Sonoma-Alameda County CA Archives Biographies.....Nickels, Thomas A. 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Nickels, Thomas A. Native of Union county, Indiana. When seventeen years of age
he went to Andrew county, and followed farming for eight years. In 1857 he
emigrated to California, crossing the plains with an ox-team, and settled in
Alameda county in September of the above year, where he followed farming for
nearly two years, when he came to this county, October, 1859, settling near
Petaluma, and in 1870 he moved upon a tract of land adjoining the place where he
now resides. After remaining here for about three years, he sold his
improvements and purchased the present ranch where he now resides, comprising
one hundred and fifty acres. Married Miss Mary Merritt, March 19, 1872. She was
born August 19, 1837, in Bridgeport, Marion county, Indiana. Eva May, born
August 6, 1877, is their only child.

Additional Comments:
Santa Rosa Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY
—OF-
SONOMA COUNTY,
-INCLUDING ITS—
Geology, Topooraphy, Mountains, Valleys and Streams;
—TOGETHER WITH—
A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and
Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original
Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political History, Comprising the Tabular
Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County;
Separate Histories of each Township, Showing the Advancement of Grape and Grain
 Growing Interests, and Pisciculture;
ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG; AND BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
—AND OF ITS—
Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO:
ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1880.


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