John Patrick Nicholson Kingfisher Weekly Free Press Thursday Aug. 17, 1916 Submitted & © by Lois Burdick
John Patrick Nicholson was born at Arcola, Illinois, April 12, 1864, moving with his parents to Anthony, Kansas in 1887. He was united in marriage to Miss Effie Culbertson, on Jan. 1, 1890, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Baird, who were present when the dire stroke of death entered this home.
To this union were born six children, five girls and one boy , three of whom, the boy and two girls died in infancy.
They moved to Kingfisher in 1892 and took a claim near this city, They moved to Portsmouth, Ohio for three years and them moved back to Kingfisher Co. where they have been the past seventeen years.