The Chico Record, Thursday, August 28, 1919, pg 1 col 1: Major A.L. Nichols Dies At Sausalito. First Exalted Ruler and Charter Member of Chico Lodge of Elks Ends Useful Career. Ill but Two Days, Death Was Unexpected by Family and Friends of the Aged Pioneer. Arthur L. Nichols, founder of the Nichols Hardware Company, first exalted ruler and charter member of the Chico Order of Elks, died at the summer home of his daughter, Mrs. Robert Holmes, at Sausalito at 11:30 o’clock last night.
At his bedside when he passed away were his widow and three children.
Nichols had been spending the summer at the bay, and was sick only two days. His death closes the career of a California pioneer and one of Chico’s earliest and most successful merchants and substantial citizens, who leaves, besides a community of friends, a thriving business which started from small beginnings.
He was born in Augusta, Me., August 9, 1849, the son of Dr. H.L. and Sarah (Evans) Nichols, both of whom were natives of the same state. His father was a practicing physician and as such came to California in 1856, locating with his family in Sacramento, where he combined with the practice of his profession many duties which brought him into prominence in both the city and state. His father served as a member of the State Legislature in 1867, and was elected mayor of the city of Sacramento in 1880. Major Nichols came to California when he was seven years old. Completing his studies in the Sacramento schools, he entered the office of the secretary of state, where he acted as a deputy. In 1872 he entered the employ of Huntington, Hopkins & Co., a hardware firm of Sacramento, acting as clerk for a number of years, and later became a traveling salesman. He established the Nichols Hardware Company in 1885, and from a small beginning built up the present thriving business. In recent years he had lived in retirement, the management of the business being delegated to his son, H.E. Nichols.
Nichols always assumed a prominent place in public affairs. He served as president of the Chico Chamber of Commerce, trustee of the Chico Normal School and a major in the state militia, a staff officer under General Montgomery, who at one time commanded the National Guard of Northern California.
Besides serving as one of the organizers and exalted ruler of the Chico Lodge of Elks, Major Nichols was a member of Blue Lodge No. 40, F.&A.M., of Sacramento; Sacramento Chapter No. 3, R.A.M.; Commandery No. 2, K.T., and Islam Temple of Shriners.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. A.L. Nichols and three children, Miss May Nichols, H.E. Nichols of Chico, and Mrs. Robert Holmes of St. Louis, two sisters, Mrs. C.C. Bonte of Sausalito and Mrs. E.F. Oatman of Sacramento.
The funeral services will be held at Gray’s chapel in San Francisco, the date yet to be fixed. The remains will be cremated.
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70-year-old Arthur Lomb [sic: Lambard] Nichols was interred, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records, in the plot noted, on December 4, 1925.
At his bedside when he passed away were his widow and three children.
Nichols had been spending the summer at the bay, and was sick only two days. His death closes the career of a California pioneer and one of Chico’s earliest and most successful merchants and substantial citizens, who leaves, besides a community of friends, a thriving business which started from small beginnings.
He was born in Augusta, Me., August 9, 1849, the son of Dr. H.L. and Sarah (Evans) Nichols, both of whom were natives of the same state. His father was a practicing physician and as such came to California in 1856, locating with his family in Sacramento, where he combined with the practice of his profession many duties which brought him into prominence in both the city and state. His father served as a member of the State Legislature in 1867, and was elected mayor of the city of Sacramento in 1880. Major Nichols came to California when he was seven years old. Completing his studies in the Sacramento schools, he entered the office of the secretary of state, where he acted as a deputy. In 1872 he entered the employ of Huntington, Hopkins & Co., a hardware firm of Sacramento, acting as clerk for a number of years, and later became a traveling salesman. He established the Nichols Hardware Company in 1885, and from a small beginning built up the present thriving business. In recent years he had lived in retirement, the management of the business being delegated to his son, H.E. Nichols.
Nichols always assumed a prominent place in public affairs. He served as president of the Chico Chamber of Commerce, trustee of the Chico Normal School and a major in the state militia, a staff officer under General Montgomery, who at one time commanded the National Guard of Northern California.
Besides serving as one of the organizers and exalted ruler of the Chico Lodge of Elks, Major Nichols was a member of Blue Lodge No. 40, F.&A.M., of Sacramento; Sacramento Chapter No. 3, R.A.M.; Commandery No. 2, K.T., and Islam Temple of Shriners.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. A.L. Nichols and three children, Miss May Nichols, H.E. Nichols of Chico, and Mrs. Robert Holmes of St. Louis, two sisters, Mrs. C.C. Bonte of Sausalito and Mrs. E.F. Oatman of Sacramento.
The funeral services will be held at Gray’s chapel in San Francisco, the date yet to be fixed. The remains will be cremated.
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70-year-old Arthur Lomb [sic: Lambard] Nichols was interred, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records, in the plot noted, on December 4, 1925.
The Chico Record, Thursday, August 28, 1919, pg 1 col 1: Major A.L. Nichols Dies At Sausalito. First Exalted Ruler and Charter Member of Chico Lodge of Elks Ends Useful Career. Ill but Two Days, Death Was Unexpected by Family and Friends of the Aged Pioneer. Arthur L. Nichols, founder of the Nichols Hardware Company, first exalted ruler and charter member of the Chico Order of Elks, died at the summer home of his daughter, Mrs. Robert Holmes, at Sausalito at 11:30 o’clock last night.
At his bedside when he passed away were his widow and three children.
Nichols had been spending the summer at the bay, and was sick only two days. His death closes the career of a California pioneer and one of Chico’s earliest and most successful merchants and substantial citizens, who leaves, besides a community of friends, a thriving business which started from small beginnings.
He was born in Augusta, Me., August 9, 1849, the son of Dr. H.L. and Sarah (Evans) Nichols, both of whom were natives of the same state. His father was a practicing physician and as such came to California in 1856, locating with his family in Sacramento, where he combined with the practice of his profession many duties which brought him into prominence in both the city and state. His father served as a member of the State Legislature in 1867, and was elected mayor of the city of Sacramento in 1880. Major Nichols came to California when he was seven years old. Completing his studies in the Sacramento schools, he entered the office of the secretary of state, where he acted as a deputy. In 1872 he entered the employ of Huntington, Hopkins & Co., a hardware firm of Sacramento, acting as clerk for a number of years, and later became a traveling salesman. He established the Nichols Hardware Company in 1885, and from a small beginning built up the present thriving business. In recent years he had lived in retirement, the management of the business being delegated to his son, H.E. Nichols.
Nichols always assumed a prominent place in public affairs. He served as president of the Chico Chamber of Commerce, trustee of the Chico Normal School and a major in the state militia, a staff officer under General Montgomery, who at one time commanded the National Guard of Northern California.
Besides serving as one of the organizers and exalted ruler of the Chico Lodge of Elks, Major Nichols was a member of Blue Lodge No. 40, F.&A.M., of Sacramento; Sacramento Chapter No. 3, R.A.M.; Commandery No. 2, K.T., and Islam Temple of Shriners.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. A.L. Nichols and three children, Miss May Nichols, H.E. Nichols of Chico, and Mrs. Robert Holmes of St. Louis, two sisters, Mrs. C.C. Bonte of Sausalito and Mrs. E.F. Oatman of Sacramento.
The funeral services will be held at Gray’s chapel in San Francisco, the date yet to be fixed. The remains will be cremated.
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70-year-old Arthur Lomb [sic: Lambard] Nichols was interred, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records, in the plot noted, on December 4, 1925.
At his bedside when he passed away were his widow and three children.
Nichols had been spending the summer at the bay, and was sick only two days. His death closes the career of a California pioneer and one of Chico’s earliest and most successful merchants and substantial citizens, who leaves, besides a community of friends, a thriving business which started from small beginnings.
He was born in Augusta, Me., August 9, 1849, the son of Dr. H.L. and Sarah (Evans) Nichols, both of whom were natives of the same state. His father was a practicing physician and as such came to California in 1856, locating with his family in Sacramento, where he combined with the practice of his profession many duties which brought him into prominence in both the city and state. His father served as a member of the State Legislature in 1867, and was elected mayor of the city of Sacramento in 1880. Major Nichols came to California when he was seven years old. Completing his studies in the Sacramento schools, he entered the office of the secretary of state, where he acted as a deputy. In 1872 he entered the employ of Huntington, Hopkins & Co., a hardware firm of Sacramento, acting as clerk for a number of years, and later became a traveling salesman. He established the Nichols Hardware Company in 1885, and from a small beginning built up the present thriving business. In recent years he had lived in retirement, the management of the business being delegated to his son, H.E. Nichols.
Nichols always assumed a prominent place in public affairs. He served as president of the Chico Chamber of Commerce, trustee of the Chico Normal School and a major in the state militia, a staff officer under General Montgomery, who at one time commanded the National Guard of Northern California.
Besides serving as one of the organizers and exalted ruler of the Chico Lodge of Elks, Major Nichols was a member of Blue Lodge No. 40, F.&A.M., of Sacramento; Sacramento Chapter No. 3, R.A.M.; Commandery No. 2, K.T., and Islam Temple of Shriners.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. A.L. Nichols and three children, Miss May Nichols, H.E. Nichols of Chico, and Mrs. Robert Holmes of St. Louis, two sisters, Mrs. C.C. Bonte of Sausalito and Mrs. E.F. Oatman of Sacramento.
The funeral services will be held at Gray’s chapel in San Francisco, the date yet to be fixed. The remains will be cremated.
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70-year-old Arthur Lomb [sic: Lambard] Nichols was interred, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records, in the plot noted, on December 4, 1925.
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