Wilson Nickle (1811-1881)

History

Excerpted from Ira C. Nickle Jr., "Nickle-Auld-Brown-Burchett-Brown-Petzold"

Henry R. Wilson Nickle (William, Sr.1) is said to have been born on 24 August 1811 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. According to census returns he was born in 1814 or 1815.

Henry R. Wilson Nickle may have been named for Reverend Henry Rowan Wilson who organized a Presbyterian church at Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania and at Lick Run in 1801. From 1814 to 1823 Reverend Wilson was pastor of Silver Spring Presbyterian Church at Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

Henry R. W. Nickle and Esther Brown were married on 9 May 1837 by Reverend Robert Glenn, a Presbyterian minister, in Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania. The marriage was recorded in the Rockland Presbyterian Church records.

Esther was born on 3 August 1815 in New York State. According to census returns she was born in 1817 or 1818. Her parents were Joseph Brown, a carpenter, born in Lyme, Connecticut on 8 January 1787, and Rachel Ann Carrier.

Rachel Ann was born on 19 June 1798 in western New York State a daughter of Amariah Carrier and Honor Hogins. Honor Hogins is believed to have Seneca or Mohawk Indian blood.

In the summer of 1841 Wilson Nickle was in Cheshire Township, Gallia County, Ohio. He may have moved there with his father-in-law, Joseph Brown. Wilson was joined in Gallia County by his brother, John, who married his wife's sister, Orilla Brown, probably in Gallia County.

The 1850 census of District 98, Salisbury Township, Meigs County, Ohio, enumerated Wilson as Wilson Nicholl, 35, Pennsylvania, laborer, Esther Nicholl, 30, Pennsylvania, William Nicholl, 13, Pennsylvania, Rachel Nicholl, 9, Pennsylvania, Hannah Nicholl, 4, Ohio.

Wilson moved his family from Ohio to Wayne Township, Randolph County, Indiana c. 1853. The 1860 census of Union City, Wayne Township, Indiana listed Wilson as a miller and a Justice of the Peace.

The family lived in Indiana until about 1864 when they moved to Bond County, Illinois. The 1870 census of Bond County, Fairview Township enumerated Wilson Nickle, 55, farmer, Esther Nickle, 53, keeping house, James Nickle, 17, farm laborer, Lucy J. Nickle, 15 at home, Merritt D. Nickle, 12, at home, Emma Morgan, 15, at home.

Wilson and his family started for Texas in 1876. It is believed they traveled by covered wagon.

They stopped in Barry County, Missouri where Wilson Nickle 66, farmer, Pennsylvania, Ireland, Ireland was enumerated in the 1880 census of Roaring River Township, Esther Nickle, 62, New York, New York, New York, Daniel Nickle, 21, at home, Indiana.

Wilson died intestate on 28 April 1881. Esther died in 1887. It has been reported they were buried in unmarked graves in Horner Cemetery four miles south of Cassville. Esther and Wilson’s children were:

1. William Nickle (1838-1892) was born in Pennsylvania. He was described as being 5 foot, 10 inches in height with blue eyes and reddish hair. He married (1) Margaret (unknown) and (2) Eliza Elma Jackson on 16 November 1865 in Bond County, Illinois.

A William Nickle served with D Company, 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry. The 11th was organized from 10 November 1863 to 2 April 1864. It was attached to the District of Northern Alabama, Department of the Cumberland to November 1864 and then to the 1st Brigade, 5th Division Cavalry Corps, Military Division, Mississippi to May 1865. The regiment was mustered out on 14 September 1865 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

A William Nickle also served with A company, 153rd Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. The 153rd was organized at Indianapolis on 1 March 1865. It left for Nashville, Tennessee on 5 March 1865. It stopped at Louisville, Kentucky while enroute and was sent to Russelville, Kentucky where it operated against guerrillas until June. The regiment was stationed at Taylor’s Barracks, Louisville, Kentucky from June until 4 September 1865 when it was mustered out at on 4 September 1865.

William traveled with his parents from Illinois to Barry County, Missouri. William Nickle, 45, Pennsylvania, farmer, Pennsylvania, New York was enumerated in the 1880 census of Roaring River Township, Barry County, Missouri, Eliza Nickle, 30, Illinois, keeping house, North Carolina, Ohio, William Nickle, 31, Illinois, at home, Pennsylvania, Illinois, James Nickle, 9, Illinois, at home, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Clement Nickle, 5, Illinois, at home, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Thomas Nickle, 2, Illinois, at home, Pennsylvania, Illinois.

William moved to Eureka Springs, Carroll County, Arkansas c. 1885. William was a farmer and worked in the timber. He died in Carroll County, Arkansas on 7 October 1892. Eliza died on 9 October 1917.

William Nickle and his wife Eliza are buried in Gaskins Cemetery on highway 23 between Eureka Springs and Beaver, Arkansas. Their children were:

A. William Wilson Nickle

B. James Jacob Sullivan Nickle

C. Francis Clement Nickle

D. Thomas Preston Nickle

E. Elma Euphafama Nickle

F. Phoebe Emma Jane Nickle

G. Nora Estella Nickle

H. David Peril Nickle

I. Daniel Earl Nickle

2. Joseph Nickle was born in 1841 in Ohio.

3. Rachel Nickle was born on 21 July 1842 in Ohio. She married (1) Daniel Worrell. They were enumerated in the 1860 census of Delaware County, Indiana. Daniel Worrell, 24, shoemaker, Ohio, Rachel Worrell, 18, Hannah Worrell, 2 months, Indiana.

Rachel (Nickle) Worrell married (2) Thomas Pritchett on 26 September 1865. He died in Missouri in May 1879. Rachel was enumerated in the 1880 census of Roaring River Township, Barry County, Missouri. Rachel Porlchette (Pritchett) widow, 38, farmer, Pennsylvania, New York, Wilson Porlchette (Pritchett) son, 19, Indiana at home…Ohio, Edward A. Porlchette (Pritchett) son, 11, Illinois, at home…Ohio, Merty Ellen Porlchette (Pritchett) daughter, 7, Illinois, at home….Ohio, Harry Eugene Porlchette (Pritchett), son, Illinois, at home….Ohio, Albert Merritt Porlchette (Pritchett), son, 1, Missouri, at home…Ohio.

Rachel married (3) Abednego M. Pinkley in Barry County, Missouri on 8 August 1880. An Abednego Pinkley, age 14, step-son, was enumerated in the 1870 census of White River Township and the 1880 census of Roaring River Township in Benjamin Merrill or Murrell’s household.

Rachel Pinkley’s husband, Abednego, died at Exeter, Barry County in 1914. Rachel Pinkley then made her home with her daughter Alta or Ada Pinkley wife of William Dell.

Alta Pinkley and William Dell were married in November 1900. William Dell was a son of Henry Dell and his wife Permila Jane Kelley, a sister of Dr. C. G. Kelley. William Dell was enumerated in the 1880 census of Roaring River Township in his father’s household, William Dell, son, 1, Missouri, at home, Missouri, Illinois.
William Dell was enumerated in the 1910 census of Shell Knob, Barry County, Missouri, William H. Dell, 32, Missouri, Ada Dell, 24, Missouri, James Oscar Dell, 7, Ozzra E. Dell, 5, Eva Marie Dell, 3.

William H. Dell and Ada Dell were buried in Maplewood Cemetery at Exeter, Missouri. William’s gravestone reads he was born on 18 December 1876 and died on 30 October 1957. Ada’s stone reads she was born on 23 September 1886 and died on 10 September 1946.

Rachel (Nickle) (Worrell) (Pritchett) Pinkley died on 13 February 1916 at the home of her son H. E. Pritchett west of Cassville. Rachel was buried in Maplewood Cemetery at Exeter, Barry County, Missouri. Her children were:

A. Harmon Wilson Worrel

B. Hannah Worrel

C. Edward A. Pritchett

D. Harry Eugene Pritchett married Alice Shrum in October 1894.

E. Howard Elmer Pinkley

F. Alta or Ada Pinkley married William Dell in November 1900.

4. John Nickle was born in 1845 in Ohio. He died in 1850.

5. Hannah Nickle (1847-1897) married William Mullins and (2) Stephen Hammond in Bond County, Illinois on 1 January 1866.

6. Esther Ellen Nickle was born in 1849 in Ohio.

7. James Wilson Nickle (1852-1933) married Hattie A. Jones on 7 June 1874 in Christian County, Illinois. James was enumerated in the 1880 census of Roaring River Township, Barry County, Missouri. James Nickle, 28, Ohio, farmer, PA. NY. Hattie Nickle, 22, keeping house, Lula Nickle, 5, IL, at home, OH. IL. (She married Simon A. Prier on 26 December 1897.) Lawrence Nickle, 3, IL, at home, OH. IL. (He married Donnie H. Box on 20 August 1896.) Walter Nickle, 1, MO at home, OH. IL. On 27 February 1901 James Wilson Nickle homesteaded 80 acres in Barry County. He died at home on Route 1, Purdy, Barry County, Missouri.

8. Lucy Jane Nickle was born on 22 September 1854 in Indiana. On 16 May 1874 she married (1) David Rench in Bond County, Illinois. She married (2) William Monroe Burks on 14 November 1878 in Barry County, Missouri. Monroe Burks was enumerated in the 1880 census of Roaring River Township, Barry County next door to Wilson Nickle. Monroe Burks, 29, farmer, Texas, Lucy Burks 26, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New York, Elvira Burks, 7, Missouri, Texas, Indiana. William M. Burks died on 4 July 1900 and Lucy died on 14 September 1908. They were buried in Horner Cemetery south of Cassville, Missouri. Their children were:

A. Elvira Burks step-daughter of Lucy Burks. She married Charles Butler.

A. Alta A. Burks was born in 1887. She married on 24 October 1903, Arthur G. Hawk, an engineer on the Cassville and Western Railroad. The C. and W. R. ran from Cassville to Exeter Missouri where it met the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad. The C. and W. R. track was five miles and four hundred feet long.
Arthur G. Hawk was a son of Jacob W. Hawk and his wife Sarah Elizabeth Porter. In 1915 Arthur G. Hawk shot and killed his wife Alta A. (Burks) Hawk. He then committed suicide. They left a five year old son. The double funeral was conducted by Reverends E. W. Love and T. H. Hickman at the Presbyterian Church. They were buried side by side in Oak Hill Cemetery at Cassville.

B. Oley Burks. The Cassville Republican newspaper of October 1914 reports that Mrs. Oley Burks was sick with the fever.

C. Ora H. Burks married Lotisha (Tisha) Hadley of the Shady Grove Community, Butterfield on 5 October 1912.

D. Middie Burks. She married Frederick Worth Bennington printer, editor and part owner of the Cassville Republican newspaper. His career spanned 50 years. Their children were:

(1) Fredeline Bennington who was born on 17 June 1901. She was a book keeper at the bank. She married William Samuel Hutton c. 1930. He was a son of Kim Hutton and Nancy Emaline Jeffries who were buried in Maplewood Cemetery, at Exeter. William died on 10 September 1965 and Fredeline died in November 1978. They are buried in Oak Hill Cemetery at Cassville. They were childless.

(2) Irma Esther Bennington was born on 30 April 1905. She died on 6 July 1906 of spinal meningitis. She was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery.

9. DANIEL MERRITT NICKLE