Family Group Sheet
NameArthur Lee Nichols
Birth30 Mar 1892, Salt Lick, Bath Co., Kentucky
Death6 Dec 1938, Dunkirk, Jay Co., Indiana
FatherCharles “Charlie” H. Nichols (1861-)
MotherMrs. [Nichols] (-~1899)
Other spousesMrs. [Nichols]
Marriageabt 1923, Indiana
SpouseMattie Pearl Pettit, 2C2R
Birth18 Aug 1906, Bath Co., Kentucky
Death20 Jan 1989, Elkhart, Elkhart Co., Indiana
BurialPrairie Street Cemetery, Elkhart, Elkhart Co., Indiana
FatherUlysses Grant Pettit (1879-1962)
MotherMary V. Thompson (1878-1915)
Other spousesWilliam Frederick “Fred” Singer
Children
1 MCarl Henry Nichols, 3C1R
Birth17 Aug 1923, Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana
Death3 Jan 1976, Elkhart, Elkhart Co., Indiana
SpouseMary Ernestine Hawkins
2 MJim Nichols, 3C1R
Birth21 Feb 1926, Indiana
SpouseDewey Virgil Gongwer
Notes for Arthur Lee Nichols
His WW I draft registration card, filed 5 June 1917, records Arthur Lee Nichols, age 25, residence Beech, Winchester, Randolph Co., Indiana, born 30 Mar 1892 in Salt Lick, Ky, occupation laborer, employer C.C.C. & St. Louis R.R., Winchester, married supporting a wife.
(His brothers James and Roe also registered for the draft in Winchester, Indiana.)
The database of applications for military veteran headstones contains an application dated 17 May 1939, filed by James Nichols, Dunkirk, Indiana, for a stone for Arthur L. Nichols, died 6 Dec 1938, enlisted 7 May 1918, honorable discharge on 11 July 1919, private in Co. D, 22nd Engineers, buried in I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Dunkirk, Indiana. (The form does not include a space for date of birth even though it is placed on the markers; that is apparently obtained from military records.)
(His brothers James and Roe also registered for the draft in Winchester, Indiana.)
The database of applications for military veteran headstones contains an application dated 17 May 1939, filed by James Nichols, Dunkirk, Indiana, for a stone for Arthur L. Nichols, died 6 Dec 1938, enlisted 7 May 1918, honorable discharge on 11 July 1919, private in Co. D, 22nd Engineers, buried in I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Dunkirk, Indiana. (The form does not include a space for date of birth even though it is placed on the markers; that is apparently obtained from military records.)
Notes for Mattie Pearl Pettit
The SSDI lists Mattie P. Hawkins, born 18 Aug 1906, died 20 Jan 1989, last residence Elkhart, Elkhart Co., Indiana.
Census Notes for Arthur Lee & Mattie Pearl (Family)
1930 census of Jay Co., Indiana, Richland township, Dunkirk ward 2, enumerated 10 April, lists on p. 15B as family #423/439, on Factory St.:
Nichols, Arthur, 38, age at first marriage 30, b, Ky Ind Ky, laborer at glass factory; Mattie, wife, 22, age at first marriage 16, b. Ky Ky Ky; Vernon, son, 9; Carl, son, 6; June, dau, 4 1/12; Jim, son, 4 1/12; Mural, son, 0/12. All children born Ind Ky Ky.
Nichols, Arthur, 38, age at first marriage 30, b, Ky Ind Ky, laborer at glass factory; Mattie, wife, 22, age at first marriage 16, b. Ky Ky Ky; Vernon, son, 9; Carl, son, 6; June, dau, 4 1/12; Jim, son, 4 1/12; Mural, son, 0/12. All children born Ind Ky Ky.
