William Augustus Nichols

Birth Date

1818-05-12

Death Date

1869-04-18

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

United States soldier. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, native. Married to Henrietta Virginia Nichols. Father of Francis Boude Nichols. Married to Clara Louise Nichols. Father of Edward Derussey Nichols, William Augustus Nichols, Jr., and Frank B. Nichols. Served in the U. S. Army in Elizabeth City County, Virginia, in 1850. Served in the U. S. Army in Georgetown, District of Columbia, in 1860. Served as assistant adjutant general under Edwin M. Stanton with the rank of lieutenant colonel from September 30, 1861 to 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Virginia, Elizabeth City County, Old Point Comfort, p. 52A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Washington, District of Columbia, Georgetown 1st Ward, p. 45.
Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Reel 492, Trinity Episcopal Church Baptism Records, p. 76, p. 89 of 994 (accessed via Ancestry.com).
Official Register of the United States (United States, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1862), 114.
Hutchinson’s Washington and Georgetown Directory (Washington, District of Columbia, Hutchinson & Brothers Publishers, 1863), p. 155.
Find A Grave, “William Augustus Nichols Sr. (1818-1869)," Memorial # 28398671, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28398671/william-augustus-nichols (accessed April 26, 2021).
KYR-0002-033-0011.

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