Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1907 — OBITUARY OF HARRISON NICHOLS [ARTICLE]

OBITUARY OF HARRISON NICHOLS

From the Denver, Goto., Highland Chief, the following obituary notice of Harrisou Nichols, brother of County Treasurer 8. R. Nichbls, a brief account Of whose death was published recently, is taken: ‘•Harrison Nichols died at lp ß home, 3238 Alcofct street in this city at 2 o’clock a. m. Wednesday/ August 2$ 1907, after an fllnete <jf only six with erysipelas. Oh Wednesday eveningof the previous week, they had company at the house, and were up rather late. On retiring he complained to his wife of hot ftelirig wfetl. Kextday at noon he had such % hisjf’fev&Y that he became deliruras. He grow worse every day and passed away ou^ednesdAymdiriiing. The funeral will be held from the Highland T?emt>lA % clock on Sunday afternoon. The religious services will be conducted b(y the pastor of Trinity M. R church, and then Highlands Lodge No! 86, A. F. % A. conduct the remains to Fairipount ceme t ery. The masonic biir^ service will be id the chapel, and body placed in a receiving vault. * ® - ' Harriscjh Nicbo’s was bortt neqr Urbana, Ohio, February

go grew to manhood in Jasppr chanty, Indiana. While a young man, he weift west to Missouri, and taught school there several years. Atldbnroe City, Dec. 25, 1870, he married Mary Elizabeth Doyle, and she survived him. One child was born to them, a daughter* Hand Nichols- Watkins who diep on the 20th| of, this year. Mr. Nichols was engaged in the general merchandise busi ness at several places in Miss nrt, until 1893, When he mbved so Pawnee City, Nebraska, and eoth" tinned Ih’thb tetae basing nil'll 19Q0, when he pame to Denver, Here he Was practically retires tho he was remajrkaoly succecsjfql in buying ana selling real estate, Tfirn more than 30 yeprjs of hard work, Ccobomy “and cldse attentibii to business, Harrison Nichols acquire A gbod ‘ competency. 4 ‘ Hb lived an honest, upright, useful and Christian life, parsing the three-score mark by-’ several yean. Be had been a Mason nearly a quarter of a century, and was 0 number of Highland Lodge No. 86 at the time of death.' He wm the treasurer of Highland Chapter 'o. 71, Order of the Eastern Star, of which both hb and Mrs Nidholi were zealous members. ’ Both ▼era members of Trinity. M. E. church. The bride 6f his youth survives him, tho the shock of his deat h de piriVeahbr of herSreason, and safe may be unable to attend the friner--1 The sympathy of many kind friends, brothers and sisters is warmly extended to the widow in her great sorrow.