Sarah Elizabeth <I>Sims</I> Nichols

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Sarah Elizabeth Sims Nichols

Birth
Death
23 Apr 1872 (aged 39)
Burial
Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.5163994, Longitude: -95.8657608
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Jan Wager Anderson ([email protected]) says her family Bible looks as if it says Sarah's birth date is 03-11-1833?
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Sarah's name cannot be found in the Harrison county, Iowa cemetery book that was published around 1987. Benjamin, Ida May, and a possible child's grave can be found in the book, but Sarah's name is not there.

Sarah and Benjamin's names can also be found in the Gravestone Records copied (in the 1930's) by W.P.A. Graves Registration Project; Harrison county, Iowa. Their surname is spelled Nickols in the W.P.A. records. The WPA record says Sarah was age 37 when she died.
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The Family of Benjamin and Sarah:

Benjamin K. Nichols (1829-1874)
Sarah Elizabeth Sims (1833-1872)

Children

John J. Nichols (1854-????)
Nancy Ann Nichols (1856–1892)
Eliza Jane Nichols (1858–????)
Mary E. Nichols (1860–????)
Hester Ellie Nichols (1861–????)
Candace F. 'Cannie' Nichols (1864–1929)
Ida May Nichols (1865–1869)
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Sources:

1860 - Shelby county, Illinois U.S. census
1870 - Harrison county, Iowa U.S. census
Shelby county, Illinois marriage records
Ancestry family trees
1930's WPA Graves Registration Project; Harrison county, Ia
Jan Wager Anderson ([email protected]) says her family Bible looks as if it says Sarah's birth date is 03-11-1833?
_____________________________

Sarah's name cannot be found in the Harrison county, Iowa cemetery book that was published around 1987. Benjamin, Ida May, and a possible child's grave can be found in the book, but Sarah's name is not there.

Sarah and Benjamin's names can also be found in the Gravestone Records copied (in the 1930's) by W.P.A. Graves Registration Project; Harrison county, Iowa. Their surname is spelled Nickols in the W.P.A. records. The WPA record says Sarah was age 37 when she died.
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The Family of Benjamin and Sarah:

Benjamin K. Nichols (1829-1874)
Sarah Elizabeth Sims (1833-1872)

Children

John J. Nichols (1854-????)
Nancy Ann Nichols (1856–1892)
Eliza Jane Nichols (1858–????)
Mary E. Nichols (1860–????)
Hester Ellie Nichols (1861–????)
Candace F. 'Cannie' Nichols (1864–1929)
Ida May Nichols (1865–1869)
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Sources:

1860 - Shelby county, Illinois U.S. census
1870 - Harrison county, Iowa U.S. census
Shelby county, Illinois marriage records
Ancestry family trees
1930's WPA Graves Registration Project; Harrison county, Ia


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