Monterey County CA Archives Biographies.....Nichols, W. P. 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

CAPTAIN W. P. NICHOLS—Few men have more extended acquaintance, or are more
widely and generally known than Captain W. P. Nichols, the subject of this brief
sketch.

  Prior to his final location in California he followed a sea faring life, and
as an officer of a merchant ship visited the seaports of the State twice: the
first voyage to the coast he made in 1852, when he was second officer of the
ship Franconia, from Boston. In 1867 or 1868 he again visited the coast, as
master of the ship Nevada, also engaged in the merchant service; and his third
and last voyage was in 1869, when he landed in Monterey.

  Soon after his arrival he was tendered a position as Deputy County Clerk, by
the County Clerk, W. M. R. Parker, which office he held for two years. He then
served under Sheriff Andrew Wasson, as Deputy Sheriff and under Sheriff Smith,
also. He then entered the County Clerk's office, again, as Deputy County Clerk,
under Clerk Dexter, and still holds the same position under T. J. Riordan, Esq.
He also served as Treasurer of Salinas city for eight years.

  The Captain has been married twice, the first time in 1863, in Boston, to Miss
Elizabeth, a sister of Judge W. M. Parker, of Salinas. She died in 1871, leaving
two children, Harry P. and John Lewis. In 1875 Captain Nichols married Mrs. J.
M. Furman, and by this union he has four children, namely: Mary A., Julian P.,
Lena E. and Gertrude T.


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Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California.

Illustrated.

Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the
Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of
its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent
Citizens of To-day.



HENRY D. BARROWS,
Editor of the Historical Department.

LUTHER A. INGERSOLL,
Editor of the Biographical Department.

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants."-Macaulay.


CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.


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