Nichols

On all of the female lines which married into the Boothe family, I have tried to include just the parental generation (although I, in many cases, have more). Many people have shared with me as I have shared with them, but I have tried not to put the work of others on these web pages. Write me- Kenneth W. Boothe -if you think your family ties into the ones I have posted.

The Ancestry of Permelia Tennessee "Tennie" Nichols

Permelia Tennessee "Tennie" Nichols' father, ARCHIBALD NICHOLS, was born February 02, 1825 in Georgia? Alabama?, and died March 12, 1884 in Texas? He married (1) ADALINE SPARKS March 20, 1843 probably in Arkansas. He married (2) ELIZA JANE GOLDEN May 01, 1859 in Clark County, Arkansas (she was the daughter of one of the sons of Isaac Golden -- her parents apparently died before the 1850 census). Adaline Sparks was born December 15, 1826, probably in Arkansas, and died after the birth of a stillborn child, January 20, 1857, in either Texas or Arkansas. Eliza Jane Golden was born July 1, 1840, Arkansas, and died December 11, 1883, in Texas.

Information on children taken mainly from the family Bible of Archibald and Eliza J. Nichols. This Bible is now the possession of the family of Ray Earl Boothe.

Titus County, Texas, and back to Arkansas

Shortly before 1850, Archibald had moved his family (his first wife and their children) into Titus County, Texas. They didn't stay long (maybe Adaline died there) and soon returned to Arkansas (Clark County).

Archibald Nichols was shown on the Clark County, Arkansas, delinquent tax lists for 1851 and 1854, and records show he bought land Section 34, Twp 7S, Range 22W, 160 acres on July 1, 1859.

1850, Titus Co., TX, census, p. 104:

145/145 A. Nichols, 25, M, b. GA

Adaline, 23, F, b. Tenn

L. H. Nichols, 6, M, b. Ark

M. H., 4, M, b. Ark

S. E., 1, F, b. Tex

1860, Antoine Twp, Clark Co., Ark, p. 63

77/77

A. Nicholls, 35, M, b. GA

Eliza J., 20, f, b. ARK

Henry L., 17, m, b. ARK

Miles H., 14, m, b. ARK

Sarah E., 11, f, b. ARK

John A., 9, m, b. ARK

Eliza J., 5, f, b. ARK

Mary A., 4, f, b. ARK

And, we are wondering if the following man might be Archibald's father: P. 48, 510/513

A. Nichols, 66, M, b. SC

Emily? ", 42, F, b. ARK

Nancy ", 14, F, b. ARK

Pernelia ", 7, F, b. ARK

Martha ", 5, b. ARK

H. W. McEthanan?, 21, M, b. GA

P. 193, 1870, Clark Co., ARK

Arch Nichols, 45, b. Ala, Postmaster of Antoine

Eliza J., 29, ARK

Sarah, 21, TX

John, 19, ARK

Mary, 14, ARK

Tennessee, 10, ARK

Marlon, 8, ARK

William, 4, ARK

Elector, 3, ARK

Alexander, 1 month (born May, ARK)

Erath County, Texas

Erath Co., Precinct 6, 9 June 1880, ED 154, p. 10, line 21

82/85

Nichols, Archibald, 54, farmer, born in Alabama. Father b. SC Mother NG

Wife: Eliza J., 39, b. Arkansas, Father, Mother both born in KY

Son: Marlin, 18, farm laborer, b. Arkansas

Son: William, 15, farm laborer, b. Arkansas

Daughter: Elective, 13, b. Arkansas

Son: James W., 6, b. Texas

Son: Thomas, 3, b. Texas

Also in that census:

ED 154, page 10, line 8

79/82

Nichols, M. H., farmer, b. ARK, father b. ALA, mother b. ARK.

Wife: Mary A., 34, b. GA (mother b. GA, father NG)

Daughter: Joe A., 12, b. ARK

Son: John A., 9, b. TX

Son: Thomas H., 6, b. TX

Daughter: Sarah A., 3, b. TX

Some Erath Co., TX, Marks and Brands (Cattle)

J. M. Boothe, p. 47, registered November 15, 1879, Precinct 6, Rec. # 1776

A. Nichols, p. 70, August 18, 1879, Precinct 6, #1682

J. A. Nichols, p. 74 and 78, August 16, 1879 #1678, Feb 25, 1882 #2767 (both

Precinct 6)

Mary A. Nichols, p. 63, Precinct 6, Feb 4, 1878, #1286

Eliza Jane Golden

On the 1850, Clark Co., AR census, Antoine Twp, Dec. 11, 1850, p. 215

Eliza Jane is apparently in the household of a relative (uncle and his family and maybe her grandfather?):

357/357

Eli Golden, 45, farmer, SC

Rebecca, 36, F, KY

Emaline, 13, F, AR

Sarah Jane, 10, F, AR

James, 7, M, AR

Isaac, 6, M, AR

Mary Ann, 6, F, AR

Elijah, 2, M, AR

Isaac, 70, M, SC

Eliza Jane, 9, F, AR

Children of Archibald Nichols and his wives:

Children of ARCHIBALD NICHOLS and ADALINE SPARKS are:

1. L. HENRY NICHOLS, b. December 28, 1843; d. October 05, 1862.

2. MILES HARVEY NICHOLS, b. June 25, 1846, Arkansas; d. September 19, 1911, Erath County, Texas; m. MARY L. TROUT. Both are buried in the Sapoak Cemetery, Erath County, Texas. He was postmaster for Sapoak Feb 8, 1904 - November 30, 1905 (when it was closed and merged with Morgan Mill); His daughter Ida Nichols was postmistress for Atkinson Aug 3, 1901 for a short while.

3. SARAH E. NICHOLS, b. April 23, 1849, Texas, probably Titus County.

4. JOHN A. NICHOLS, b. June 30, 1851, Probably Arkansas.

5. ELIZA J. NICHOLS, b. January 09, 1854; d. May 03, 1866.

6. MARY A. NICHOLS, b. July 18, 1856, Probably Arkansas.

Children of ARCHIBALD NICHOLS and ELIZA GOLDEN are:

7. PERMELIA TENNESSEE NICHOLS, b. October 03, 1860, Clark County, Arkansas; d. February 10, 1942, Lindsay, Garvin County, Oklahoma; m. JAMES MONROE BOOTHE, June 09, 1878, Texas.

8. MARLIN S. NICHOLS, b. February 07, 1862, Arkansas; d. November 21, 1914.

9. WILLIAM CHARLES NICHOLS, b. January 29, 1865, Arkansas;

d. November 13, 1938, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; m. SUSAN LENORA THOMAS, October 18, 1896, Texas.

10. ELECTIVE J. NICHOLS, b. March 18, 1867, Arkansas; d. February 14, 1887.

11. ALEXANDER H. NICHOLS, b. May 08, 1870, Arkansas; d. March 24, 1880.

12. JAMES W. NICHOLS, b. Abt. 1874, Texas. He was a career soldier. He fought in Cuba and in Mexico (against Pancho Villa, Spanish-American War) and served in the Phillipines against Moros. His home (in US) was Lindsay, OK. He never married.

13. THOMAS NICHOLS, b. Abt. 1877, Texas.