Nicol, David, chief engineer, City water works; was born at Tarry Mill, Parish of St. Vigeans, Forfarshine, Scotland, September 7, 1824, and is the son of John and Bettie (Christie) Nicol, natives of Scotland. He was raised in Montrose and Arbroath, and learned his trade of machinist, in the machine shop of a linen spinning factory in the latter place. When about twenty years of age he went to Dundee, and for the next four years worked in a locomotive building work; married in Arbroath August 8, 1845, Miss Betty Greig, a native of that place, by whom he had two children -- David and James; came with his family to America landing at New York, July 10, 1848, and headed straight for Peoria, arriving there July 29th of that year. There he settled and went to work in Luke Wood's machine shop, and on July 15, 1850, he buried both his boys in one grave -- they dying of cholera -- and two days later his wife followed them, cut down by the same fell destroyer. On October 28, 1852, he married his present wife, then Miss Charlotte Thompson, who was born in Upton, near Bristol, England, and who has borne him seven children, four now alive, Nettie, George, Lilly and Frank. He has resided in Peoria ever since first coming to it except about two years during the war, when he resided in Indianapolis. He worked constantly at his trade as journeyman and foreman, till January 1872, when he received his appointment to his present responsible position, which with the exception of two years he has ever since held. He owns a house and lot at 612 Fifth street, and at present resides with all his family in house contiguous to the water works.
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Nicol, David, chief engineer, City water works; was born at Tarry Mill, Parish of St. Vigeans, Forfarshine, Scotland, September 7, 1824, and is the son of John and Bettie (Christie) Nicol, natives of Scotland. He was raised in Montrose and Arbroath, and learned his trade of machinist, in the machine shop of a linen spinning factory in the latter place. When about twenty years of age he went to Dundee, and for the next four years worked in a locomotive building work; married in Arbroath August 8, 1845, Miss Betty Greig, a native of that place, by whom he had two children -- David and James; came with his family to America landing at New York, July 10, 1848, and headed straight for Peoria, arriving there July 29th of that year. There he settled and went to work in Luke Wood's machine shop, and on July 15, 1850, he buried both his boys in one grave -- they dying of cholera -- and two days later his wife followed them, cut down by the same fell destroyer. On October 28, 1852, he married his present wife, then Miss Charlotte Thompson, who was born in Upton, near Bristol, England, and who has borne him seven children, four now alive, Nettie, George, Lilly and Frank. He has resided in Peoria ever since first coming to it except about two years during the war, when he resided in Indianapolis. He worked constantly at his trade as journeyman and foreman, till January 1872, when he received his appointment to his present responsible position, which with the exception of two years he has ever since held. He owns a house and lot at 612 Fifth street, and at present resides with all his family in house contiguous to the water works.
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