[Nathan] Nichols
Title
[Nathan] Nichols
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Section
Lot
Grave
0
First Name
Last Name
Nickname
"Nace"
Relationship
First husband of Frances (Nichols) Carter (U-089-06)
Birth Date
[Not on the marker]
Death Date
0
Death: Year
Gender
Veteran Y/N
Military Service
Number of Persons on Marker
Composition
Condition
Shape
State
Legibility
Poor
Dimension: Height
0 inches
Dimension: Width
36 inches
Inscription
"Co. H. / 26th U.S.C.T. "
Source of Information
Information taken from Westwood Printout and grave marker, if available; check the original burial register at city hall for additional data
Comments
Not on the Westwood printout for Soldiers' Rest; memorial only, presumably.
Biographical Information
Burton W. Nesbitt, volunteer Lorain County coordinator for the National Graves Registration Project of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, has no additional information on him, except to note the name "Nichols, Nathan" under "Misc. Info" and to note burial in "Potters Field Gr 69." According to the Westwood printout, "Nathan Nichols" was buried on 10/28/1875 in Lot 1, Grave 69 of Potters' Field. The closest name in the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System database, <http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.htm>, is "Nace Nicholas" of Co. H, 26th U.S. Colored Infantry, who entered as a private and was promoted to corporal. A brief biography of Nathan Nichols, a former slave, appears on pp. 33 & 159 of William E. Bigglestone, They Stopped in Oberlin: Black Residents and Visitors of the Nineteenth Century (Scottsdale, AZ: Innovation Group, 1981).
Lot Owner
Soldiers' Rest
Date Transcribed
06/25/2001
Default Latitude
41.28454357
Default Longitude
-82.2331983
Default Zoom Level
20
Collection
Citation
“[Nathan] Nichols,” Westwood Database, accessed May 2, 2024, https://www.oberlinwestwood.org/omeka/items/show/42822.