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Francis Marion Nicoles | Mary Jeniluska/Jenniluska/"Jenie"/Jane (Holipeter) Nicoles2 |
Born: May 31 18401, near Dayton, Cass County, Ohio | Born: November 6, 1841, Covington, OH3, near Dayton |
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Died: May 27, 1924, Montgomery AL | Died: August 18,1907, Macon GA |
Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Macon GA | Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Macon GA |
Had two daughters
Etta Nicoles Hanshaw/Browning | Isadora Nicoles Dix |
Born: 18?? born near Plymouth, (Marshall County) Indiana | Born: January 7, 1870 near Plymouth, Indiana |
Died: ??/??/1956 (?), Macoupin County, IL | Died: March 29, 1951, Robinson Springs AL |
Buried: | Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Macon GA |
1. May 31 1841 given as FMN's DoB from
Etta's letter. On his grave 1840 is inscribed as his DoB. The
1840 date also agrees with his army discharge that states that he was 24
years old in 1864.
2. Notes about Mary J. Holipeter's name:
The closest we've come to independent corroboration is a reference to "Mary J." or "Mary 'Jane' ". One place it's "G. Hollopeter". It's easy to see how the census enumerators might struggled with this, thinking that her name was Ginny. She had a niece named "Jennie", but I still haven't found the full name anywhere else. Where, you may ask, did I come up with the name Jeniluska/Jenniluska? My grandfather, Ralph F. Whigham, told me that one day. Nelle Dix's middle initial was "J", but I haven't found what it stands for -- only guessing. I was beginning to think that I had a false memory of hearing the name of, you know who, I've been using. After all, I only heard it once and that was 45 years ago. I searched my hard drive for all of the variants of Jeniluska/Jenniluska/Jennie/Jenie and could find no independent corroboration. I had already done this for the Web using Google, with no results. Today, I started going through my Dix/Nicoles file box. I came across a book of prepared forms for family history, that my mother made notes in. She had made three separate references to, uh, Mrs. F. M. Nicoles. To wit:
3. "Covington Co. Ohio" is from her gravestone at Riverside Cemetery. "Near Dayton" is from Etta's letter to Nelle. The problem is that there is no Covington County in Ohio. There IS a community named Covington, near Dayton, just up the road from Troy Ohio, in Miami County. Let's go with that for now. |
Francis Marion Nicoles and Mary Jeniluska/Jenniluska "Jennie" (Holipeter)
Nicoles
Photo submitted by Lyn Smith Simonton
Francis Marion Nicoles (Caption written by Ruth Dix Whigham) Photo submitted by Russell Dix Whigham
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Mary Jeniluska/Jenniluska "Jennie" (Holipeter) Nicoles Photo submitted by Lyn Smith Simonton |
Both of these photos are on the same size and same kind of metal plate. Note that the top corners of Jennie's photo have been trimmed as are the same corners of FMB's to fit under the oval mat. This suggests that the photos were made at the same time and were once part of a matched set. |
From the Miami County Indiana Marriage Records: http://incass-inmiami.org/miami/marriages/mrgn.html . Note that here "Hollipeter is spelled with two "l"s and "Nichals" is a variant of Nicoles. I haven't found "Jeniluska" or "Jenniluska" written anywhere. These are my best guesses at what has been passed down as oral history. |
GROOM NAMES OR BRIDE | NAME OF SPOUSE | DATE OF MARRIAGE | BOOK | PAGE |
Hollipeter Jacob M (Mary J's brother) | M E Nicoles | no date | C 1 | 131 |
Hollipeter Mary Jane | F M | Sept 8 1863 | C 3 | 190 |
Hollipeter William (Mary J's brother) | R Chronister | Dec 4 1856 | C 2 | 344 |
Nichals Francis | Mary J. Hollipeter | Sept 8 1863 | C 3 | 190 |
In spite of the spelling variance between the two entries for
this marriage, I think these are our folks. Note that there
are two Hollipeter-Nicoles marriages.
Did the Hollipeter brother & sister marry the Nicoles brother
& sister? Looks like it!
Almost a year after the wedding FMN served from August 19 through December 29, 1864 in the Union Army in Colorado. |
excerpt from http://www.hollopeter.com/outline.html 3 William Hollopeter 1790 - 1833
[The year should be 1841,and perhaps
the census enumerator assumed "Jennie" was spelled with a "G" (Ginny),
but "wed to" is right and the brothers match with Mary J.]
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https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/th/read/BRETHREN/2002-08/1030050654 In her letter on the family history, Etta didn't give Jennie's mother's first name, only that her maiden name was Murray. The Samuel Murray listed (in the link above) had 5 wives (m1-m5) as described in Etta's letter. If he's the same Samuel Murray, he's "Uncle Sam", the brother of Jennie Holipeter's birth mother, a Murray, whose first name was (until now) unknown to us. Farther down the list of Murrays (Samuel is #3) is: 7 Catharine [Murray] [Mary J. Hollopeter's birth mother]This seems to be a perfect fit. Jennie's father, John Hollopeter, (1813 -1841) according to the information in the The Hollopeter Family Record, was the son of William Hollopeter and who married Catharine Murray on October 12, 1833 in Miami County OH. It would certainly appear that Jennie's parents were John Hollopeter and Catharine (Murray) Hollopeter. |
1860 Indiana Census
http://www.geocities.com/dawnettet/hol1860.html
(About the second screen down -- first listing of generation "5")
Name | Age | Gender |
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County | Township | Page | Ancestry Image # | Notes |
Holipeter, William | 24 | M | OH | Miami | Pipe Creek | 289 | 287 | |
Hollopeter, Mary J. | 20 | F | OH | Miami | Pipe Creek | 298 | 296 | w/ Allen &
Hetty Stewart |
Jacob Hollipeter would have been 26 years old in 1860, but is not listed here. The "Allen and Hetty Stewart" reference in the notes agrees with Etta's letter (below). |
Francis Marion Nicoles'
Union Army Discharge
Submitted by Martha Whigham Picardy
Below is the same Union Army Discharge in text format
The words in italics are written in long hand on the form.
Transcribed by Russell Dix Whigham
Know ye,
that ___Francis M. Nichols_______________a
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"Cass" is the county in Indiana where FMN was born. It is then
signed by mostly illegible signatures of those in command.
In the upper left-hand corner is handwritten: [blurred ink] March 15 1865 and under that, a signature Charles ????ford and below that in a different hand Paymaster ??? What looks to be a dollar amount of $42.35 is written to the right of the graphic. Note the misspelling of the last name here. |
Francis Marion Nicoles |
The caption written by Ruth Dix Whigham reads "My Grandmother Nicoles as a young woman" 1882 or 1883 in Clarinda, Iowa |
The following is a letter written by Etta (Nicoles)
Hanshaw/Browning to her niece, Nelle (Dix) Smith
Scanned by Jeff Shannon from an original submitted by Alice Newman
Shannon
The following is the same as the image file above, but in text format
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We have only the roughest of timelines for our Nicoles line:
Both girls were born near Plymouth,(Marshall County)
Indiana. January 7, 1870 for Issie, No DoB for Etta
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From Ruth Dix Whigham's Red Photo Album Etta and Issie Nicoles
This enhanced image was made from an almost totaly dark 5x7 tin photograph, with the above caption taped to the back. It's apparent after some digital manipulation, that the photograph had spent some time in an oval frame. The two individual 2x3 photographs below, were obviously made at the same time as the one above. They are also on tin, but in much better condition.
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Etta Nicoles, Auburn Ill From Ruth Dix's Red Photo Album |
Issie Nicoles, Auburn Ill Photo submitted by Frances Dix Chapman |
From Ruth Dix Whigham's Red Photo Album
"Etta Nicoles and Rallie Hurlbut, Clarinda IA (No date)
Rallie may have been Etta's roommate at Alabama Conference Female College,
Tuskegee AL.
We have very little specific information on the Nicoles family during this period. Etta mentioned that the family moved to Alabama in 1884 and we have some evidence that both Etta and Issie attended Tuskegee Female College /Alabama Conference Female College, Tuskegee AL (now Huntingdon College in Montgomery), and that they were in Brewton AL in 1886 when Issie and Bert met, and we know that they were married in 1886. Here, the path diverges. You can continue below for a little more
on the Nicoles line, or connect to the Albert
Sidney Dix page, at the time when they were in Brewton,
and Bert and Issie begin their life together.
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Isadora Nicoles in 1887
Photo submitted by Alice Newman Shannon
Francis Marion (Grandpa) Nicoles,
Photo submitted by Alice Newman Shannon
Photo submitted by Lyn Smith Simonton |
Lyn wrote: ... I found some more old pictures, one being a picture of an old house with what appears to be an iron fence around it, but maybe wooden. There are two people standing in front of the house (or sitting on the walls on either side of the front steps) who might be our Grandfather and Grandmother Nicoles (the figures are small as the photographer seemed to be mainly taking a picture of the house and hard to tell). Anyway, written on the back of the picture, which appears to have been torn out of an album, is 1016 Ala. St. Was a house at 1016 Alabama Street one of our family homes? I would assume it was in Montgomery. Just wondered if you were familiar with this address, or if you could search it out?And I replied: This is a new address for me. There is an Alabama St. in Montgomery but, today it's only eight blocks long now, and it's been like that since I was born in St. Margaret's Hospital (in what would have been the 900 block) in 1945. Can you tell their approximate ages from the photo? Do you think it was after the girls left home? I don't think Grandmother Nicoles ever lived in Montgomery.So, where is/was this house? I'm more than a little fuzzy on the Nicoles timeline, but it's something like: 1884 Moved to Alabama from Clarinda, Iowa
By scanning the original photo, I was able to glean some details not obvious in Lyn's image. It appears to be a recently completed house. The boards at the street serve as "curbs" on the unpaved street. The gated fence does appear to be wooden. Protective frames around the young trees implies recent landscaping. Grandpa Nicoles is holding a book prominently. It looks like they're dressed-up and posed for the photo and the book was more than just a coincidence. The trees in the background appear to be pine trees. There are utility poles on the street behind the house. The single crossarm on the poles implies either powerlines or a recent addition to the telephone lines in the area. There are gutters and downspouts. Venetian blinds are in the windows. There is no grass in the yard. The couple appears to be in their advanced years, so I'm still leaning
toward Macon as the location.
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Submitted by Eugenia B. Hobday Died Yesterday ---- She was known throughtout state for her charitable deeds -- Funeral Today. Mrs. F. M. Nicoles, aged 66 years, died yesterday morning at 5:45 o'clock at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Albert S. Dix, of the Georgia Industrial Home, after an illness of several weeks. Mrs. Nicoles was known throughout the statefor her charitable deeds, and her death is greatly regretted by the Christian people of Georgia. She was a consistant member of the Christian church. She is survived by her husband and by two daughters, Mrs. A. S. Dix of Macon, and Mrs. C. T. Hanshaw of Illinois. The funeral cortege will leave the residence this afternoon at 4 o'clock and the funeral services will be held at Riverside cemetery where the interment will occur. The Rev. E. C. Dargan will officiate at the service. Transcribed by Russell Whigham |
Mrs. Nicoles Buried Yesterday
Afternoon
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We're not sure if the Nicoles were living with the Dixes at the Georgia
Industrial Home, or if Granny Dix was just caring MJN in her last days.
Three years later, when Albert died, and the family had to leave their home, Grandpa Nicoles went to Montgomery with Granny Dix and the kids. |
From Ruth Dix Whigham's "Little Black Photo
Album"
Francis Marion (Grandpa) Nicoles, age 79, 1920,
Granny Dix's Father
This is at 12 Marshall Street, Montgomery AL
Sister Etta
Photograph submitted by Lyn Simonton
Etta Nicoles, date unknown but the Illinois location of the studio
suggests that it was before 1884, when they moved to Alabama
Etta Nicoles in 1887
photo submitted by Martha Whigham Picardy
"Our home on the corner in Palmyra, where my three children were born,
lived and died. Frank is standing on chair. Mr. Hanshaw and I
are in the
yard. I am holding our little girl, Gladys. Russell is not yet born.
The
father also died here in 1909."
The photographer's seal in the middle says:
W. F Farrow,
811 Kansas Ave
Topeka - Kansas
View Photographer
Note in my (MWP) handwriting says: Granny Dix's sister, Etta, married
Mr.
C.T. Hanshaw. This was her house in Palmyra, Ill.
Etta Nicoles Handshaw and family
enlarged from a photo supplied by Martha Whigham Picardy
Etta (Nicoles) Handshaw/Browning
Isadora (Nicoles) Dix
Photograph submitted by Lyn Simonton
Sisters, Etta (Nicoles) Hanshaw/Browning and Isadora (Nicoles) Dix
“May, 1924”, “Aunt Etta and Granny Dix” at 12 Marshall St., Montgomery
AL
Etta Browning
Photograph submitted by Frances (Dix) Chapman