work in 1946 at
Safeway Stores in Kansas City Missouri as a driver.
Helen Velma Hailey, Edgar & Gene's mother, who was born in Hazelwood, Webster County, Missouri
in 1904, living in Jerico Springs, Missouri in 1933 and finally Wichita, Kansas in 1962
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