Isaac Nicholson
Submitted by Connie Baumann

 

Newspaper:  Chattanooga Times
Date:  July 23, 1915
Volume: 
Number:  Body of Veteran to be buried in National Cemetery

(From a 1915 Obituary)

The funeral of Isaac Nicholson, aged 85, a veteran of the Civil War and one of the best known citizens of Polk County, who died at his home in Benton, Tennessee Thursday night at 9:00 o\'clock will be held this afternoon at 3:00 o\'clock in the National cemetery. Mr. Nicholson\'s health has been slowly failing since last winter, when he was attacked by a severe case of the smallpox, which left its effects, although his strong contstitution was able to repel the decease proper.

He is survived by his wife, five children, fifty-three grandchildren and twenty-three great-grandchildren. The immediate children are as follows: R.T. Nicholson, a farmer, with whom he made his home at Benton; A.B. Nicholson of North Chattanooga; N.S. Nicholson and J. Harvey Nicholson, grocers at Ridgedale, and Mrs. F. J. Burns of East Chattanooga.

At the home of a grandson, Walter Hays, in Ridgedale, March 4 last, the deceased and his wife celebrated the sixty-fifth anniversary of their marriage.

Mr. Nicholson was born November 26, 1830. Besides serving in the Civil War, he was prominent in politics of his section of the state, being elected trustee in 1882 and serving two other terms. He was widely known and loved, being especially noted among his friends for his neighborly chairity and his prompt willingness under all circumstances to lend a helping hand to any one in need of his services.

At the National cemetery this afternoon, G.W. Coleman and the Rev. W.S. Grant will officiate. The following will serve as active pallbearers: John Tinker, John R. Evans, Dr. E. Denton, B.E. Hodge, W.H. Dodds and F. Rees Woolford. Members selected from the Grand Army of the Republic will be honorary pallbearers, and members of all posts of the Grand Army are requested to be present. The body will be brought from Benton in the motor hearse of J.H. Wann & Sons, which will leave for the trip, making ninety miles each way, at 5:00 this morning.

 

ISAAC NICHOLSON

Was Married on Day Zachary Taylor Was Inaugurated

Chattanooga Times Special

BENTON, Tenn., July 22--Isaac Nicholson, aged 84, died here at 9 p.m. tonight. He was a soldier in the Union army. He is survived by his wife, Helen M. Howell Nicholson, aged 86, to whom he was married the day Zachary Taylor was inaugurated president. His living children, all of whom were present at his deathbed, are as follows: J. Harvey Nicholson, Ridgedale; A. C. B. Nicholson, of Chattanooga; Newton S. Nicholson, Ridgedale; Mrs. Mary Burns, of East Chattanooga; R. T. Nicholson of Benton. He was a member of the Methodist church.

Body of Veteran to be buried in National Cemetery

(From a 1915 Obituary)

The funeral of Isaac Nicholson, aged 85, a veteran of the Civil War and one of the best known citizens of Polk County, who died at his home in Benton, Tennessee Thursday night at 9:00 o\'clock will be held this afternoon at 3:00 o\'clock in the National cemetery. Mr. Nicholson\'s health has been slowly failing since last winter, when he was attacked by a severe case of the smallpox, which left its effects, although his strong contstitution was able to repel the decease proper.

He is survived by his wife, five children, fifty-three grandchildren and twenty-three great-grandchildren. The immediate children are as follows: R.T. Nicholson, a farmer, with whom he made his home at Benton; A.B. Nicholson of North Chattanooga; N.S. Nicholson and J. Harvey Nicholson, grocers at Ridgedale, and Mrs. F.J. Burns of East Chattanooga.

At the home of a grandson, Walter Hays, in Ridgedale, March 4 last, the deceased and his wife celebrated the sixty-fifth anniversary of their marriage.

Mr. Nicholson was born November 26, 1830. Besides serving in the Civil War, he was prominent in politics of his section of the state, being elected trustee in 1882 and serving two other terms. He was widely known and loved, being especially noted among his friends for his neighborly chairity and his prompt willingness under all circumstances to lend a helping hand to any one in need of his services.

At the National cemetery this afternoon, G.W. Coleman and the Rev. W.S. Grant will officiate. The following will serve as active pallbearers: John Tinker, John R. Evans, Dr. E. Denton, B.E. Hodge, W.H. Dodds and F. Rees Woolford. Members selected from the Grand Army of the Republic will be honorary pallbearers, and members of all posts of the Grand Army are requested to be present. The body will be brought from Benton in the motor hearse of J.H. Wann & Sons, which will leave for the trip, making ninety miles each way, at 5:00 this morning.

ISAAC NICHOLSON

Was Married on Day Zachary Taylor Was Inaugurated

Chattanooga Times Special

BENTON, Tenn., July 22--Isaac Nicholson, aged 84, died here at 9 p.m. tonight. He was a soldier in the Union army. He is survived by his wife, Helen M. Howell Nicholson, aged 86, to whom he was married the day Zachary Taylor was inaugurated president. His living children, all of whom were present at his deathbed, are as follows: J. Harvey Nicholson, Ridgedale; A. C. B. Nicholson, of Chattanooga; Newton S. Nicholson, Ridgedale; Mrs. Mary Burns, of East Chattanooga; R. T. Nicholson of Benton. He was a member of the Methodist church.

 

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