William Nichols (Covington, KY steel mill worker)
b. 1829?
Covington, Kentucky, steel mill worker. Native of England. Married to Catherine Nichols. Father of Eliza J. Nichols, Catherine P. Nichols, and Frederick J. Nichols. Boiler at the Licking Iron Works rolling mill in Covington in 1860. Indicted for stabbing 2 men, G. W. Duffy and [unknown] Reffert in September 1861.
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- Male
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- White
Bibliography
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 1, pp. 557-58.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Indiana, Floyd County, New Albany Ward 6, p. 37.
KYR-0001-020-1450.
Citation
Nichols, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203666 (November 12, 2026).
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