THOMAS NICHOLS married (1)unknown woman.
On the 1840 DeKalb Co.Alabama census he is listed with:
110001-11001 (2 sons and 2 daughters)
I will number the children and make reference to them later.

On the 1850 Newton County,Arkansas census Thomas and Elizabeth Davis
Nichols appear with the following children:
(1)JAMES NICHOLS, age 18 (born 1832)in Tennessee

(2)MARTHA G. NICHOLS ,age 18,born Missouri (was she a niece?)
See more about Martha in this story

(3)MARGARET H NICHOLS,age 14,born Alabama

(4)WILLIAM M NICHOLS,age 12,born Alabama
Twin to Allen Nichols. See more about William M Nichols in this story
Have his Civil War Pension record

(5)ALLEN H NICHOLS,age 12,born Alabama
Twin to William M Nichols. See more about Allen in this story

THOMAS NICHOLS married:
(2)Elizabeth DAVIS ca 1846
. Since Elizabeth was born in Missouri, it is doubtful she married
Thomas in Tennessee
The DAVIS family is closely tied in with the NICHOLS families
See further information
(Have copy of their youngest son Larkin Nichols death certificate on
which it is stated that Elizabeth Davis was his mother)

Elizabeth DAVIS was born 13 Nov 1818 in Missouri and
married Thomas Nichols ca 1846
Elizabeth died 8 Aug 1893 in Newton County, Arkansas.
Do not know where she is buried, but probably Sexton Cemetery.
Because she married at about age 28, she possibly could have other
children.(see references to the Davis children in this story).
Thomas Nichols died 1 Sept 1882 in Newton County,Arkansas
He is buried in Sexton Cemetery in Newton County.

On the 1860 Newton County, Arkansas census, White Township,Visit 406
NICHOLS,Thomas,age 57, male, born Tenn. Farmer
Elizabeth, age 45, female, born MO
William ,age 21, male, born Ala (No 4)
Narcissa J, age17, female, born Ala (No 6)
Richard, age 14,male,born Ark , (No 7)
John, age 11, male, born Ark, (No 9) (John Samuel)
Mary, age 9, female, bornArk, (No 8)
David, age 6, male, born Ark, (No 10)(David Louis)
Thomas F, age 2, male, born Ark, (No 11)
DAVIS,Ambors(Ambrose),age 23,male,born MO, (born 1837)
(Ambrose was living with John Cecil family in 1850 Newton County
I have Ambrose Davis' Civil War Pension record.
Ambrose Davis was born Newton County,Missouri per Civil War record).

This is the same county in Missouri that Richard DAVIS was born.
Richard Davis was also in the Civil War. He and his family lived in
Newton County, Arkansas.
Some people think Richard Davis was son of Samuel Davis, but I do not
believe this theory. Read about Richard Davis in another 'Kinfolks
Story on my website
I tend to follow census, marriage, cemetery and Civil War records for
my information and do not like to go by "handed-down" stories.
Have many, many family group sheets on the families I research.

Who is the (No.6)NARCISSA J ,age 17,listed above?
Was she wife of William M Nichols? or was she a daughter of Thomas?

I believe that Mary should be age 11 and John should be age 9,as
John was born in 1851.

Where is Allen H Nichols(No. 5) now?

(No.2) MARTHA G NICHOLS(possibly a niece), married:
(a)Fredrick John COOK ca 1857 in Newton County,Arkansas.
Believe Fredrick John Cook was in the Confederate Army.
Have not been able to trace his war record as yet.
In Ambrose Davis' Civil War Pension record it states that Fredrick
John Cook died at Mt.Judea in 1863, but do not know if he was in the
Confederate Army or not.
There was an F. J. Cook who served in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War.

Martha and Fredrick John COOK were the parents of:
i:Frances Julia Cook,
She later had three sons; two sons returned to live in Newton County
later.
They went by the surname of Cook.
ii:Margaret Cook
Margaret later married James Polk Reddell
iii:Mary Cook.

After Fredrick John Cook's death, Martha Nichols Cook married
(b)Ambrose DAVIS in 1866. They had several Davis children.
See 'Ambrose Davis Story' later in my 'Kinfolks Stories' on my website
Ambrose Davis stated in his Civil War Pension Record that John CECIL
raised him. John Cecil's wife was Mary DAVIS.

There were several Davis girls who are related somehow to Elizabeth
Davis Nichols---
Sarah A Davis(b 1836 in MO.)who married William M Nichols (son of
Thomas Nichols)
Drusilla Davis born 1830 in Missouri
Cela D Davis born 1832 in Missouri who married Seaborn WRIGHT.
The Wright's sons were involved in the Smith-Nichols feud.
These three Davis girls were living in the John Cecil household in
1850,Jackson Twp.,Newton Co.AR.
Were they sisters of Ambrose Davis?
Was Mary Davis CECIL (wife of John Cecil) related to this family?
Believe she was related, especially if John Cecil raised Ambrose Davis

(No. 4)WILLIAM M. NICHOLS married Sarah A Davis(above) ca 1859 in
Newton County, Arkansas
William is pictured with his half-brother John Samuel Nichols
and wife Julia Holt Nichols. See photograph in the 'Kinfolks
Memory Album.
I have his Civil War Pension file. He was born 28 July 1839 in DeKalb
Co.Alabama(Wills Valley--located near the border of Tennessee and
Alabama). William stated Wills Valley was near this area.
Some of the Nichols are listed as living in DeKalb County, Alabama,
while others are listed as living in Marion County, Tennessee
Go to TOPOZONE and you can see exactly where it is located.

That is a good pinpoint place where Thomas Nichols lived in 1839.
William M NICHOLS died 19 Dec 1927 in Sulphur,OK.

(No.5)ALLEN H. NICHOLS served in the Confederate Army,Co.G,Cocke's
Regiment Arkansas Infantry.Enlisted 3 Sept 1862 in Madison County,
Arkansas(or was conscripted).
Am unable to locate him anywhere. He deserted. But he returned to
Newton County, Arkansas and married M.A. Casey, (23) on 13 June 1872.

(No. 6)Narcissa J,age17,female,born in Alabama.
Was she wife of William M Nichols? Was she a daughter of Thomas Nichols
Who was she? Have never found her in any further records.

(No.7)RICHARD NICHOLS, age 3, born Arkansas.

RICHARD "WILD DICK"NICHOLS married Delitha\Tobitha Nichols (22)
on 23 Feb 1868 in Newton County, Arkansas.
Tobitha Nichols was born 5 Jan 1846 and died 14 July 1899,Hoyt,Choctaw
Nation,I.T.
Many times the Nichols families married into the Nichols of Franklin
County, Arkansas
Who were Delitha\Tobitha's parents?
Known children of this couple were:
(i)Samuel J Nichols b:22 Nov 1865 who m: MARY B WELLS on
8 Sept 1888 in Newton County, Arkansas. Samuel died 22 Jan 1947 in
Oklahoma, and is buried in Hoyt Cemetery,Hoyt,Oklahoma.
children from first marriage:
(a) Maude Nichols who married Everett BENCH
(b) Claude Golden Nichols born 18 Sept 1891 who married
William Joseph BARNES.
Claude died 12 Jan 1963 at Hobart,Kiowa County, Oklahoma
(c) Porter Hubert Nichols born 18 Aug 1894 m:Catherine Ogle.Porter died in
1968 in Tulsa,OK.
(d)Alcie Nichols m: George (Chailer)SHAILER.

Samuel J Nichols married (2) Mollie PONDER about 1900 in Hoyt,I.T.
Their children:
(e)Lesley Nichols
(f)Jewel Nichols who married Carl Heflin
(g) Travis Nichols died 1905, Hoyt,Indian Territory
(g)Douglas Nichols died 1908 Hoyt,Oklahoma

(ii) Mary E "Lizzie"Nichols who married J H HEFLEY 12 Oct 1889
in Newton County, Arkansas.

(iii) Lilabelle Nichols who married Jeffly HEFLEY on
16 Sept 1888 in Newton County, Arkansas

(iv)Eler(Ella)Nichols b 1876

They moved to Hoyt,(Haskell Co.OK) Indian Territory Oklahoma.

Samuel J Nichols died in 1947,Hoyt(Haskell Co.)Oklahoma with burial
in Hoyt cemetery.
The Richard"Dick"Nichols information furnished by Stan Davis.
Thanks Stan for your help
Notice that Elizabeth Davis Nichols named her first Nichols son,
RICHARAD Nichols.
Believe she is related to Richard Davis who lived in Newton County,
Arkansas and died there about 1871.
Richard Davis was born in Newton County,Missouri (per Missouri census
records). His first wife Louisiana Kavanaugh was born in Missouri.
Believe his first two children were also born in Missouri
Several DAVIS families are listed in the Newton County, Missouri records.
Several of the same DAVIS families were living later in Madison County,
Arkansas on census records.

(No.8)POLLY NICHOLS,age 2, born Arkansas

POLLY NICHOLS. She never married. She is on the 1920 Newton County,
Arkansas census. Nothing further known about her. She was at the
"InFare"Wedding party in which Thomas Nichols was killed. It is said
she loaded rifles for her Nichols brothers so they could return fire
on the Smiths involved in the shootings.

(No.9)JOHN SAMUEL NICHOLS was born 4 Jan 1851.
He married Julia A Holt on 22 Jan 1891 in Newton County, Arkansas
He died in 1924, with burial in Sexton Cemetery, Newton County, Arkansas
Their children: infant,Sarah E; William Ernest and James Earl Nichols.

(No. 10)DAVID LOUIS NICHOLS b 6 Mar 1854.
David married Frances L Taylor on 10 Sept 1896 in Newton County, Arkansas
David died 12 Feb 1922 and is probably buried in Sexton Cemetery there.
His children:
i: Oscer L Nichols
ii: Floyd H Nichols,
iii:Montra Nichols and
iv: William Raymond Nichols.
Frances Taylor Nichols moved to the Higley, Arizona area due to the
health of Oscar and herself. Oscar died in 1931. Frances died in 1933.
They are buried near Higley, Arizona.
Tuberculosis was a dreaded disease and was fatal to many people living
in Arkansas.
William Raymond Nichols married Alpha Dickey, daughter of John Dickey
and Rita Strong. They remained in Arkansas.

(No.11) THOMAS F NICHOLS ,born 17 Oct 1857.
He married Sarah O'Neal on 16 Oct 1890 in Newton County, Arkansas.
Sarah O'Neal was daughter of Martha Jane O'Neal of the Blackburn
O'Neal family.
Thomas F Nichols died 23 Sept 1902 with burial in Sexton Cemetery,
Newton County, Arkansas.
Their children:
i:Virgil M Nichols
ii:Elizabeth M Nicholswho married Joe Hefley on 21 July 1911 in
Newton County, Arkansas.
iii: Hubert Oliver Nichols who married Margaret Lavina Cheatham
iv: Roena Nichols who married Cal Criner on 10 Sept 1916 in Newton
County, Arkansas.

(No.12) LARKIN MONROE NICHOLS was born 5 Aug 1859 per his death
certificate I obtained from Little Rock, Arkansas Vital Records.

He married Angeline Marple on 21 Aug 1882 in Franklin County, Arkansas
Larkin died in Pope County, Arkansas on 22Aug 1952
Larkin is buried in Mt.Judea Cemetery,Newton County, Arkansas.
Have his death certificate.
Larkin and Angeline Marple Nichols had a son: i:Vergile Nichols who was born and died 1884 and is buried in Sexton
Cemetery, Newton County, Arkansas .
ii:Oma Samantha Nichols,born 1890 who married James "Doc"Walter Sexton
on 25 Oct 1908 in Newton County, Arkansas.
Family is on the 1900 Newton County, Arkansas census,Big Creek Township,
Visit #202-229.
Larkin had three children but only one (Oma)was living in 1900.

Thomas NICHOLS obtained 160 acres by Military Land Warrant #51823
from William CECIL, dated 1849. William CECIL had been in the Mexican
War as a Pvt. in 12 Reg’t of U S Infantry. Have a copy of this land
Warrant
Thomas Nichols had been a government surveyor and had surveyed many
parts of Arkansas, so he knew the best land on which to settle.

NEW INFORMATION
(see No. 1 child James Nichols above)
In the Newton County Historical Society Bulletin,1999,page 22
was a query concerning Nichols\Brewer families.
The Floods are related to both the Nichols and Brewer families.
Henry Brewer born 1809 in North Carolina married Nancy (maiden name unknown).
Their known children:
Jesse BREWER b 1831 in N.C.
Jesse married Mary Ann FLUD, daughter of John L FLUD and
Maranda GILMORE.
Jesse BREWER died on 12 Mar 1862 and Mary Ann FLUD BREWER married
Peter TORIX.
Mary Ann Flud Brewer had a son John H Brewer b:1858
and a daughter Nancy C Brewer b 1862. Have never located these two
Brewer children.
I have Peter Torix's Civil War Pension record.
Mary Ann Flud Brewer Torix died ca 1894 in Newton County, Arkansas
and only two sons, William and Levi TORIX were mentioned as living.

Matilda BREWER born 1836 in Tennessee(might have married a Nelson)because
there were Nelsons who lived close to family in Camp Wood,Texas and
Ollie's mother said that they were cousins to her mother.
Mary Ann BREWER born 1837 in Arkansas.
It is thought Mary Ann BREWER married JAMES NICHOLS (No.1)above
(son of Thomas Nichols and his first wife).
A daughter MARY JANE NICHOLS was born 14 Feb 1854.
The Thomas Nichols family lived near the Brewer family in 1850 on
the Newton County, Arkansas Census.
Did (No. 1) JAMES NICHOLS, marry Mary Ann Brewer and were they the
parents of Mary Jane Nichols, born 1854?
I wonder??

MARY JANE NICHOLS (daughter of Mary Ann Brewer Nichols)married a
BALDWIN.
A child of this marriage was Effie Baldwin Webb. Effie Baldwin Webb
was the mother of Ollie Edwards who put the query in the Newton County
Historical Society Bulletin, Fall 1999,page 22.
Per Ollie Edwards...........
By 1860 Mary Ann Brewer NICHOLS was remarried to *James Edward MAXEY
and they lived in Johnson County,Texas.
Mary Jane NICHOLS married a BALDWIN.
Daughter Effie BALDWIN WEBB told her daughter Ollie Ray Webb Edwards
that Mary Jane NICHOLS' daddy died around the time she was born(1854)--
either just before or afterwards.
Was her daddy James Nichols, son of Thomas Nichols and his first wife?

*James Edward Maxey and his first wife Margaret WELLS Maxey were on
the 1850 Newton County,Arkansas Census with son Alfred M Maxey ,
born 13 Sept 1849 in AR."
Their other children were:
Walter Lee Maxey
Margaret C Maxey and
John Maxey.
James and Margaret Wells Maxey divorced.
James Edward Maxey then married Mary Ann BREWER NICHOLS.
Their children were:
James Henry Maxey
Easter Arizona Maxey
Adeline Canzadie Maxey,
William Andrew Maxey and
Jessie Thomas Maxey.
By 5 Nov 1875 Mary Ann Maxey was born to James Edward Maxey and his
third wife Eliza Jane CURTIS MCGUIRE MAXEY, so Mary Ann Brewer NICHOLS
MAXEY must have died before 1875.
James Maxey and his third wife had 5 other children.
Ollie Ray Webb Edwards states in her query that in 1973, a
Mrs. Jimmie SEXTON HENRY,a descendant of Thomas NICHOLS was working on
a Family Tree of the Nichols family. At that time Mrs. Henry lived in
Stuttgart,Arkansas.
She wanted to know if anyone had additional information to share.

continuing with the Brewer part of the story
Henry Brewer b 1809 in N C remarried to a Catherine (maiden name unknown)
ca 1855 as they had:
Biddy A Brewer b 1855 who died in Dec 1859 of
dropsy per Arkansas Mortality Schedule.
Sarah C Brewer who died Dec 1859 at 7 months of age.
Elizabeth J Brewer b 1856 who married George EDWARDS
in 1874 in Newton County, Arkansas.
Margaret E Brewer (nothing further known).
In 1870 Elizabeth and Margaret Brewer were living with the Henderson
Fowler family in Newton County, Arkansas
Henry Brewer was County Judge 1856-1860 and County Coroner 1854-1856.
Son Jesse Brewer was postmaster of Mt.Judea,Arkansas
Henry Brewer's first wife Nancy (maiden name unknown)Brewer was living
with her son Jesse Brewer and his family in 1860.