Brief Life History of Franklin F
When Franklin F Nichols was born in March 1856, in Columbia Township, Lorain, Ohio, United States, his father, Marcus Nichols, was 47 and his mother, Adeline Reed, was 40. He had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Annett M Nichols. He lived in Ohio, United States in 1870.
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- Franklin Nichols, "United States Census, 1900"
- Frank F. Nichols, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Franklin Nichols in household of Adaline Nichols, "United States Census, 1870"
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1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
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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