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Nichols, E. S., was born in Niagara county, N. Y., June 24, 1835, a son of the late Hezekiah W. Nichols. He
attended the public schools and when eighteen years of age engaged in business at Lockport, where he remained until
1862, at which time he entered the United States army as second lieutenant in the 8th N. Y. Heavy Artillery (otherwise
known as the 129th N. Y. Vols.) and served in several brilliant campaigns, being promoted to a captaincy, with
which rank he was mustered out of service in July, 1865. He returned to Lockport in that year and engaged in the
dry goods trade until 1870, when he was appointed a clerk in the custom house and later, in 1878, was made special
deputy collector at the port of Niagara Falls, of which position he is still an incumbent. January 30. 1867, he
married Frances Harwood of Lockport, and they have two children, Winifred G. and Harwood S. Mr. Nichols is a member
of Red Jacket Lodge No. 646, F. & A. M.. of Lockport, and has been quartermaster of Dudley Donnelly Post, G.
A. R., since 1879, the time of its organization.
From:
Landmarks of Niagara County, New York
Edited by William Pool
D. Mason & Company, Publishers, 1897
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