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<p>[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 372342, member: 6444"]OK, you made me look up the doctor! Found this link: <a href="http://vermontcivilwar.org/museum/flood/gnichols.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://vermontcivilwar.org/museum/flood/gnichols.php" rel="nofollow">http://vermontcivilwar.org/museum/flood/gnichols.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p>and this one: <a href="http://vermontcivilwar.org/get.php?input=4307" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://vermontcivilwar.org/get.php?input=4307" rel="nofollow">http://vermontcivilwar.org/get.php?input=4307</a></p><p><br /></p><p>During civil war he was commissioned surgeon, 13th VT INF, enlisted 9/24/62. He died in 1907, just four years after giving this chair to (probably) his niece (or grand-niece?) since it looks like his children both died in infancy.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Hon. George Nichols: Son of James and Annie A. Nichols, was born in Northfield, April 17, 1827. Me married Ellen Maria, daughter Of Abjijah and Maria B. Blake, of Vergennes, April 8, 1852. Mrs. Nichols was born in New Haven, April 1, 1832. To them were born Alice Margaret in 1853, and a son in 1858, both of whom died in infancy."</p><p><br /></p><p>"Continued in the practice of his profession with eminent success till his return from the army in 1863, having served as surgeon of the Thirteenth Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Militia, in the war of the rebellion. In 1865 he was appointed Secretary of State by Governor Smith, which office he has since continuously held. In 1870 he was a member and President of the Constitutional Convention."</p><p><img src="http://vermontcivilwar.org/museum/flood/gnichols.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 372342, member: 6444"]OK, you made me look up the doctor! Found this link: [URL]http://vermontcivilwar.org/museum/flood/gnichols.php[/URL] and this one: [URL]http://vermontcivilwar.org/get.php?input=4307[/URL] During civil war he was commissioned surgeon, 13th VT INF, enlisted 9/24/62. He died in 1907, just four years after giving this chair to (probably) his niece (or grand-niece?) since it looks like his children both died in infancy. "Hon. George Nichols: Son of James and Annie A. Nichols, was born in Northfield, April 17, 1827. Me married Ellen Maria, daughter Of Abjijah and Maria B. Blake, of Vergennes, April 8, 1852. Mrs. Nichols was born in New Haven, April 1, 1832. To them were born Alice Margaret in 1853, and a son in 1858, both of whom died in infancy." "Continued in the practice of his profession with eminent success till his return from the army in 1863, having served as surgeon of the Thirteenth Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Militia, in the war of the rebellion. In 1865 he was appointed Secretary of State by Governor Smith, which office he has since continuously held. In 1870 he was a member and President of the Constitutional Convention." [IMG]http://vermontcivilwar.org/museum/flood/gnichols.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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