Clyde Day Nichols

Brief Life History of Clyde Day

When Clyde Day Nichols was born on 11 February 1894, in Texas, United States, his father, William Albert Nichols, was 26 and his mother, Elizabeth Day, was 23. He married Annie Laura Kimbro in 1914, in Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Justice Precinct 6, Hopkins, Texas, United States for about 40 years. He died on 24 November 1968, in Winnsboro, Wood, Texas, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Pickton Cemetery, Pickton, Hopkins, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Clyde Day Nichols
1894–1968
Annie Laura Kimbro
1892–1989
Marriage: 1914
Willie Lee Nichols
1915–1977
Dewey Henry Nickols
1916–2008
Carroll Day Nichols
1922–2007
Lynch Davidson Nichols
1924–1999
Betty Lou Ratliff
1931–2008

Sources (14)

  • Clyde Nichols, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Clyde Nichols, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Clyde Day Nichols, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered

"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."

1914 · Steamboat Service Established with New York

Satilla was the first Deepwater Steamship to arrive at the port of Houston. This accomplishment successfully established a steamboat service between Houston and New York City.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Nichol , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, e.g. Croatian and Serbian Nikolić (see Nikolic ); see also below.

Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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