He was born March 13, 1911, in Normalville, a son of the late Benjamin J, and Minnie R. White Nicholson.
Tom was a lifelong resident of Clinton and was a steelmill worker for U. S. Steel at Homestead works, where he retired in 1974. Before working for the steel company, Tom worked as coal miner and timeberman. Although Tom worked in several different types of jobs throughout his life, the one thing he liked best was being a farmer. He was a member of the Steel Workers Union and the UMWA. He also attended the Mt Zion Community Church in Acme.
He is survived by three sons, Earl Eugene Nicholson and his wife Carolyn of Hazelton, Pa., Homer A. Nicholson and his wife Evelyn of Normalville, and Clark T. Nicholson and his wife, Brenda, also of Normalville; three daughters, Ethel Hawk and her husband, Vernon, of Normalville, Doris Chapman, Normalville, and Leah J. Taynton and her husband, Douglas, of Citrus Heights Calif.; 19 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his wife, Edith P. Layman Nicholson, in 1970; two infant grandchildren, Brenda and Mark Hawk; and the following brothers and sisters, Allen, Frank, Austin, Caroline, Albert and John Nicholson, Etta Richter, Jesse, Harry and Henry Nicholson, Ida Kent, George and William Nicholson, Florence Miller Leasure and an infant sister. Interment in Greenlick Cemetery, Bullskin Township.
He was born March 13, 1911, in Normalville, a son of the late Benjamin J, and Minnie R. White Nicholson.
Tom was a lifelong resident of Clinton and was a steelmill worker for U. S. Steel at Homestead works, where he retired in 1974. Before working for the steel company, Tom worked as coal miner and timeberman. Although Tom worked in several different types of jobs throughout his life, the one thing he liked best was being a farmer. He was a member of the Steel Workers Union and the UMWA. He also attended the Mt Zion Community Church in Acme.
He is survived by three sons, Earl Eugene Nicholson and his wife Carolyn of Hazelton, Pa., Homer A. Nicholson and his wife Evelyn of Normalville, and Clark T. Nicholson and his wife, Brenda, also of Normalville; three daughters, Ethel Hawk and her husband, Vernon, of Normalville, Doris Chapman, Normalville, and Leah J. Taynton and her husband, Douglas, of Citrus Heights Calif.; 19 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his wife, Edith P. Layman Nicholson, in 1970; two infant grandchildren, Brenda and Mark Hawk; and the following brothers and sisters, Allen, Frank, Austin, Caroline, Albert and John Nicholson, Etta Richter, Jesse, Harry and Henry Nicholson, Ida Kent, George and William Nicholson, Florence Miller Leasure and an infant sister. Interment in Greenlick Cemetery, Bullskin Township.
Family Members
-
![]()
Allen M. Nicholson
1888–1906
-
![]()
Frank Benjamin Nicholson
1889–1963
-
![]()
Samuel Austin Nicholson
1890–1974
-
![]()
Caroline Nicholson
1894–1895
-
![]()
Albert White "Bert" Nicholson
1896–1961
-
![]()
John Edward Nicholson
1897–1949
-
![]()
Etta Mae "Ettie" Nicholson Richter
1899–1982
-
![]()
Jesse Nicholson
1901–1965
-
![]()
Harry Edward Nicholson
1902–1958
-
![]()
Henry William Nicholson
1904–1995
-
![]()
Ida Catherine Nicholson Kint
1906–1969
-
![]()
George Keefer Nicholson
1908–1937
-
![]()
William Charles Nicholson
1913–1973
-
![]()
Florence Matilda Nicholson Leasher
1916–1974
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
