Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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James Nicholls and Rebecca Devore


Husband James Nicholls 1 2 3 

            AKA: James Nichols 4 5
           Born: Abt 1786
     Christened: 
           Died: 1848 1
         Buried: 

       Marriage:

Wife Rebecca Devore 1 6 

            AKA: Mary [Unk],5 7 Rebecca De Vore 2
           Born: Abt 1797
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1880
         Buried: 


         Father: Moses Devore (      -      ) 6
         Mother:


Children
1 F Mary "Polly" Nicholls 2 3 

            AKA: Mary Nichols 6
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Ohio
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William Willson (      -      ) 3

2 F Lucinda Nicholls 2 

            AKA: Lucinda Nichols 6
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Elizabeth Twp, Allegheny Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William Finney (      -      ) 2

3 M Samuel Nicholls 3 

            AKA: Samuel Nichols 6
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

4 M William Nicholls 2 3 

            AKA: William Nichols 6
           Born: 11 Mar 1815 - Elizabeth Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Mar 1892 - South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Millgrove Cemetery, near West Newton, Westmoreland Co, PA

         Spouse: Elizabeth Mary Boyd (1819-1892) 8
           Marr: 30 Jan 1840 3

5 F Cassandra Nicholls 2 

            AKA: Catharine Niccolls,9 Catherine Nicholls,3 Casandra Nichols,5 7 Catherine Nichols 6
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1856 - Washington Co, PA 5 7
         Buried: 

         Spouse: James Warne (1812-Aft 1882) 7 10 11
           Marr: 1836 5 7

6 M David Nicholls 2 3 12 

            AKA: David Nichols 6
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died:  - West Newton, South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Margaret C. Drennen (      -      ) 3 12

7 M Harvey Nicholls 3 

            AKA: Harvey Nichols 6
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

8 F Sarah Nicholls 2 3 

            AKA: Sarah Nichols 6
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Moses Curry (      -      ) 2

9 M James Nicholls 2 3 

            AKA: James Nichols 6
           Born: 26 Feb 1828 - Elizabeth Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 13
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1914
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elizabeth Barr (1834-      ) 3
           Marr: 19 May 1863 13

10 F Nancy Ann Nicholls 2 

            AKA: Nancy A. Nicholls,3 14 Nancy Nichols 6
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1915
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John V. Scott (1820-Aft 1889) 2 14 15
           Marr: 1850 14

11 F Rebecca Nicholls 3 

            AKA: Rebecca Nichols 6
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William Finney (      -      ) 3

12 F Elizabeth Nicholls 1 2 3 16 

            AKA: Elizabeth Niccolls,9 Elizabeth Nichols 4
           Born: Sep 1836 - Round Hill, Elizabeth Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1899
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Hiram Warne (1822-1896) 1 10 17 18
           Marr: 2 Dec 1856 6 19

13 F Martha Jane Nicholls 3 20 

            AKA: Martha J. Nichols 6
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1874 21
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William Stoner (      -Aft 1913) 3 20

General Notes: Husband - James Nicholls


During some of the years the old National Pike was in its glory, one of the ferries across the Monongahela river was operated by James Nicholls, one of the first early settlers of Washington County, Pennsylvania, near Monongahela City. He married, and soon afterward moved to Elizabeth township, Allegheny County, where he purchased a partly improved farm of two hundred acres. This farm he greatly improved and developed, tearing down the old log buildings and replacing them with more modern structures. Just prior to his death he erected a brick farm house on his property. He was a quiet, retiring man, very industrious and energetic, held in high esteem by his neighbors, and with his wife active in the Presbyterian church.

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Sources

1 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 940.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 989.

3 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 84.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1339, 1349.

5 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 938.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1349.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1339.

8 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 53.

9 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 601.

10 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 569, 601.

11 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 800, 937.

12 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 630.

13 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 990.

14 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 399.

15 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 263.

16 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 800.

17 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1339, 1346.

18 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 800, 1216.

19 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 803.

20 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 989, 1345.

21 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1345.

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