Short Mountain Township, Franklin Co., AR is modern-day Short Mountain Township, Logan Co., AR. Logan County was established 22 Mar 1871 from parts of Franklin, Scott, Johnson and Yell counties. Paris, Logan Co., AR is in Short Mountain Township.

Samuel Grisham Nichols' death certificate is the source of his final resting place. He took his life by ingesting Carbolic Acid. The following month, his daughter, Mattie Blanche Nichols took her life in the same manner.

1850 Clark Township, Johnson Co., AR
Grishn Cofield 52 TN
Jane 40 TN (Grisham's 2nd wife, Jane Christie)
Eliza Jane 15 AR (Eliza Jane {nee Coffield} Wolf - FAG #46749008)
Amanda M. 11 AR (Amanda M {nee Coffield} Nichols)
David W 8 AR (David Walker Coffield)
Martha A 3 AR

1860 Clark Township, Johnson Co., AR
Gresham Crowfield (sic, Coffield) 62 TN
Jane 51 TN
Malissa 9 AR (Melissa Adeline {nee Coffield} Nichols
Alvin 11 AR (Alvin Grisham Lindsey, grandson)

1850 Lower, Franklin Co., AR
Family #571
Samel Nichols 22 IL (Samuel Henry Nichols)
Celia 19 IL (Celia Hicklin)
George 1 AR

Paris, Logan Co., AR is in Short Mountain Township of modern-day Logan Co., AR

1860 Short Mountain, Franklin Co., AR
Family #860
George Washington Wolfe and Eliza Jane Coffield and their children

Family #864
Saml Nichols 30 IL (Samuel Henry Nichols)
Amanda 20 AR (Amanda M. {nee Coffield} Nichols)
George T 11 AR
Wm D AR 8 AR
John R 6 AR
Henry 3 AR
Grissom 2 AR (Samuel Grisham "Pink" Nichols. born 4 Nov 1858)

Melissa Adeline Coffield's future husband, Andrew Jackson Nichols' American Civil War record:

Co. C, 4th Arkansas Cavalry, Union Army
Pvt. Andrew J. Nichols Enlisted 19 Dec 1863 at Dardanelle, AR. Age 18, Height 5’ 1”, eyes hazel, hair light, complexion fair, farmer, born in Phillips Co, AR. P. O. Address: Cedar Glades, (Montgomery Co.) AR.

His parents are unknown.

Fearing Confederate Bushwhackers (renegade confederate troops), Samuel Henry Nichols took his family to Kansas where on the 18 Jun 1865 Neosho, Coffey Co., Kansas State Census they were recorded as: Samuel Nichols, age 44, Amanda 26. G. T. (George T.), age 16, W. D. (William David), age 13, Henry M (Montgomery), age 9 and Pink (Samuel Grisham), age 5.

By Sep 1865, the Nichols family had returned to Arkansas, and their son, Albert Marion Nichols was born 6 Sep 1865.

Samuel Henry Nichols and his family were recorded on the 1870 Short Mountain, Franklin Co., AR (modern-day Short Mountain {Paris} Logan Co., AR), and their surname was erroneously listed as Samuell.

1870 Short Mountain, Franklin Co., AR
Household #59
Nichols Samuell 45 IL (Samuel Henry Nichols)
Amanda 42 AR (Amanda M. Coffield)
David 18 AR (William David Nichols)
Henry 14 (Henry Montgomery. Nichols)
Samuel 12 (Samuel Grisham "Pink" Nichols)
Albert 5 AR (Albert Marion Nichols)
Montazuma 2 AR (Montazuma Nichols)

Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Franklin County
21 Jan 1867
Adaline Cofield, age 20 of Montgomery Co., AR
Andrew Nichols of Montgomery Co., AR

1870 Lower Twp., Franklin Co., AR
HH 101
Andrew Nicholls 24 AR (Andrew Jackson Nichols)
Adeline 19 AR (Melissa Adeline Coffield)
Jane Coffield 62 TN (Jane {nee Christie} Coffield)
Griffin (sic) Lindsey 21 AR (Alvin Grisham Lindsey, son of Calvin R. Lindsey & Mary Ann Coffield)

In 1880, Samuel Grisham "Pink" Nichols, his brothers, Albert Marion Nichols, and Edward "Eddie" Nichols were recorded in the household of their maternal aunt, Melissa Adeline Coffield and her husband, Andrew Jackson Nichols in Short Mountain (Paris), Logan Co., AR.

1880 Short Mountain, Logan Co., AR
A Nichols, age 34 AR (Andrew Jackson Nichols)
Adeline Nichols, age 19 AR (Melissa Adeline Coffield)
Pink Nichols, age 21 AR Nephew
Albert Nichols, age 14 AR Nephew
Eddie Nichols, age 9 AR Nephew

His half-brother, Henry Montgomery Nichols was counted in Short Mountain (Paris), Logan Co., AR.

1880 Short Mountain, Logan Co., AR
Household # 206
Henry M. Nichols, age 23 Single Occupation: Bar Tender.

Seven years later at age 28, Samuel Grisham "Pink" Nichols married the daughter of Jesse Thomas Campbell and Sarah Johnston, Missouri A. T. "Sudie" (nee Campbell) Smith. Sudie previously married John Harvey Smith 3 Oct 1874 in Desoto Co., MS.

Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Logan County
10 Apr 1887
S G Nichols, age 28 of Paris, Logan County
Zootie (sic) Smith, age 30 of Paris, Logan County

The Quit Claim deed with a relinquishment of dower in Logan Co., AR by Jane (nee Christie) Coffield's children, step-daughter and step-grandson was concerning the land Grisham Coffield patented.

It is also proof that Sudie Campbell's husband, Samuel Grisham Nichols was a member of this Nichols family.

Mr. Hall's Tract Book
Paris, Logan Co., Arkansas
Book 26, Page 374
16 Feb 1882
Dower relinquished Quit-claim deed
Transcript:
Deed signed by:

G.W. Wolfe and wife Elizabeth Jane
(George Washington Wolf and Eliza Jane Coffield, Jane's daughter)

S.G. Nichols and wife Sudie
(Jane's grandson by Amanda M. Coffield and Samuel Henry Nichols, Samuel Grisham Nichols and his wife Sudie {nee Campbell} Smith)

D.W. Coffield and wife Mattie
(Jane's son, David Walker Coffield and his 3rd wife, Mrs. Martha "Mattie" Oliver)

A.M. Nichols (Andrew M., husband of Adeline).
(Should be A. J. Nichols - Andrew Jackson Nichols, husband of Melissa Adeline Coffield, Jane's daughter.

The 1900 Short Mountain (Paris) Logan Co., AR census indicates Sudie (nee Campbell) Smith Nichols had given birth to seven children and five were living. Tommie Della was erroneously listed as Thomas D. Nichols, born May 1889. All five of their living children were in the household.

Children of Samuel and Sudie were:

Mary Emma Nichols, born Dec 1886 Paris, Logan Co., AR and died before 1928 in Tulsa, Tulsa Co., OK. She married David Augustus Ladd.

Tommie Della (nee Nichols) Gentry, born 19 May 1889 in Paris, Logan Co., AR (according to the 1900 census) and died 27 May 1917 in Koch, St. Louis Co., MO. Her parents' names are on her death certificate, and she's buried in this cemetery. Tommie married Wooster Allen Gentry 4 Jul 1907 in Pottawatomie Co., OK, and they were counted on the 1910 Ward 8, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., OK census with their two sons, Elmer Fletcher Gentry, who became Michael Elmer Gentry, and Arkansaw Gentry, who became Harold Chester Gentry.

Harold Chester Gentry was born 31 Jan 1910 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., OK and died 29 Jan 1958 in La Mirada, Los Angeles Co., CA.

Mattie Blanche Nichols, born 7 Feb 1892 Paris, Logan Co., AR and died 22 Mar 1923 in St. Louis, Missouri. She never married. Her parents' names are also on her death certificate, and she's also buried in this cemetery.

James Albert Nichols, born 19 Mar 1894 in Paris, Logan Co., AR and died after 13 Jul 1932. He was last recorded in Veterans Home in Hampton, VA. At this time his marital status was: Separated. When he was to be discharged from the VA home, he was to go to St. Louis to live with his brother, Elmer. James married ca. 1919 Eleanor "Nellie" (maiden name unknown). He was the informant on his father's death certificate.

Elmer Nichols died in a VA hospital in Mountain Home, Washington Co., TN. He married Ruby Unknown, and at the time of his death, he was divorced.

This family, their records and pertinent information can be found in my cousin Rory Bower's family tree on ancestry.com - Bowers Family Tree. Most of it is also in my friend Don Coffield's tree Coffield Holeman Family Tree, and Samuel's parents, Samuel Henry Nichols and Amanda M. Coffield are found in my friend, Kisha's Caldwell Family Tree.