One of the grandchildren of Richard, wrote the following, on an unknown date;
"My mother's cousin, Thom Nuchols, said that the father of Thomas Nuchols was Silvester Nuchols. He came to Blount County, died around 1830, and was buried in an old cemetery on Crooked Creek. Grandfather Richard volunteered for the Confederate Army; did not serve very long and he was called home because of his wife's sickness. But while in the army, he made friends by helping his army buddies write letters to their homefolk. When at home, he helped the wives to write letters to their husbands in the army, because they could not read or write. History notes in the White Family describe this good deed.
Rebecca White died, in 1856, during the civil war, and Richard sold his farm during that year.
Richard possessed a legal mind; just following the civil war, he was living and working in a Veterans Home in Waynesville, North Carolina, and he helped widows secure their pensions. As a part of his work, he helped Rachel Massey Davis, (Mrs. William Davis), to secure her 1812 war pension. While helping Rachel, he met her daughter Mary Anne Davis, who became his wife in 1865.
Richard was esquire of Blount County and was a representative of Tennessee's State Legislature in 1885. he was a man of strong Christian character and his church preference was the Baptist. He reared his family on Crooked Creek and his second family at Wellstown, in Blount County. A short time before he died, Mary Anne bought land near the railroad in East Maryville, now near Union School, so their sons could use the train to and from Knoxville each day for their University work.
One of the grandchildren of Richard, wrote the following, on an unknown date;
"My mother's cousin, Thom Nuchols, said that the father of Thomas Nuchols was Silvester Nuchols. He came to Blount County, died around 1830, and was buried in an old cemetery on Crooked Creek. Grandfather Richard volunteered for the Confederate Army; did not serve very long and he was called home because of his wife's sickness. But while in the army, he made friends by helping his army buddies write letters to their homefolk. When at home, he helped the wives to write letters to their husbands in the army, because they could not read or write. History notes in the White Family describe this good deed.
Rebecca White died, in 1856, during the civil war, and Richard sold his farm during that year.
Richard possessed a legal mind; just following the civil war, he was living and working in a Veterans Home in Waynesville, North Carolina, and he helped widows secure their pensions. As a part of his work, he helped Rachel Massey Davis, (Mrs. William Davis), to secure her 1812 war pension. While helping Rachel, he met her daughter Mary Anne Davis, who became his wife in 1865.
Richard was esquire of Blount County and was a representative of Tennessee's State Legislature in 1885. he was a man of strong Christian character and his church preference was the Baptist. He reared his family on Crooked Creek and his second family at Wellstown, in Blount County. A short time before he died, Mary Anne bought land near the railroad in East Maryville, now near Union School, so their sons could use the train to and from Knoxville each day for their University work.
Family Members
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Martha Nuchols Nelson
1820–1874
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Richard A. Nuchols
1821–1893
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William Wesley Nuchols
1823–1870
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Eliza Jane Nuchols Everett
1826–1900
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Sarah "Sallie" Nuchols Gamble
1829–1896
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Nancy Elizabeth Nuchols White
1831–1923
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David Thomas Nuckols
1836–1892
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James Waters Nuchols
1854–1922
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Andrew Jackson Nuchols
1856–1947
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Alexander Nuchols
1860–1880
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