William Nicklin    

WILLIAM NICKLIN, deceased, was born October 2, 1796, in Staffordshire, England, and married Frances Moore, a native of the same county; came to America in 1833, and settled on the farm where Charles S. Nicklin now resides. Here he died November 11, 1868, and his widow September 16, 1881. They were the parents of eleven children: Mary, married Henry Clulow and lives in French Creek Township, Venango County; Frances, married H. B. Rice, of Greenville; George D., married Mary M. Eberly, lives in Selina, Venango County, where he is engaged in the mercantile business; Joseph, dead; Eliza, remained in England, married Samuel Jackson, died December 5, 1883; William N., lives in Mill Creek, and is mentioned there; D. T., lives in Venango County; Thomas, dead; Simon J., lives in Venango County; Ellen J., married Thomas Arnitt, of Franklin, Penn.; Charles S., born August 9, 1837. The parents were Catholics, and are buried in the grave-yard of that organization, north of Mercer. The father was a successful farmer. Charles S. Nicklin was educated in the common schools and brought up on a farm. He was twice drafted. The first time he paid the amount of money necessary to be released, and the second time a discontinuance of hostilities rendered his services unnecessary. He was married July 23, 1865, to Miss Mary C. DeWoody, born in Venango County in 1842. Her parents, Robert and Elizabeth (McBride) DeWoody, were natives, the father of Venango County and the mother of the State of New York. They had the following children: Crawford, Thomas, Mary C., Alexander and Albert. Mr. and Mrs. Nicklin have four children: Ella J., married William A. Scott; John C., Mary E. and Florence E. Mr. Nicklin has been school director for nine years, and filled various other offices of trust. He was a member of the order of Patrons of Husbandry, and for a time master of Grange No. 393, Sandy Lake. For many years he and his family were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Hendersonville, and he was for a long time the superintendent of the Sunday-schools. They withdrew from this organization, and by letter joined the Methodist Church at Sandy Lake. He is a stanch Republican, and always sacrifices a large amount of his valuable time to the interest of that party.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888, page 1061.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.