Brief Life History of Susan E.
When Susan E. Nichols was born on 8 October 1848, in Virginia, United States, her father, James William Nichols, was 55 and her mother, Elizabeth Foster Boggs, was 43. She married Tobias O'Dell on 13 April 1874, in Nicholas, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Nicholas, Virginia, United States in 1860 and Wilderness District, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States for about 20 years. She died on 29 December 1906, at the age of 58, and was buried in Gilgal Cemetery, Mount Lookout, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States.
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- Susan Nicholas in household of James Nicholas, "United States Census, 1850"
- Susan E Niclols, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
- Susan E. Odell, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
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1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1864 · Arlington Cemetery
Arlington Cemetery is a military cemetery. It was originally a plantation owned by George Washington Parke Custis. This is the location of Robert E. Lee, 16,000 Civil War soldiers, William Howard Taft, John, Jackie, Robert, and Edward Kennedy. The tomb of the unknown soldier is also located here it was dedicated on November 11, 1921. It contains the remains of those soldiers unknown from WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.
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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