NICHOLS, Charles Sumner

1843 - 1904  (61 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	NICHOLS, Charles Sumner
  Birth	11 Mar 1843	Quincy, Adams, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Sep 1904	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Burial	18 Sep 1904	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  WAC	6 Jan 1947	SLAKE
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
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  Person ID	I27139	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

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  F14676

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  Family	MILLIKIN, Sarah M. ,   b. 13 Sep 1844, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United Statesd. 23 Nov 1934, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	17 May 1866	Colchester, McDonough, Illinois, United States
  Notes	Kimberly Davis Records [1]
  Children	1 son and 1 daughter
  + 1. NICHOLS, Charles Arthur ,   b. 13 Aug 1866, Quincy, Adams, Illinois Quincy, Adams, Illinoisd. 22 Apr 1927, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 60 years) + 2. NICHOLS, Carrie ,   b. 23 Dec 1873, Colchester, McDonough, Illinois, United States Colchester, McDonough, Illinois, United Statesd. 2 Jul 1942, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F8680	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  He moved to Salt Lake Valley with Sarah in the 1880's. 188 Salt Lake City Directory: C. Sum Nichols, Editor And Prop. of Times- Res. 808 East Third South. Events of the month Improvement Era - Vol. 7, page 71, 1904; Sep. 12.- C. Sum Nichols, a well-known newspaper man and veteran of the Civil war, born Quincy, Ill., March 11, 1843, died in Salt Lake on the 15th. Record of Deaths in Salt Lake City 1890-1908, Page 228 C. S. Nichols is next to bottom line: Age 60 years, 6 months and 4 days. Place of death; Street 3rd East No. 171 Male White Married Occupation Book agent; Father Jesse Nichols, Mother Caroline Pinkham G.A.R. List of Members burn in City cemetery and Mt. Olivet --Nichols, Charles S. - Corp. Co. C 10 Regt., Ill. Infant. Buried in City cemetery Plat - Park - Block 4, Lot 11 tier N 1/2 E Grave 1. His is a single stone with Nichols On the top. C. S. Nichols on the front with Company he fought with in the Civil War. Burial info from SLC Cemetery Nichols, C. S., no dates, Corp CO C., 10 ILL Inf, Civil War, !Was in the Civil War. His papers were given to Katheryn Mathews by his wife Jennie Petersen Nichols. Odonna Simpson now has them. Odonna sent the following on 1/16/2004 via e-mail to Ed Woolf: I am looking at the Civil War papers you asked me about regarding Charles Nichols. First Sargeant Charles S. Nichols, 10th ILL.V. INF. Corporal Co.E. mustered on July 17,1861 on duty at Cairo, Ill. mustered out Aug.17, '61 Re-enlisted as Sergt. for 3 years, same regt. Aug. 17,1861 Re-enlisted Vet, Dec. 31,1863. First Sergt. Jan 1, '64 Battles of New Madrid, Island No.10, Seige of Corinth, Miss. Booneville, Nashville Seguatchie Valley, Mission Ridge, Chicamauga, Ringgold, Knoxville, Atlanta Campaign "March to the Sea" Army of the Cumberland, Operations on Cape Fear River, Goldsboro, Bentonville, Raleigh, Grand Review in Washington Wounded in left arm at Fort Donelson Feb. 13, 1862, Wounded in left leg ar Chickamauga July 13, 1862 Army of the Tennessee, Wounded in left arm near Atlanta July 28, 1864, Wounded on head at Bentenville N.C. March 19, 1865 Prisoner of War at Stone River July 13, '62, Escaped July 17, '62 Prisoner at Atlanta, Ga, July 28,1864 confined at Anderson Ga. Escaped by tunnel Aug.1864 Prisoner at Bentonville March 19,1865, Paroled April 2,'65 On detached service, as Scout to Gen.A. Payne at Battle Belmont, Nov.7,'61 Scout to Gen.Pope at Weige of Corinth 1862 U.S. Police Dept. 1863 Scout and Secret Agent to Gen.Sherman during Atlanta Campaign and until the close of the war. !Database of Illinois Civil War Veterans http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/civilwar.html 2 records are displayed. NAME RANK COMPANY UNIT RESIDENCE NICHOLS, SUMNER PVT C 10 IL US INF QUINCY NICHOLS, SUMNER CPL E 10 IL US INF (3MO) QUINCY Description as listed in the Muster and Descriptive Roll of Veteran Volunteers: Blue Eyes, Auburn Hair, Light Complexion, 6 feet tall In the 1860 census, he worked at his Uncle Nathan Pinkham's Omnibus (local bus company) business as a clerk before the Civil War.

  
  

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  [S951] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index.