Pairlee and Tom Northcutt married in 1903 Cara Effie married C.W. On December 23, 1908, my mother, Myrta Nichols, and father, A.J. Texanna married James Redick in 1892 Dora Melinda married James Houston Greer in 1890 Pinkney Dean married Carrie Fennell in 1894. Their seven children, who lived to adulthood, married in Rains County. "Lemuel Griffin and Sarah Clement Nichols raised their family on the farm south of Emory with cotton as his main crop. Clair, Alabama was originally Creek Indian Territory. Many of these families came from the men fought in the Creek Indian War, as St. "Sarah Clement Nichols' father, Issac Clement, married Cynthia Foreman, daughter of Samuel and Ann Barnhill Foreman. Nancy's father, Gray Barber, married Charlotte Stedman. Lemuel Griffin Nichols' father, William Nichols, married Nancy Barber there. "Some other families probably traveling with the Nichols and Clement families could have been Barber, Foreman, Barnhill, Dearing, and Stedman, as the federal census of 18 shows them living as neighbors in St.
The land later became a part of Wood County. The land they settled on was a part of the league of land, granted her grandfather, William Barnhill, Jr., from the State of Texas about 1836. Sarah's mother was Cynthia Foreman Clement, a granddaughter f William Barnhill, Jr. "Sarah Clement's parents lived northeast of Quitman in Wood County. Some of the families settled in Clark County and Hot Springs County, Arkansas, but others chose Texas for their new homes. 21, 1866 on the road "somewhere in Arkansas. Clair County Alabama homes, probably in late summer of 1866. "Lemuel Griffin Nichols and Sarah James Clement were traveling with their families and several other families in a "wagon train," leaving their St. They were: Texanna Ellen, who died before her second birthday Dora Melinda Pinkney Dean Belle, who died before age two Myrta Adeline Johnnie, who died at age four after the family reached Rains County Leona Pairlee, born in 1883, was their first child born at their new home near Emory Clara Effie and William Clifton, who his doting father called 'Boy.' "He and his wife, Sarah Clement Nichols, already had seven of their ten children born either in Arkansas or Grayson County, Texas, before moving to Rains County. ".we find the Lemuel Griffin Nichols family, who settled in Rains County on a farm about one and one-half miles south of Emory. "Looking back a little more than one hundred years ago. " The Leader offers condolences to the bereaved relatives." "Her remains were interred in the city cemetery at 11 o'clock Saturday morning, Rev. Grandma Nichols was a sweet tempered and lovable Christian woman, and her many friends and acquaintances will be grieved to hear of her death.
"Her husband, Uncle Griff, as he was called by his friends, passed on before a few months ago, and they were among the pioneer settlers of the county. The Leader representative failed to learn the nature of her illness. Nichols arrived in Emory last Friday evening from Denton County, where she had died the night before. Sarah Jane Clemonts Nichols, Rains County Leader, Dec. " The Leader sympathizes with the bereaved family." "His remains were interred in the Emory Cemetery about 5:30 o'clock Monday evening. But he is gone! Another name is stricken from the ever-lessening roll of ex-Confederates and old settlers, and a solitary woman in the sunset of life, and a lonely home are left to attest how sadly they will miss him. "He had filled the various relations of life, as son, husband, father, brother, friend-and filled them well. He was a generous and kind-hearted man and has borne his affliction with great patience, but weary of suffering and waiting, he lay down to rest. He was nearly seventy years old and had been afflicted with cancer for a number of years. Weaver, about one and one-half miles south of Emory. Nichols, known among his many friends as Uncle Griff, died early Monday morning at the home of his son-in-law, C.W. Lemuel Griffin Nichols, Rains County Leader, June 1910
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