Traer Star Clipper, Friday, December 5th, 1941 – page 9
Marcus G. "Mart" Nichols, 92, pioneer settler and merchant died Sunday at the home of a son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Nichols of Waterloo. He had suffered a stroke six weeks earlier and was bedfast since. Before the stroke he apparently had been in good health and had been unusually active. He had lived with his on and daughter for many years but had visited frequently with another daughter, Mrs. E. C. Glosser in Traer and had spent time in California.
Born July 10, 1849 at Polo, Illinois, one of four children of William and Mary Hutching Nichols the decedent was left motherless at age 1 year. At 17 he came to Iowa to work land which had been purchased by his father form the government. He drove a team to his new home, located south of where Traer, now is located. The trip took a week. He later operated a grocery store in Traer and was among the first to establish a business in the town when it started. On December 24, 1870 he married Miss Elizabeth M. Green at the farm home of her parents near Traer. After being in the grocery business, Mr. Nichols returned to farming for a time and in 1913 moved to Waterloo where he started a furniture business with his son, Walter and his daughter Bess. In 1919 the senior Nichols withdrew from the firm and his son started a partnership with L. B. Gates in the Nichols and Gates firm in Waterloo. After the death of his wife on March 15, 1928, Mr. Nichols lived in California for about two years.
Surviving are three sons, Walter J., Fred G. Bellevue, Washington; and Zenus M., Lamar, Colorado; and three daughters, Mrs. John V Snider, Long Beach, California; Mrs. Edward Glosser, Traer; and Miss Bess Nichols. There are thirteen grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. One child died in infancy and three brothers and sisters are dead.
The funeral service was conducted Tuesday at the Kearns Garden chapel in Waterloo by the Rev. Henry L. Weiss, pastor of First Methodist church of which the decedent was a member. Burial was in Buckingham cemetery near Traer. Mrs. Nichols had been a member of the Methodist denomination for seventy-two years.
Marcus G. "Mart" Nichols, 92, pioneer settler and merchant died Sunday at the home of a son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Nichols of Waterloo. He had suffered a stroke six weeks earlier and was bedfast since. Before the stroke he apparently had been in good health and had been unusually active. He had lived with his on and daughter for many years but had visited frequently with another daughter, Mrs. E. C. Glosser in Traer and had spent time in California.
Born July 10, 1849 at Polo, Illinois, one of four children of William and Mary Hutching Nichols the decedent was left motherless at age 1 year. At 17 he came to Iowa to work land which had been purchased by his father form the government. He drove a team to his new home, located south of where Traer, now is located. The trip took a week. He later operated a grocery store in Traer and was among the first to establish a business in the town when it started. On December 24, 1870 he married Miss Elizabeth M. Green at the farm home of her parents near Traer. After being in the grocery business, Mr. Nichols returned to farming for a time and in 1913 moved to Waterloo where he started a furniture business with his son, Walter and his daughter Bess. In 1919 the senior Nichols withdrew from the firm and his son started a partnership with L. B. Gates in the Nichols and Gates firm in Waterloo. After the death of his wife on March 15, 1928, Mr. Nichols lived in California for about two years.
Surviving are three sons, Walter J., Fred G. Bellevue, Washington; and Zenus M., Lamar, Colorado; and three daughters, Mrs. John V Snider, Long Beach, California; Mrs. Edward Glosser, Traer; and Miss Bess Nichols. There are thirteen grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. One child died in infancy and three brothers and sisters are dead.
The funeral service was conducted Tuesday at the Kearns Garden chapel in Waterloo by the Rev. Henry L. Weiss, pastor of First Methodist church of which the decedent was a member. Burial was in Buckingham cemetery near Traer. Mrs. Nichols had been a member of the Methodist denomination for seventy-two years.
Traer Star Clipper, Friday, December 5th, 1941 – page 9
Marcus G. "Mart" Nichols, 92, pioneer settler and merchant died Sunday at the home of a son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Nichols of Waterloo. He had suffered a stroke six weeks earlier and was bedfast since. Before the stroke he apparently had been in good health and had been unusually active. He had lived with his on and daughter for many years but had visited frequently with another daughter, Mrs. E. C. Glosser in Traer and had spent time in California.
Born July 10, 1849 at Polo, Illinois, one of four children of William and Mary Hutching Nichols the decedent was left motherless at age 1 year. At 17 he came to Iowa to work land which had been purchased by his father form the government. He drove a team to his new home, located south of where Traer, now is located. The trip took a week. He later operated a grocery store in Traer and was among the first to establish a business in the town when it started. On December 24, 1870 he married Miss Elizabeth M. Green at the farm home of her parents near Traer. After being in the grocery business, Mr. Nichols returned to farming for a time and in 1913 moved to Waterloo where he started a furniture business with his son, Walter and his daughter Bess. In 1919 the senior Nichols withdrew from the firm and his son started a partnership with L. B. Gates in the Nichols and Gates firm in Waterloo. After the death of his wife on March 15, 1928, Mr. Nichols lived in California for about two years.
Surviving are three sons, Walter J., Fred G. Bellevue, Washington; and Zenus M., Lamar, Colorado; and three daughters, Mrs. John V Snider, Long Beach, California; Mrs. Edward Glosser, Traer; and Miss Bess Nichols. There are thirteen grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. One child died in infancy and three brothers and sisters are dead.
The funeral service was conducted Tuesday at the Kearns Garden chapel in Waterloo by the Rev. Henry L. Weiss, pastor of First Methodist church of which the decedent was a member. Burial was in Buckingham cemetery near Traer. Mrs. Nichols had been a member of the Methodist denomination for seventy-two years.
Marcus G. "Mart" Nichols, 92, pioneer settler and merchant died Sunday at the home of a son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Nichols of Waterloo. He had suffered a stroke six weeks earlier and was bedfast since. Before the stroke he apparently had been in good health and had been unusually active. He had lived with his on and daughter for many years but had visited frequently with another daughter, Mrs. E. C. Glosser in Traer and had spent time in California.
Born July 10, 1849 at Polo, Illinois, one of four children of William and Mary Hutching Nichols the decedent was left motherless at age 1 year. At 17 he came to Iowa to work land which had been purchased by his father form the government. He drove a team to his new home, located south of where Traer, now is located. The trip took a week. He later operated a grocery store in Traer and was among the first to establish a business in the town when it started. On December 24, 1870 he married Miss Elizabeth M. Green at the farm home of her parents near Traer. After being in the grocery business, Mr. Nichols returned to farming for a time and in 1913 moved to Waterloo where he started a furniture business with his son, Walter and his daughter Bess. In 1919 the senior Nichols withdrew from the firm and his son started a partnership with L. B. Gates in the Nichols and Gates firm in Waterloo. After the death of his wife on March 15, 1928, Mr. Nichols lived in California for about two years.
Surviving are three sons, Walter J., Fred G. Bellevue, Washington; and Zenus M., Lamar, Colorado; and three daughters, Mrs. John V Snider, Long Beach, California; Mrs. Edward Glosser, Traer; and Miss Bess Nichols. There are thirteen grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. One child died in infancy and three brothers and sisters are dead.
The funeral service was conducted Tuesday at the Kearns Garden chapel in Waterloo by the Rev. Henry L. Weiss, pastor of First Methodist church of which the decedent was a member. Burial was in Buckingham cemetery near Traer. Mrs. Nichols had been a member of the Methodist denomination for seventy-two years.
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