This is #4 in a Genealogy Blog Challenge issued by Amy Johnson Crow over on her blog " No Story Too Small." The challenge is to write 52 blog posts on 52 ancestors throughout 2014.
Week 4. Meet my paternal grandfather Rufus, son of Jim Nichols and Tressie King and husband of May Catherine Collins. A farmer by trade.
Born in Floyd County in 1893; he registered for the old man’s draft in 1942, and passed away in 1958.
Place of Burial: Jacksonville Burial Ground, Floyd Co, VA
Birth: August 22, 1893 , Copper Hill, Floyd, VA
Death: September 14, 1958 (65)
Immediate Family:
Son of Jim Nichols and Tressie King Nichols
Husband of Mamie C. Nichols (Collins)
Father of Hettie B. Dunford; Irene Hancock; Pop; Deacon Maynard E. Nichols; Valentine Nichols; Peggy Hoback; WILBURN Nichols; HAZEL WOODS and ELSIE ISOM
Brother of RACHEL I HUNDLEY; ADA MARIE CONNER; Joe Nichols; ADALINE CLARISSA WOOD; Ezekiel C. Nichols; Rich Nichols; J BANKS Nichols; DOCK Nichols and ROBERT Nichols
Links:
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/floyd/cemeteries/JacksonvilleCem-FCVA.txt http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nichols-2517
http://www.gencircles.com/users/raynichols/1/data/5
Hi Ray, I belieive we are cousins! Not sure exactly how yet--but my ancestors came from Floyd/Patrick County, Va also and include the Witts, Habours, O'Bryans, and a ton of others! Plus, one of my great aunts of Patrick county married a Nichols, Frank Patterson Nichols, and his grandchildren and I are good friends as well as cousins! It just so happens I went to highschool with a LInville who became one of my best friends, and I've been working on her family tree a little bit! Small world! Are you on facebook? We have a group faor people with ancestors from the Floyd, Franklinton, patrick Co. areas of Virginia--youd find a million cousins there! I also wonder if you are on ancestry.com, so that I could look at your tree, and you mine, for comparison! I am also doing the 52 week challenge--posted re. Langhorne today. I look forward to hearing from you! Helen
ReplyDeleteHi Helen, Nice to hear from you. I recall that my ancestor who I will be talking about later in the challenge/ year married an O'Bryan, his name was Collins. I also have some Witts on my mothers side, John Hancock married Elizabeth Witt. I would love to see your tree and notes. I have a facebook page that i will be posting here on the blog shortly. Hope you can join me at Geni.com so we can build our family tree together.
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