Joshua NICKERSON
International Genealogical Index
1998 Ancestral File (nil)
Internet IGI (Jul 2003)
Note: When Sarah Catherine "Katie" died of cancer in 1891, her three children by John Herrigle were placed in foster homes. Jessie was raised by a family named Durfee. Frank was raised by a family named Smith, a name he used all his life. Lucille was adopted by the Frank H. Weldon family in 1891 in Pontiac, Illinois. Samuel Leighton, child by Katie's first marriage to Albert Leighton, was adopted by the family of William H. Brace of Pontiac, IL. When Mrs. Brace died, he was kicked out by his stepfather, and lived with several other families before taking off to make his way by himself in the world. He used the adopted name of RALPH DARRINGTON HARRIS throughout his life.
He married Mary Frances Hoover 29 May 1849 at Hennepin, Putnam, Illinois . Mary Frances Hoover was born at Nichols, Tioga, New York 27 Aug 1833 daughter of Henry Mann Hoover and Sarah Hunt .
They were the parents of 12
children:
David Henry Nickerson
born 21 Aug 1850.
Henrietta Nickerson
born 21 Nov 1852.
Sarah Catherine Nickerson
born 1854.
Melissa Nickerson
born 21 Dec 1856.
Mary Emma Nickerson
born 1858.
James Nickerson
born 1860.
Joshua Nickerson
born 1862.
Leonard Herold Nickerson
born Abt 1864.
Ellsworth Herold Nickerson
born Abt 1865.
Adeline Jane Nickerson
born 22 Feb 1867.
Gertrude Florence Nickerson
born 1868.
Lily Nickerson
born 1869.
Joshua Nickerson died 22 Oct 1869 at Flanagan, Livingston, Illinois .
Mary Frances Hoover died 1907 at Minonk, Woodford, Illinois .