Nolan emigrated from Ireland in 1852 and not much is known about his family. He described himself a "bull headed" Irish lad of seventeen and a half when he enlisted at Fort Hamilton in New York. He was assigned to Battery M, 4th Artillery on December 9, 1852 as a private. By August 1858 he was a corporal and on September 1, 1858 he was transferred to the 2nd Dragoons, Company K. There he found his place becoming a Sergeant and later the First Sergeant of Company (later Troop) K
In August 1878 Nolan married his second wife, Anne Eleanor Dwyer in San Antonio, Texas. They had one child, a girl, Elizabeth Nolan.
On October 24, 1883, while in enroute to Holbrook in Navajo County he suffered an "apoplexy" event that was later called "brain consumption" in the official report. It is likely he suffered a stroke and died about 2:00 PM that day after reaching Holbrook.
He had been planning on meeting his wife and daughter in Holbrook for two weeks of leave.
He was embalmed at Halbrook and his body was shipped by train arriving on October 27 in San Antonio, Texas. On the same day, Major Nicholas M. Nolan was buried in the San Antonio National Cemetery. He lays at rest in section A site 53 near the flag pole that flies the flag of his adopted country. His second wife, Annie E. Dwyer died on July 11, 1907 and is interred at Arlington National Cemetery as the "Widow of Major Nicholas M. Nolan 3rd U S Cavalry
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In August 1878 Nolan married his second wife, Anne Eleanor Dwyer in San Antonio, Texas. They had one child, a girl, Elizabeth Nolan.
On October 24, 1883, while in enroute to Holbrook in Navajo County he suffered an "apoplexy" event that was later called "brain consumption" in the official report. It is likely he suffered a stroke and died about 2:00 PM that day after reaching Holbrook.
He had been planning on meeting his wife and daughter in Holbrook for two weeks of leave.
He was embalmed at Halbrook and his body was shipped by train arriving on October 27 in San Antonio, Texas. On the same day, Major Nicholas M. Nolan was buried in the San Antonio National Cemetery. He lays at rest in section A site 53 near the flag pole that flies the flag of his adopted country. His second wife, Annie E. Dwyer died on July 11, 1907 and is interred at Arlington National Cemetery as the "Widow of Major Nicholas M. Nolan 3rd U S Cavalry
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Nolan emigrated from Ireland in 1852 and not much is known about his family. He described himself a "bull headed" Irish lad of seventeen and a half when he enlisted at Fort Hamilton in New York. He was assigned to Battery M, 4th Artillery on December 9, 1852 as a private. By August 1858 he was a corporal and on September 1, 1858 he was transferred to the 2nd Dragoons, Company K. There he found his place becoming a Sergeant and later the First Sergeant of Company (later Troop) K
In August 1878 Nolan married his second wife, Anne Eleanor Dwyer in San Antonio, Texas. They had one child, a girl, Elizabeth Nolan.
On October 24, 1883, while in enroute to Holbrook in Navajo County he suffered an "apoplexy" event that was later called "brain consumption" in the official report. It is likely he suffered a stroke and died about 2:00 PM that day after reaching Holbrook.
He had been planning on meeting his wife and daughter in Holbrook for two weeks of leave.
He was embalmed at Halbrook and his body was shipped by train arriving on October 27 in San Antonio, Texas. On the same day, Major Nicholas M. Nolan was buried in the San Antonio National Cemetery. He lays at rest in section A site 53 near the flag pole that flies the flag of his adopted country. His second wife, Annie E. Dwyer died on July 11, 1907 and is interred at Arlington National Cemetery as the "Widow of Major Nicholas M. Nolan 3rd U S Cavalry
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In August 1878 Nolan married his second wife, Anne Eleanor Dwyer in San Antonio, Texas. They had one child, a girl, Elizabeth Nolan.
On October 24, 1883, while in enroute to Holbrook in Navajo County he suffered an "apoplexy" event that was later called "brain consumption" in the official report. It is likely he suffered a stroke and died about 2:00 PM that day after reaching Holbrook.
He had been planning on meeting his wife and daughter in Holbrook for two weeks of leave.
He was embalmed at Halbrook and his body was shipped by train arriving on October 27 in San Antonio, Texas. On the same day, Major Nicholas M. Nolan was buried in the San Antonio National Cemetery. He lays at rest in section A site 53 near the flag pole that flies the flag of his adopted country. His second wife, Annie E. Dwyer died on July 11, 1907 and is interred at Arlington National Cemetery as the "Widow of Major Nicholas M. Nolan 3rd U S Cavalry
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