Family Group Sheet
NameJames Will Nichols
Birth8 Sep 1884, Kentucky
FatherCharles “Charlie” H. Nichols (1861-)
MotherMrs. [Nichols] (-~1899)
Marriage17 Aug 1904, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseIda May Heflin, 4C3R
BirthJan 1888, Rowan Co., Kentucky
FatherCommodore Heflin (1858-1912)
MotherCassandra Ann Link (1859->1930)
Children
1 MJohn Nichols, 5C2R
Birthabt 1907, Rowan Co, Kentucky
2 FMary E. Nichols, 5C2R
Birthabt Jan 1910, Rowan Co, Kentucky
3 FLucy C. Nichols, 5C2R
Birth9 Jan 1912, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Notes for James Will Nichols
His WW I draft registration card, filed 12 Sep 1918, records James Will Nichols, age 34, residence Beech, Winchester, Randolph Co., Indiana, born 8 Sep 1884, employer Woodbury Glass Co., Winchester, Ind, nearest relative Ida Nichols, wife.
(His brothers Arthur and Roe also registered for the draft in Winchester, Indiana.)
(His brothers Arthur and Roe also registered for the draft in Winchester, Indiana.)
Notes for James Will & Ida May (Family)
Rowan Co., Ky marriage book 5, p. 109, records the marriage on 17 Aug 1904 of James Nickell and Ida Hefflin.
(The Nickell spelling is probably just the clerk’s assumption, based on the predominance of the Nickell family in the Morgan and Carter Co. area.)
(The Nickell spelling is probably just the clerk’s assumption, based on the predominance of the Nickell family in the Morgan and Carter Co. area.)
Census
1910 census of Rowan Co., Farmers precinct, enumerated 29 April, lists on p. 13B as family #227/234:
Heflin, Commodore, 52, farmer; Cassie, wife, 52, washerwoman, first marriage for both, married 28 years; Lizzie, dau, 25, single; Wallace, son, 14. Nichols, Ida, dau, 19, married 5 years; John, grandson, 3; Mary E., granddau, 3/12. All born Ky Ky Ky.
I do not know where James was during this census year; probably already off working in Indiana but not caught by the census.
I cannot find anyone from the family in the 1920 census. Perhaps that is the year they moved from Winchester, Indiana (where all the Nichol boys registered for the draft in 1917-1918) to Dunkirk, and were missed by the census.
1930 census of Jay Co., Indiana, Richland township, Dunkirk ward 2, enumerated 10 April, lists on p. 14B as family #389/402, at 437 Lincoln Ave:
Nichols, James, 44, age at first marriage 24, laborer at glass factory; Ida M., wife, 39, age at first marriage 19, polish moulds at glass factory; Lucy C., dau, 17, carry in at glass factory; Hefflin, Cassey, mother-in-law, 74, widowed. All born Ky Ky Ky.
1940 census of Jay Co., Indiana, Dunkirk ED 38-14, enumerated 9 April, lists on p. 6A as family #117, at 545 Lincoln Ave:
Nichols, James, 55, tank operator at glass factory; Ida May, wife, 54; Roe, brother, 43, single, carry in man in glass factory. All born in Kentucky, living in same place but not same house in 1935.
Roe Nichols on his WW II draft registration, filed 25 April 1942, gave this same address as his residence, and listed his contact as Mrs. Ida Nichols. The fact that Roe listed Ida rather than James as the contact may indicate that James died between April 1940 and April 1942.
Heflin, Commodore, 52, farmer; Cassie, wife, 52, washerwoman, first marriage for both, married 28 years; Lizzie, dau, 25, single; Wallace, son, 14. Nichols, Ida, dau, 19, married 5 years; John, grandson, 3; Mary E., granddau, 3/12. All born Ky Ky Ky.
I do not know where James was during this census year; probably already off working in Indiana but not caught by the census.
I cannot find anyone from the family in the 1920 census. Perhaps that is the year they moved from Winchester, Indiana (where all the Nichol boys registered for the draft in 1917-1918) to Dunkirk, and were missed by the census.
1930 census of Jay Co., Indiana, Richland township, Dunkirk ward 2, enumerated 10 April, lists on p. 14B as family #389/402, at 437 Lincoln Ave:
Nichols, James, 44, age at first marriage 24, laborer at glass factory; Ida M., wife, 39, age at first marriage 19, polish moulds at glass factory; Lucy C., dau, 17, carry in at glass factory; Hefflin, Cassey, mother-in-law, 74, widowed. All born Ky Ky Ky.
1940 census of Jay Co., Indiana, Dunkirk ED 38-14, enumerated 9 April, lists on p. 6A as family #117, at 545 Lincoln Ave:
Nichols, James, 55, tank operator at glass factory; Ida May, wife, 54; Roe, brother, 43, single, carry in man in glass factory. All born in Kentucky, living in same place but not same house in 1935.
Roe Nichols on his WW II draft registration, filed 25 April 1942, gave this same address as his residence, and listed his contact as Mrs. Ida Nichols. The fact that Roe listed Ida rather than James as the contact may indicate that James died between April 1940 and April 1942.
