Alonzo Nichols b. Dec 1870 Marion County, South Carolina, USA: Our Family History

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Name	Alonzo Nichols
Born	Dec 1870	Marion County, South Carolina, USA [1]
	The 1900 census gives Alonzo birth as December 1870. The 1910 and 1930 census are consistent with this. The 1920 census calculates to a birth year of 1874. Alonzo's death certificate gives a birth date far out of line with all of these, as 1884. It's likely that the informant, his son, was just wrong. Birthplace from death certificate.
Gender	Male
Census	24 Jun 1900	Legette township, Marion County, South Carolina, USA [1]
	1. Nichols, Lonzo, head, black, male, born Dec 1870, 29, married 5 years, SC, SC, SC, farmer, can read and write, renting farm, agricultural schedule 16 2. _____, Zilphia, wife, black, female, May 1874, 25, 4 children 1 living, SC, SC, SC, can read and write 3. _____, Fleetie, daughter, black, female, March 1898, 2, SC, SC, SC
Census	21 Apr 1910	Legette township, Marion County, South Carolina, USA [2]
	1. Nichols, Alonzo, male, black, 40, first marriage, married 16 years, SC, SC, SC, farmer, own account, can read and write, farm schedule 103. 2. _____, Zilphia, wife, female, black, 30, first marriage, married 16 years, 9 children 6 living, SC, SC, SC, no occupation, can read and write 3. _____, Fleta Lou, daughter, female, black, 13, SC, SC, SC, no occupation, can read and write 4. _____, [Lyris? Tyris?], daughter, female, black, 9, SC, SC, SC, laborer, can read, cannot write, attended school this year 5. _____, Paul J., son, male, black, 7, SC, SC, SC 6. _____, P[amela?], daughter, female, black, 5, SC, SC, SC 7. _____, Alonzo, Jr., son, male, black, 3, SC, SC, SC 8. _____, James A. G., son, male, black, 6/12, SC, SC, SC
Census	17 Feb 1920	Wahee township, Marion County, South Carolina, USA [3]
	1. Nichols, Alonzo, head, renting, male, black, 46, married, can read and write, SC, SC, SC, farmer, general farm, own account, agricultural schedule 216. 2. _____, Zilpha, wife, female, black, 40, can read and write, SC, SC, SC, no occupation 3. _____, Tyra M., son, male, black, 18, can read and write, SC, SC, SC, no occupation 4. _____, Paul J., son, male, black, [15?], not attending school, cannot read or write, SC, SC, SC, no occupation 5. _____, [July?], daughter, female, black, 13, attending school, can read and write, SC, SC, SC, no occupation
Census	4 Apr 1930	Latta, Bethea township, Dillon County, South Carolina, USA [4]
	1. Nichols, Elonzo [Alonzo], head, renting $11 per month, not a farm, male, negro, 59, married, first married age 27, can read and write, SC, SC, SC, laborer, manure plant, not a veteran 2. _____, Zilphian [Zilphia], wife, female, negro, 50, married, first married age 18, can read and write, SC, SC, SC, no occupation 3. _____, Paul J., son, male, negro, 28, single, can read and write, SC, SC, SC, barber, public shops, not a veteran 4. _____, Arthur, son, male, negro, 17, single, attending school this year, can read and write, SC, SC, SC, no occupation 5. _____, Waddell, son, male, negro, 16, single, attending school this year, can read and write, SC, SC, SC, no occupation
Parents	Alonzo's death certificate names his parents as Isaac Nichols and Mary Grainger. Informant was son Alonzo Nichols, Jr. No Isaac Nichols is found in the 1900 Marion County census. The 1880 census offers only one Isaac Nichols, age 40, a widower living in LeGette township, which makes him a good candidate to be Alonzo?s father. Alonzo, who would have been about ten years old, is not found in the home; the nearest match is Willie, age 14. [See PN-18] In the 1870 census, two Isaac Nichols households appear in Marion County. The first is Isaac Nichols, age 12, in Hillsboro township, who may be tentatively discounted as a parental candidate, due to his youth and his location; he is, however, listed as head of small household, with a younger brother, age 10. The second is the same Isaac Nichols found in the 1880; in 1870 he was enumerated in LeGette township, at age 27 with a wife ? not Mary, but Nancy. There was also a white planter in Marion County named Isaac Nichols. No Mary Grainger is found in the 1870 census, nor any black Grainger families in Marion County, though there were a number of them quite nearby over the line into Horry County.
Died	Y [5]
Person ID	I2	ZZZ Takera Whitt
Last Modified	9 Sep 2014

Father	Isaac Nichols
Mother	Mary Grainger
Family ID	F7	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Zilphia Roberson, b. Between 1874-1880, South Carolina, USA

Married Before 1898 [1]

Children

	1. Fleeta Lou Nichols, b. Mar 1898, Marion County, South Carolina, USA
	2. Lyris Nichols, b. Abt 1901, South Carolina, USA
	3. Paul J. Nichols, b. Abt 1903, South Carolina, USA
	4. [Daughter] Nichols, b. Abt 1905, South Carolina, USA
	5. Alonzo Nichols, Jr., b. Abt 1907, South Carolina, USA

Last Modified 8 Sep 2014

Family ID F6 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Ada Williams, b. Mar 1880, South Carolina, USA , d. After 1900 (Age ~ 20 years)

Married

Alonzo Nichols and Ada Williams were never married. Alonzo was a married man living next door to the Williams family.

Children

+	1. Preston Nichols, b. 1896-1897, Marion County, South Carolina, USA , d. 9 Jun 1955, Marion Memorial Hospital, Marion, Marion County, South Carolina, USA (Age 58 years)

Last Modified 7 Sep 2014

Family ID F1 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Takera Whitt exhibits

Death certificate, Press Williams [Preston Nichols], 1955, Marion County, South Carolina
South Carolina death certificate no. 009266, Marion County, Press Williams (1955); digital image, "South Carolina Death Records, 1915-1955,"

Sources

[S17] 1900 U.S. census, Marion County, South Carolina, population schedule, Legette township, enumeration district (ED) 76, sheet 6-‐A, p. 166 (stamped, recto), dwelling 29, family 29, Lonzo Nichols household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 May 2010; citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 1535.
[S18] 1910 U.S. census, Marion County, South Carolina, population schedule, Legette township, enumeration district (ED) 66, sheet 8-‐A, p. 112 (stamped, recto), dwelling [not stated], family [not stated], Alonzo Nichols household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 June 2010); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1451.
[S19] 1920 U.S. census, Marion County, South Carolina, population schedule, Wahee township, enumeration district (ED) 114, sheet 14-‐B and 15-‐A, p. 240 (stamped, verso) and 241 (stamped, recto), dwelling [not stated], family [not stated], Alonzo Nichols household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 June 2010); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1703.
[S20] 1930 U.S. census, Marion County, South Caroliina, population schedule, Marion [617 Eutaw Street], Marion township, enumeration district (ED) 6, sheet 13-‐A, p. 81 (stamped, recto), dwelling 245, family 257, Elonzo [Alonzo] Nichols household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 June 2010); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 2206.
[S22] State of South Carolina, State Board of Health, death certificate no. 7671, Alonzo L. Nichols, 28 April 1934, Marion County; “South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1943,” index and digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : downloaded 8 September 29014); Department of Archives and History, Columbia. URL: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11552-23152-53?cc=1417492.