Pvt George Searight NicholsAge: 76 years1842–1918
- Name
- Pvt George Searight Nichols
- Name prefix
- Pvt
- Given names
- George Searight
- Surname
- Nichols
 Birth | August 23, 1842 53 43 |
 Birth of a sister | Cornelia Stith Nichols August 11, 1844 (Age 23 months) |
| Death of a sister | Laura Douglas Nichols October 2, 1848 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 3 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a sister | Matilda Puryear Nichols June 29, 1857 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a brother | Dr Ferdinand Stith Nichols May 3, 1859 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a brother | Harrison Nichols August 22, 1859 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 14 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Death of a father | John Nichols Jr. May 7, 1863 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 18 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 24 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 24 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 26 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Death of a sister | Margaret Nichols July 27, 1871 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 35 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth “Betsy” McCown July 24, 1881 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 55 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a sister | Susan Ann Nichols November 14, 1901 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a brother | Pvt James McAllister “Blackhawk” Nichols November 12, 1910 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 73 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 74 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 75 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Death | September 15, 1918 (Age 76 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Nichols Jr. Birth: March 16, 1789 45 18 — Orange, North Carolina, United States Death: May 7, 1863 — Williamson, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth “Betsy” McCown Birth: February 3, 1799 — Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, United States Death: July 24, 1881 — Williamson, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: October 29, 1814 — Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
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16 months elder sister |
Margaret Nichols Birth: March 11, 1816 26 17 — Williamson, Tennessee, United States Death: July 27, 1871 — Tennessee, United States |
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23 months elder brother |
Harrison Nichols Birth: February 22, 1818 28 19 — Williamson, Tennessee, United States Death: August 22, 1859 — Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Susan Ann Nichols Birth: October 7, 1820 31 21 — Williamson, Tennessee, United States Death: November 14, 1901 |
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6 years elder sister |
Matilda Puryear Nichols Birth: about 1826 36 26 — Williamson, Tennessee, United States Death: June 29, 1857 — Tennessee, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Laura Douglas Nichols Birth: about 1829 39 29 — Williamson, Tennessee, United States Death: October 2, 1848 — Williamson, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Dr Ferdinand Stith Nichols Birth: about 1830 40 30 — Williamson, Tennessee, United States Death: May 3, 1859 — Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
Pvt James McAllister “Blackhawk” Nichols Birth: December 7, 1833 44 34 — Williamson, Tennessee, United States Death: November 12, 1910 — Williamson, Tennessee, United States |
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9 years himself |
Pvt George Searight Nichols Birth: August 23, 1842 53 43 — Williamson, Tennessee, United States Death: September 15, 1918 — Williamson, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Cornelia Stith Nichols Birth: August 11, 1844 55 45 — Williamson, Tennessee, United States Death: December 9, 1928 — Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee, United States |