Samuel Nickelson (deceased), late manufacturer of woolen goods in Gallatin, was born in Salem, Mass., in 1814, son of John and Jane (Williston) Nickelson. (For further particulars of parents see sketch of J. Nickelson.) At the age of seven our subject went to Newton Upper Falls in Massachusetts, and was employed in the cotton factory, learning carding and spinning. When a youth he was quite skillful and afterward became superintendent. About 1839 he went to Covington, Ky., where he resided two years. In 1841 he went to Lebanon, Tenn., and was employed as superintendent of the cotton-mills. 1848 he passed in Massachusetts, and the following year he went to California, it taking him 169 days to make the trip. He lived in the Golden State three years and during this time worked in the gold mines. He was among the first influx of immigrants to the State after the discovery of gold. He returned to Lebanon in 1852, and October 4 of the same year he married Miss Dorthula V. Phipps, a native of Lebanon, Tenn., born in 1826, and the daughter of W. R. D. Phipps of Yazoo County, Miss. To them were born seven children: Albert O. P., who is in the government employ in Indian Territory; William R. D., an M.D. of Pastoria, Ark;, Samuel, Leola V., Ophelia and Victoria (twins) and Edwin F. In 1854 Mr. Nickelson went to Pulaski, Tenn., and began manufacturing cotton goods, which he continued until 1864 when he moved to Cambridge, Mass., and from there to Gallatin in 1868, where he erected a woolen mill known as the Eagle Woolen Mills. In December, 1874, the mill was burned, and the following year Mr. Nickelson erected another, or the present one. Mr. Nickelson also owned twelve acres in Gallatin and a beautiful home. He also owned 335 acres in Alabama. He died June 5, 1877, and after his death his oldest son operated the mill. Mr. Nickelson was a Democrat in politics, a Mason and a Baptist in belief, although his family were members of the Presbyterian Church. He was a man of much public spirit, a Christian gentleman and a good citizen.