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Israel Clark NicholsAge: 86 years18881975

Name
Israel Clark Nichols
Given names
Israel Clark
Surname
Nichols
Birth October 2, 1888
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 9 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
MarriageDessie M BryantView this family
April 24, 1911 (Age 22 years)

Note: Marriage info from Findagrave site
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 27 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 28 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 29 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/
Birth of a daughter
#1
Dorothy Lucille Nichols
July 5, 1926 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 40 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Census April 2, 1930 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 53 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Census April 12, 1950 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Monty Lynn Troutman
October 12, 1951 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 61 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Birth of a grandson
#2
Kris Eugene Troutman
October 20, 1966 (Age 78 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 57 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death January 27, 1975 (Age 86 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Prairie Lawn Cemetery
Family with Dessie M Bryant - View this family
himself
Israel Clark Nichols
Birth: October 2, 1888Zenda, Kingman, Kansas, United States
Death: January 27, 1975Sumner, Kansas, United States
wife
Dessie M Bryant
Birth: November 3, 1893Missouri Branch, Wayne, West Virginia, United States
Death: October 4, 1975Kansas, United States
Marriage: April 24, 1911
15 years
daughter
Dorothy Lucille Nichols
Birth: July 5, 1926 37 32Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: December 22, 2018Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States

Marriage
Marriage info from Findagrave site
Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Israel Clark Nichols - Household

Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Nichols, ClarkheadO3000RNoMW41M22NoYesKSILILYesBrakemanSteam RailroadWYes
Nichols, DessiewifeFW36M17NoYesMOILINYesNone
Nichols, Ruby RdaughterFW18SYesYesKSKSMOYesNone
Nichols, Marion LsonMW13SYesYesKSKSMOYesNone
Nichols, Cleo AdaughterFW9SYesKSKSMONone
Nichols, Dean AsonMW5SNoKSKSMONone
Nichols, Dorothy LdaughterFW3 years 4 monthsSNoKSKSMONone
Nichols, FrankroomerMW37WDNoNoMOILUnited StatesYesPipe FitterOil FieldWNo1