His WW I draft registration card, filed 5 June 1917, lists Willie Nickell, age 29, residence Vale, Ky, born 2 May 1887 in Rowan Co., Ky, occupation farming, self employed, married supporting wife & 1 child.

The SSDI lists Willie Nickell, born 2 May 1888, died May 1964, SSN issued in Kentucky before 1951.

The Kentucky death index lists Willie J. Nickells, age 76, died 10 May 1964 in Rowan Co., residence same.

1920 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Hogtown precinct, enumerated 23 Jan, lists on p. 12B as family #230/233:
Nickel, Willie, 32, farmer; Addie, wife, 22; Ollie, son, 4; Robert, son, 2 1/12. All born Ky Ky Ky.

Addie’s parents are listed 4 households above. The son Ollie should be a daughter.

1930 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Pine Grove precinct, enumerated 11 April, lists on p. 21A as family #111:
Nickel, Willie, 41, age at first marriage 24, farmer; Addie, wife, 33, age at first marriage 17; Ollie M., dau, 13; Jack, son, 11; Asie B., son, 5; Carol E., son, 3 3/12. All born Ky Ky Ky.

1940 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Pine Grove precinct, ED 103-10, enumerated 2 April, lists on p. 1B as family #10:
Nickell, Willie, 51, farm operator own farm; Addie, wife, 42; Asa, son, 18; Carl, son, 14; Harol, son, 8; Callie, dau, 5; Pearl, dau, 5. Royce, Callie, mother-in-law, 72, widowed. Parson, Maude, niece, 23, married; infant boy, 0/12. All born in Kentucky, all Nickells living in same house in 1935, Callie Royse and Maude Parson living in Elliottsville, Rowan Co., Ky in 1935.

Callie’s is one of the lines with supplemental questions; they record that both her parents were born in Kentucky, she has only been married once, first married at age 18, and has given live birth to 7 children.