Obituary:
John D. Nicholson of DeSoto was born in 1834 at Belmont Station, O. He died at his home in DeSoto last Friday, November 25, of apoplexy. Mr. Nicholson had been reading the daily paper and went to the kitchen for a drink, when he dropped dead.
He was buried on Sunday in the cemetery south of DeSoto. The funeral services were held at the M. E. church conducted by Rev. Endacott.
In 1857 Mr. Nicholson was married to Sarah Martin in Stafford, O., and in 1877 they came to Johnson county and settled on a farm near Hesper. In 1881 they moved to DeSoto where they lived ever since. Mr. Nicholson was over 75 years of age and had been a member of the M. E. church fifty-five years.
In his boyhood days Mr. Nicholson taught school, and later learned the trade of wagon maker. Years ago he ran the ferry at DeSoto and continued to do so until the bridge was built across the Kaw. For many years he ran a blacksmith shop at DeSoto.
Mr. Nicholson leaves a wife, five boys and three girls as follows: C. C. of Topeka; T. B. of DeSoto; A. P. of Redding; J. A. of Olathe; and O. M. of Holliday; His three daughters are Mrs. L. J. Lyons of Kansas City; Mrs. G. W. Frain of Kansas City, and Miss Lissa Nicholson of DeSoto.
The funeral was largely attended, thus bespeaking the respect and esteem in which he was held by all his neighbors and acquaintances. Mr. Nicholson was a man who never in his life spoke ill of any one. Such was the hold he had on the hearts of the people of that community that he will be sadly missed.
—Olathe Mirror (Olathe, KS), December 1, 1910, p 9, c 5.
John D. Nicholson of DeSoto was born in 1834 at Belmont Station, O. He died at his home in DeSoto last Friday, November 25, of apoplexy. Mr. Nicholson had been reading the daily paper and went to the kitchen for a drink, when he dropped dead.
He was buried on Sunday in the cemetery south of DeSoto. The funeral services were held at the M. E. church conducted by Rev. Endacott.
In 1857 Mr. Nicholson was married to Sarah Martin in Stafford, O., and in 1877 they came to Johnson county and settled on a farm near Hesper. In 1881 they moved to DeSoto where they lived ever since. Mr. Nicholson was over 75 years of age and had been a member of the M. E. church fifty-five years.
In his boyhood days Mr. Nicholson taught school, and later learned the trade of wagon maker. Years ago he ran the ferry at DeSoto and continued to do so until the bridge was built across the Kaw. For many years he ran a blacksmith shop at DeSoto.
Mr. Nicholson leaves a wife, five boys and three girls as follows: C. C. of Topeka; T. B. of DeSoto; A. P. of Redding; J. A. of Olathe; and O. M. of Holliday; His three daughters are Mrs. L. J. Lyons of Kansas City; Mrs. G. W. Frain of Kansas City, and Miss Lissa Nicholson of DeSoto.
The funeral was largely attended, thus bespeaking the respect and esteem in which he was held by all his neighbors and acquaintances. Mr. Nicholson was a man who never in his life spoke ill of any one. Such was the hold he had on the hearts of the people of that community that he will be sadly missed.
—Olathe Mirror (Olathe, KS), December 1, 1910, p 9, c 5.
Obituary:
John D. Nicholson of DeSoto was born in 1834 at Belmont Station, O. He died at his home in DeSoto last Friday, November 25, of apoplexy. Mr. Nicholson had been reading the daily paper and went to the kitchen for a drink, when he dropped dead.
He was buried on Sunday in the cemetery south of DeSoto. The funeral services were held at the M. E. church conducted by Rev. Endacott.
In 1857 Mr. Nicholson was married to Sarah Martin in Stafford, O., and in 1877 they came to Johnson county and settled on a farm near Hesper. In 1881 they moved to DeSoto where they lived ever since. Mr. Nicholson was over 75 years of age and had been a member of the M. E. church fifty-five years.
In his boyhood days Mr. Nicholson taught school, and later learned the trade of wagon maker. Years ago he ran the ferry at DeSoto and continued to do so until the bridge was built across the Kaw. For many years he ran a blacksmith shop at DeSoto.
Mr. Nicholson leaves a wife, five boys and three girls as follows: C. C. of Topeka; T. B. of DeSoto; A. P. of Redding; J. A. of Olathe; and O. M. of Holliday; His three daughters are Mrs. L. J. Lyons of Kansas City; Mrs. G. W. Frain of Kansas City, and Miss Lissa Nicholson of DeSoto.
The funeral was largely attended, thus bespeaking the respect and esteem in which he was held by all his neighbors and acquaintances. Mr. Nicholson was a man who never in his life spoke ill of any one. Such was the hold he had on the hearts of the people of that community that he will be sadly missed.
—Olathe Mirror (Olathe, KS), December 1, 1910, p 9, c 5.
John D. Nicholson of DeSoto was born in 1834 at Belmont Station, O. He died at his home in DeSoto last Friday, November 25, of apoplexy. Mr. Nicholson had been reading the daily paper and went to the kitchen for a drink, when he dropped dead.
He was buried on Sunday in the cemetery south of DeSoto. The funeral services were held at the M. E. church conducted by Rev. Endacott.
In 1857 Mr. Nicholson was married to Sarah Martin in Stafford, O., and in 1877 they came to Johnson county and settled on a farm near Hesper. In 1881 they moved to DeSoto where they lived ever since. Mr. Nicholson was over 75 years of age and had been a member of the M. E. church fifty-five years.
In his boyhood days Mr. Nicholson taught school, and later learned the trade of wagon maker. Years ago he ran the ferry at DeSoto and continued to do so until the bridge was built across the Kaw. For many years he ran a blacksmith shop at DeSoto.
Mr. Nicholson leaves a wife, five boys and three girls as follows: C. C. of Topeka; T. B. of DeSoto; A. P. of Redding; J. A. of Olathe; and O. M. of Holliday; His three daughters are Mrs. L. J. Lyons of Kansas City; Mrs. G. W. Frain of Kansas City, and Miss Lissa Nicholson of DeSoto.
The funeral was largely attended, thus bespeaking the respect and esteem in which he was held by all his neighbors and acquaintances. Mr. Nicholson was a man who never in his life spoke ill of any one. Such was the hold he had on the hearts of the people of that community that he will be sadly missed.
—Olathe Mirror (Olathe, KS), December 1, 1910, p 9, c 5.
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