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silkdie.10rel-onttra31irg-i at weent home all through their married life, they have occupied two houses. The old house was moved to Bath street and is now occupied by George Oliver. The present house was built nineteen years ago and at that timeIwas one of the finest in the city. It is a large, roomy house, well ventilated and built for convenience.One year after their marriage Mr. Nichold and-the late Splomon Reed, husband of Mrs. Nichols' sister, formed a partnership and had headquarters in a little .shop on Water?est t street where they manufactured ce-OBQ , ment pipes and did masonry. This will was in 1847. In 1869 Mr. Reed died1winthetheand Mr. Nichols managed the business up to a short time ago when thelentar-mb-achthetheIcorporation, the Read Nichols Co., was organised, Frank M. Hamden4 * ipon becoming a stockholder. Mr. Nichols' son, Charles L. Nichols, is also a member of the company.Fine testimonials to Mr. Nichols' ability as a mason are the HydeBlock on the corner of Front and% 9 * 'Broad streets', the Center Street school and tfle Cpurt House, at the head of Center street, the best constructed building ip the city.In .1876 Mr. Nichols purchased the present headquarters on Commercial street. The change greatly, increased the business of the Arm and proved one of the best investments that he ever made. The property Includes a fine wharf and the M. C. R. R. track runs up Commercial street to the firm’s storehouse.Mr. Nichols has held several public offices. He was overseer of the poor for twelve years, a member of the Common. Council several terms and has been all through the fire department from handling the hose to Chief Engineer, which position he held two years. He was an able fireman and when he resigned from the department he was reappaointed, so1lose heir uld emorade»hoy gest hese , 50 foriths,1 be cent the time lned mera rotes hose bants they l and teverk fordesirous were the citizens for ^hts services.Mr. and Mrs. Nichols were blessed•with eight children of whom six have gone to the Great Beyond, leaving a son, Charles ,Ij. NlcholSj and a daughter, Mrs. Emma A. Pierce, who resame [sides with her parents.. The grandchildren living in this city are Miss erson Clara Pierce, Stanley Pierce, Arthur, i this I Fred, Randall, Helen and Rachel 1 Just I Nichols, George Nichols of Quincy,I Mass., and Mrs. Mary Reed Drew of — I Newport News, Va. There is one wn—■! great-grandchild, Frances, the four-•rgan? I year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. litters I Drew.cause I The year 1906 is an eventful one lt;1 for. Mr. and Mrs. Nichols. In it oc-
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Bath Independent and Enterprise
Bath, Maine, US
Sat, Jan 27, 1906
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