„Lucy Higgs Nichols“ – Versionsunterschied

On the [[University of Kentucky]] Libraries Database of Notable Kentucky African Americans, John Nichols, Lucy's second husband, is described as residing in Tennessee and Indiana with his mother and father as free community members, according to the 1850 census of Washington County.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nkaa.uky.edu/record.php?note_id=2435 |title=Notable Kentucky African Americans - Nichols, John and Lucy A. Higgs |publisher=Nkaa.uky.edu |date= |accessdate=2013-11-13}}</ref> Indiana's 152nd Infanttry listed him as a musician, but after the war he joined the colored regiment before returning to New Albany after three years.<ref>{{cite web |title=John J. Nichols: Private of the Union Army |url=http://civil-war-soldiers.findthedata.org/l/4127128/John-J-Nichols |website=[[FindTheBest]] |accessdate=March 25, 2015}}</ref> [[Floyd County, Indiana]]'s index to Marriage Record from 1845-1920 shows that Lucy and John married on April 13, 1870. They did not have any children together. The 1910 census still shows them living quietly on Naghel Street. Lucy Nichols is listed on the ledger to the Floyd County Poor House as being admitted on January 1, 1915. Even though her birthplace is listed on the register as Kentucky, she is listed clearly on Rueben Higgs' court and family inventories as being born in Halifax County, North Carolina before they moved to Grays Creek, Tennessee. The register shows her death as January 25, 1915. She is buried in an unmarked grave at West Haven Cemetery.