Excerpts from Essex Newspaper, April 30, 1915
The remains of Mrs. C. Nichols who died at her home in Omaha April 21st was brought to Essex last Friday morning on the 10:26 passenger where they were met by a large number of friends and escorted to the Methodist church where funeral services were held. Conducted by her pastor Rev. T. M. Evans of Omaha and assisted by the local pastor Rev. Guse of this city.
Mrs. Deborah J. Nichols was the daughter of Joseph S. and Eliza Bryant. She was born at Oxford, Henry County, Illinois....being 66 years and 24 days.
She was married to Cornelius Nichols Feb. 6, 1867 (Henry County, Illinois). To this union was born five children, four sons and one daughter, one son and the daughter dying in childhood. Elber S. residing in Hettinger, N. D.; William L. and Roy C. living in Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs. Nichols came from Illinois to Page County, Iowa in 1875, settling first in Essex where they lived for some time then going to the farm just west of town where they lived a number of years, then returning to Essex...
After a residence of thirty two years in this county they moved to Hettinger, North Dakota where they lived for three and half years, moving from there to Omaha....
Mrs. Nichols was converted some years after her marriage and remained a faithful christian till death. While in Essex she was a member of the Methodist church, taking her letter from that church she united with the Free Methodist church and later became a member of Grace United Evangelical church in Omaha....From this church the funeral was held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted by her pastor Rev. Evans. Friday morning the remains were brought to Essex accompanied by the husband, three sons and their wives, a nephew Edson Hoyt of New Windsor, Ill., Mrs. May Stolspart and Rev. and Mrs. T. M. Evans. A funeral service was held at the Methodist church attended by a large number friends and the remains laid to rest in the family lot in Essex cemetery beside the daughter who died in 1879.
Mrs. Nichols had been in declining health for the past two years...very ill past seven months...
After a long, busy and useful life, she died as she had lived - honoral, trusted, and loved....Her christian life was beautiful from its beginning to its close, and through all the vicissitudes and sorrows she met in the way, her faith in God never wavered.....may her husband and children cherish her memory...let our tears flow in sympathy with theirs and point them to the promise -
"At eventied it shall be light"
The remains of Mrs. C. Nichols who died at her home in Omaha April 21st was brought to Essex last Friday morning on the 10:26 passenger where they were met by a large number of friends and escorted to the Methodist church where funeral services were held. Conducted by her pastor Rev. T. M. Evans of Omaha and assisted by the local pastor Rev. Guse of this city.
Mrs. Deborah J. Nichols was the daughter of Joseph S. and Eliza Bryant. She was born at Oxford, Henry County, Illinois....being 66 years and 24 days.
She was married to Cornelius Nichols Feb. 6, 1867 (Henry County, Illinois). To this union was born five children, four sons and one daughter, one son and the daughter dying in childhood. Elber S. residing in Hettinger, N. D.; William L. and Roy C. living in Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs. Nichols came from Illinois to Page County, Iowa in 1875, settling first in Essex where they lived for some time then going to the farm just west of town where they lived a number of years, then returning to Essex...
After a residence of thirty two years in this county they moved to Hettinger, North Dakota where they lived for three and half years, moving from there to Omaha....
Mrs. Nichols was converted some years after her marriage and remained a faithful christian till death. While in Essex she was a member of the Methodist church, taking her letter from that church she united with the Free Methodist church and later became a member of Grace United Evangelical church in Omaha....From this church the funeral was held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted by her pastor Rev. Evans. Friday morning the remains were brought to Essex accompanied by the husband, three sons and their wives, a nephew Edson Hoyt of New Windsor, Ill., Mrs. May Stolspart and Rev. and Mrs. T. M. Evans. A funeral service was held at the Methodist church attended by a large number friends and the remains laid to rest in the family lot in Essex cemetery beside the daughter who died in 1879.
Mrs. Nichols had been in declining health for the past two years...very ill past seven months...
After a long, busy and useful life, she died as she had lived - honoral, trusted, and loved....Her christian life was beautiful from its beginning to its close, and through all the vicissitudes and sorrows she met in the way, her faith in God never wavered.....may her husband and children cherish her memory...let our tears flow in sympathy with theirs and point them to the promise -
"At eventied it shall be light"
Excerpts from Essex Newspaper, April 30, 1915
The remains of Mrs. C. Nichols who died at her home in Omaha April 21st was brought to Essex last Friday morning on the 10:26 passenger where they were met by a large number of friends and escorted to the Methodist church where funeral services were held. Conducted by her pastor Rev. T. M. Evans of Omaha and assisted by the local pastor Rev. Guse of this city.
Mrs. Deborah J. Nichols was the daughter of Joseph S. and Eliza Bryant. She was born at Oxford, Henry County, Illinois....being 66 years and 24 days.
She was married to Cornelius Nichols Feb. 6, 1867 (Henry County, Illinois). To this union was born five children, four sons and one daughter, one son and the daughter dying in childhood. Elber S. residing in Hettinger, N. D.; William L. and Roy C. living in Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs. Nichols came from Illinois to Page County, Iowa in 1875, settling first in Essex where they lived for some time then going to the farm just west of town where they lived a number of years, then returning to Essex...
After a residence of thirty two years in this county they moved to Hettinger, North Dakota where they lived for three and half years, moving from there to Omaha....
Mrs. Nichols was converted some years after her marriage and remained a faithful christian till death. While in Essex she was a member of the Methodist church, taking her letter from that church she united with the Free Methodist church and later became a member of Grace United Evangelical church in Omaha....From this church the funeral was held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted by her pastor Rev. Evans. Friday morning the remains were brought to Essex accompanied by the husband, three sons and their wives, a nephew Edson Hoyt of New Windsor, Ill., Mrs. May Stolspart and Rev. and Mrs. T. M. Evans. A funeral service was held at the Methodist church attended by a large number friends and the remains laid to rest in the family lot in Essex cemetery beside the daughter who died in 1879.
Mrs. Nichols had been in declining health for the past two years...very ill past seven months...
After a long, busy and useful life, she died as she had lived - honoral, trusted, and loved....Her christian life was beautiful from its beginning to its close, and through all the vicissitudes and sorrows she met in the way, her faith in God never wavered.....may her husband and children cherish her memory...let our tears flow in sympathy with theirs and point them to the promise -
"At eventied it shall be light"
The remains of Mrs. C. Nichols who died at her home in Omaha April 21st was brought to Essex last Friday morning on the 10:26 passenger where they were met by a large number of friends and escorted to the Methodist church where funeral services were held. Conducted by her pastor Rev. T. M. Evans of Omaha and assisted by the local pastor Rev. Guse of this city.
Mrs. Deborah J. Nichols was the daughter of Joseph S. and Eliza Bryant. She was born at Oxford, Henry County, Illinois....being 66 years and 24 days.
She was married to Cornelius Nichols Feb. 6, 1867 (Henry County, Illinois). To this union was born five children, four sons and one daughter, one son and the daughter dying in childhood. Elber S. residing in Hettinger, N. D.; William L. and Roy C. living in Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs. Nichols came from Illinois to Page County, Iowa in 1875, settling first in Essex where they lived for some time then going to the farm just west of town where they lived a number of years, then returning to Essex...
After a residence of thirty two years in this county they moved to Hettinger, North Dakota where they lived for three and half years, moving from there to Omaha....
Mrs. Nichols was converted some years after her marriage and remained a faithful christian till death. While in Essex she was a member of the Methodist church, taking her letter from that church she united with the Free Methodist church and later became a member of Grace United Evangelical church in Omaha....From this church the funeral was held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted by her pastor Rev. Evans. Friday morning the remains were brought to Essex accompanied by the husband, three sons and their wives, a nephew Edson Hoyt of New Windsor, Ill., Mrs. May Stolspart and Rev. and Mrs. T. M. Evans. A funeral service was held at the Methodist church attended by a large number friends and the remains laid to rest in the family lot in Essex cemetery beside the daughter who died in 1879.
Mrs. Nichols had been in declining health for the past two years...very ill past seven months...
After a long, busy and useful life, she died as she had lived - honoral, trusted, and loved....Her christian life was beautiful from its beginning to its close, and through all the vicissitudes and sorrows she met in the way, her faith in God never wavered.....may her husband and children cherish her memory...let our tears flow in sympathy with theirs and point them to the promise -
"At eventied it shall be light"
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