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Wright Nichols, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1822 d. 1876

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky, native. Son of Wright Nichols, Sr., and Sally Louisa Rhodes Nichols. Married to Jane J. Martin Nichols. Father of Ann Nichols, Virginia Nichols, and James Wright Nichols. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Employed William Littlefield as a farm laborer in in Caldwell County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 349A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 42.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Bucksnort, p. 409B.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #3625.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 133.

"Wright Nichols Jr. (1822-1876)," Find A Grave, Memorial #98344067, accessed October 4, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98344067.

Citation

Nichols, Wright, Jr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213298 (November 12, 2026).

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