Bio of NICKELS, Frank C. (b.1858), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 770-771
FRANK C. NICKELS
The efforts of the real estate dealer are a most potent and far-reaching element
in the advancement and upbuilding of a community and in this connection Frank C.
Nickels deserved more than passing notice, for he devoted thirty-six years to
this line of activity and was numbered among the most reliable and successful
realtors of Minneapolis. Death called him at the age of sixty-five years, in
Peking, China, while he was making a trip around the world in company with his
wife and a son. He was born at Cherryfield, Maine, August 4, 1858, and his
parents, Charles P. and Frances S. (Campbell) Nickels, were also natives of the
Pine Tree State. The father was prominently identified with the lumber industry
and was also a successful merchant.
Frank C. Nickels acquired a public school education and later attended the
Highland Military Academy at Worcester, Massachusetts. In 1880 he started for
the west, with Minnesota as his destination, and for a year he was connected
with the Pioneer Press of St. Paul, one of the leading newspapers of the
Northwest. He next joined the Minneapolis Tribune and was given charge of its
advertising department, continuing to fill that position until April, 1886, when
he entered the real estate business, in association with H. E. Ladd. This
relationship was maintained until 1900, when he formed a partnership with Fred
G. Smith under the firm name of Nickels & Smith, with offices in the Phoenix
building. They handled real estate, mortgage loans and fire insurance, also
conducted a rental department and likewise acted as appraisers, executors and
trustees. They negotiated many important realty transfers, being recognized
experts in this line of activity. Their operations were conducted on an
extensive scale and success rewarded their efforts because of their honorable,
straightforward methods and intelligently directed labors.
Mr. Nickels was married twice. On the 12th of January, 1890, he wedded Mezzie
Randolph Harrison, a niece of the late Benjamin Harrison, twenty-third president
of the United States. Mr. and Mrs. Nickels became the parents of two sons:
Harrison Campbell; and Irwin Harrison, a capable young business man who assisted
his father in the conduct of his real estate interests. The wife and mother
passed away in 1896. On February, 6, 1900, Mr. Nickels married Frances M. Jacobs
of Washington, D. C. To them was born a son, Horace J., who was with Mr. and
Mrs. Nickels when the former passed away at Peking, where Mr. Nickels' body was
cremated.
Mr. Nickels never allowed material interests to monopolize his attention and
devoted much time to religious affairs. He was a devoted and consistent member
of Calvary Baptist church, located near his residence at No. 2500 Pillsbury
avenue, and for some years served as head of the Baptist state organization. For
two years he was president of the American Baptist Home Mission Society and for
a decade occupied the presidency of the Minneapolis Baptist Union. He was a
mem­ber of the local and national real estate boards and was also connected with
the Athletic and Automobile Clubs of Minneapolis. His life counted as a valuable
asset in the development and progress of Minneapolis, where he made his home for
forty-two years, and no resident of the city was better known nor more highly
respected.