Alexander W. Nickell

Birth Date

1828-04-24

Death Date

1903-12-31

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Morgan County, Kentucky, farmer, laborer, and soldier. Illinois native. Married to Katherine Salyer Nickell in Johnson County, Kentucky, on February 4, 1847. Father of Samantha Nickell, Silvia Nickell, Melissa Nickell, John L. Nickell, Matilda F. Nickell, William Nickell, and Ellen Nickell. Farmer in Johnson County in 1850. Laborer in Morgan County in 1860. Mustered into the 5th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private on October 25, 1861. Served in the 1st Capital Guard Regiment in the Kentucky State Militia as first lieutenant and captain from August 9, 1864, to March 11, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 95B-96A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, District 1, p. 57. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kansas, Shawnee County, Tecumseh, p. 150A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Johnson County Marriages, Film #001912950, p. 205 of 239 on microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 774. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky: Confederate Kentucky Volunteers War 1861-65, vol. 1 (Frankfort: Legislature of Kentucky, 1915), p. 198. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 111. Find A Grave, "Alexander Washington Nickell (1828-1903)," Memorial #29485584, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29485584 (accessed October 2, 2018).

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