Taken from The Greene Family and Its Branches from A.D. 861 to A.D. 1904 by Lora S. LaMance:
George Washington Nichols (7), was born about 1809, and married Eunice Albro about 1833. He died March 21, 1839. They had but three children, Sarah, born March 2, 1834, John Convass, born August 9, 1835, and Juliette, next younger, who died in the spring of 1839 in her third year. George's wife was but 17 at the time of her marriage. She was a cousin and namesake of the elder Job King's wife, whose son Henry married Cynthia, George's sister. This brought about a double relationship between the families of George Nichols and Cynthia Nichols-King. In the fall of 1835, the young couple with their two small children, moved to northern Indiana, where several others of George's family soon afterwards followed them. At that time, however, the only white inhabitants were the families of Henry Nichols and Sally Nichols-Lamson, and a single brother, Nelson Nichols. All the hardships of pioneer life fell to their lot.
In the fall and winter of 1838-39, a strange epidemic swept the country. Eight of the Nichols relatives died. George Nichols wore himself out taking care of the rest, then sickened and died. The youngest child soon followed her father. The disheartened widow sold out and returned to the East with her remaining children, Sarah and John.
Eleven years later Mrs. Nichols married David Lake. Sometime after her mother's marriage, Sarah married Jackson Leighty. Mr. Leighty died in 1865. Sarah married Samuel Miller for her second husband, and is again a widow. She had two sons by her first husband. Emmett Leighty was an engineer, and was killed in a railroad wreck.
George Washington Nichols (7), was born about 1809, and married Eunice Albro about 1833. He died March 21, 1839. They had but three children, Sarah, born March 2, 1834, John Convass, born August 9, 1835, and Juliette, next younger, who died in the spring of 1839 in her third year. George's wife was but 17 at the time of her marriage. She was a cousin and namesake of the elder Job King's wife, whose son Henry married Cynthia, George's sister. This brought about a double relationship between the families of George Nichols and Cynthia Nichols-King. In the fall of 1835, the young couple with their two small children, moved to northern Indiana, where several others of George's family soon afterwards followed them. At that time, however, the only white inhabitants were the families of Henry Nichols and Sally Nichols-Lamson, and a single brother, Nelson Nichols. All the hardships of pioneer life fell to their lot.
In the fall and winter of 1838-39, a strange epidemic swept the country. Eight of the Nichols relatives died. George Nichols wore himself out taking care of the rest, then sickened and died. The youngest child soon followed her father. The disheartened widow sold out and returned to the East with her remaining children, Sarah and John.
Eleven years later Mrs. Nichols married David Lake. Sometime after her mother's marriage, Sarah married Jackson Leighty. Mr. Leighty died in 1865. Sarah married Samuel Miller for her second husband, and is again a widow. She had two sons by her first husband. Emmett Leighty was an engineer, and was killed in a railroad wreck.
Taken from The Greene Family and Its Branches from A.D. 861 to A.D. 1904 by Lora S. LaMance:
George Washington Nichols (7), was born about 1809, and married Eunice Albro about 1833. He died March 21, 1839. They had but three children, Sarah, born March 2, 1834, John Convass, born August 9, 1835, and Juliette, next younger, who died in the spring of 1839 in her third year. George's wife was but 17 at the time of her marriage. She was a cousin and namesake of the elder Job King's wife, whose son Henry married Cynthia, George's sister. This brought about a double relationship between the families of George Nichols and Cynthia Nichols-King. In the fall of 1835, the young couple with their two small children, moved to northern Indiana, where several others of George's family soon afterwards followed them. At that time, however, the only white inhabitants were the families of Henry Nichols and Sally Nichols-Lamson, and a single brother, Nelson Nichols. All the hardships of pioneer life fell to their lot.
In the fall and winter of 1838-39, a strange epidemic swept the country. Eight of the Nichols relatives died. George Nichols wore himself out taking care of the rest, then sickened and died. The youngest child soon followed her father. The disheartened widow sold out and returned to the East with her remaining children, Sarah and John.
Eleven years later Mrs. Nichols married David Lake. Sometime after her mother's marriage, Sarah married Jackson Leighty. Mr. Leighty died in 1865. Sarah married Samuel Miller for her second husband, and is again a widow. She had two sons by her first husband. Emmett Leighty was an engineer, and was killed in a railroad wreck.
George Washington Nichols (7), was born about 1809, and married Eunice Albro about 1833. He died March 21, 1839. They had but three children, Sarah, born March 2, 1834, John Convass, born August 9, 1835, and Juliette, next younger, who died in the spring of 1839 in her third year. George's wife was but 17 at the time of her marriage. She was a cousin and namesake of the elder Job King's wife, whose son Henry married Cynthia, George's sister. This brought about a double relationship between the families of George Nichols and Cynthia Nichols-King. In the fall of 1835, the young couple with their two small children, moved to northern Indiana, where several others of George's family soon afterwards followed them. At that time, however, the only white inhabitants were the families of Henry Nichols and Sally Nichols-Lamson, and a single brother, Nelson Nichols. All the hardships of pioneer life fell to their lot.
In the fall and winter of 1838-39, a strange epidemic swept the country. Eight of the Nichols relatives died. George Nichols wore himself out taking care of the rest, then sickened and died. The youngest child soon followed her father. The disheartened widow sold out and returned to the East with her remaining children, Sarah and John.
Eleven years later Mrs. Nichols married David Lake. Sometime after her mother's marriage, Sarah married Jackson Leighty. Mr. Leighty died in 1865. Sarah married Samuel Miller for her second husband, and is again a widow. She had two sons by her first husband. Emmett Leighty was an engineer, and was killed in a railroad wreck.
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