Carroll Co., AR - Biographies - B. N. Nicholes

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B. N. Nicholes, a dealer in general merchandise at Eureka Springs, 
Ark., established his business there in 1883. He is a native of Ohio, 
born in 1843. His early life was spent in Ohio, but when about twelve 
years of age he removed with his parents to Iowa. Remaining there one 
year the family removed to Missouri, and settled in St. Clair County, 
where the father still resides. There the mother died in 1876. B. N. 
Nicholes remained in Missouri for twelve years, thence removed to 
Kansas, and remained eighteen years. In 1866 he engaged in farming in 
Cherokee County, Kas., and continued very successfully until 1883, 
when he came to Eureka Springs, and engaged in merchandising, as 
before stated. He is public spirited and enterprising, and is 
considered one of the substantial men of the county. On August 26, 
1861, he enlisted in the Federal army, joining Company B, Twenty-third 
Missouri Infantry, and was in the service until October, 1864. In the 
battle of Shiloh his regiment lost all but ninety men. He spent awhile 
skirmishing through Missouri with his regiment after bushwackers. 
Returning to Tennessee, he joined Sherman's army at Altoona Pass, and 
went with them to Jonesboro, reaching there September 1, 1864. His 
wife, to whom he was married in 1860, was Christina Clevenger, a 
native of Indiana. They are the parents of six children: Orville, of 
Washington Territory; Olive, Mrs. Charles Robinette, of Eureka 
Springs; Lora, Luther, Joseph and Cora.