Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1898 — Death of Mrs. Wallace Nichols. [ARTICLE]

Death of Mrs. Wallace Nichols.

Mrs. Elizabeth Nichols, widow of the late Wallace Nichols, died at her home at Brookston last Sunday, Apr. 3rd, of consumption, after quite a long sickness. Her death is a most sad and lamentable one, for it leaves, wholly orphaned, four young children, the oldest only 9 years old and the youngest 2 years. Mrs. Nichols’ age would have been 31 years next September. The remains were brought here Wednesday, on the milk train, and taken to Smith cemetery, in Barkley Tp., for burial by the side of her husband. Short funeral services were held at the grave, by Elder J. L. Brady. Mrs. Nichols’ husband, Wallace Nichols, met death on the 22nd of last July, on the Henry Harris farm, near Mt. Ayr. He was supposed to have been crushed to death in the barn, by a frightened horse. He was a son of John L. Nichols, of Barkley.