from "History of Lorain County"
THE NICHOL QUARRY.
James Nichol, a native of Dundee, Scotland, came to this country in 1852. He was a stone cutter by trade, and for the next nine years after arrival in New York followed this occupation in various cities. He took the management of the Messrs. Worthingtons Brownhelm quarry until 1870, when he removed to Amherst and took up his residence upon a farm which he had bought of Hannah Hubbard and Sally Owen. Adjoining this farm, in lot fifty-nine, was the quarry which he purchased of Joseph Barber in 1867, and which has since been generally known as the Nichol quarry. Mr. Nichol remained some time as silent partner of the Messrs. Worthington, acting as general superintendent of all the quarries operated by that firm. At the expiration of that partnership, in 1876, he immediately entered the market on his own account, operating his own quarry, and manufacturing building, grind and scythe stones. In February, 1877, with Dudley Miller, of New York, he entered into the partnership of Nichol & Miller, each owning one half of a quarry containing fifty-three acres, located in Florence township, Erie county, .Ohio, with main office at North Amherst, Ohio. The thorough and extended acquaintance that Mr. Nichol had with all the details connected with the stone business, enabled this comparatively new firm to at once occupy a prominent position in the market. At the present time they have a large and constantly increasing trade in building, grind and scythe stones, in the markets of the United States, and a large share of the export trade.
THE NICHOL QUARRY.
James Nichol, a native of Dundee, Scotland, came to this country in 1852. He was a stone cutter by trade, and for the next nine years after arrival in New York followed this occupation in various cities. He took the management of the Messrs. Worthingtons Brownhelm quarry until 1870, when he removed to Amherst and took up his residence upon a farm which he had bought of Hannah Hubbard and Sally Owen. Adjoining this farm, in lot fifty-nine, was the quarry which he purchased of Joseph Barber in 1867, and which has since been generally known as the Nichol quarry. Mr. Nichol remained some time as silent partner of the Messrs. Worthington, acting as general superintendent of all the quarries operated by that firm. At the expiration of that partnership, in 1876, he immediately entered the market on his own account, operating his own quarry, and manufacturing building, grind and scythe stones. In February, 1877, with Dudley Miller, of New York, he entered into the partnership of Nichol & Miller, each owning one half of a quarry containing fifty-three acres, located in Florence township, Erie county, .Ohio, with main office at North Amherst, Ohio. The thorough and extended acquaintance that Mr. Nichol had with all the details connected with the stone business, enabled this comparatively new firm to at once occupy a prominent position in the market. At the present time they have a large and constantly increasing trade in building, grind and scythe stones, in the markets of the United States, and a large share of the export trade.
from "History of Lorain County"
THE NICHOL QUARRY.
James Nichol, a native of Dundee, Scotland, came to this country in 1852. He was a stone cutter by trade, and for the next nine years after arrival in New York followed this occupation in various cities. He took the management of the Messrs. Worthingtons Brownhelm quarry until 1870, when he removed to Amherst and took up his residence upon a farm which he had bought of Hannah Hubbard and Sally Owen. Adjoining this farm, in lot fifty-nine, was the quarry which he purchased of Joseph Barber in 1867, and which has since been generally known as the Nichol quarry. Mr. Nichol remained some time as silent partner of the Messrs. Worthington, acting as general superintendent of all the quarries operated by that firm. At the expiration of that partnership, in 1876, he immediately entered the market on his own account, operating his own quarry, and manufacturing building, grind and scythe stones. In February, 1877, with Dudley Miller, of New York, he entered into the partnership of Nichol & Miller, each owning one half of a quarry containing fifty-three acres, located in Florence township, Erie county, .Ohio, with main office at North Amherst, Ohio. The thorough and extended acquaintance that Mr. Nichol had with all the details connected with the stone business, enabled this comparatively new firm to at once occupy a prominent position in the market. At the present time they have a large and constantly increasing trade in building, grind and scythe stones, in the markets of the United States, and a large share of the export trade.
THE NICHOL QUARRY.
James Nichol, a native of Dundee, Scotland, came to this country in 1852. He was a stone cutter by trade, and for the next nine years after arrival in New York followed this occupation in various cities. He took the management of the Messrs. Worthingtons Brownhelm quarry until 1870, when he removed to Amherst and took up his residence upon a farm which he had bought of Hannah Hubbard and Sally Owen. Adjoining this farm, in lot fifty-nine, was the quarry which he purchased of Joseph Barber in 1867, and which has since been generally known as the Nichol quarry. Mr. Nichol remained some time as silent partner of the Messrs. Worthington, acting as general superintendent of all the quarries operated by that firm. At the expiration of that partnership, in 1876, he immediately entered the market on his own account, operating his own quarry, and manufacturing building, grind and scythe stones. In February, 1877, with Dudley Miller, of New York, he entered into the partnership of Nichol & Miller, each owning one half of a quarry containing fifty-three acres, located in Florence township, Erie county, .Ohio, with main office at North Amherst, Ohio. The thorough and extended acquaintance that Mr. Nichol had with all the details connected with the stone business, enabled this comparatively new firm to at once occupy a prominent position in the market. At the present time they have a large and constantly increasing trade in building, grind and scythe stones, in the markets of the United States, and a large share of the export trade.
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