Biographical Sketch of Charles T. Nichols, St. Joseph, Buchanan 
County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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Charles T. Nichols, millwright, was born in Lewis County, New York,
April 18, 1830, and was there educated.  When seventeen years of age
he went to Carthage, Jefferson County, where he learned the millwright
trade, and worked in various parts of the East, in 1861 assisting in
organizing a company for the United States service.  On account of
inability for duty he was obliged to remain from the contest.  His
three brothers, U. S. Merritt, S. and James L. were soldiers in the 
Union cause, the latter dying in the service from disease.  His 
father, Samuel, was a bridge builder and stone contractor.  In 1865
Mr. Nichols came West, spending the greater portion of two years at
Helena and Virginia City, Montana.  He erected the first saw mill in
Helena, and during his stay there was also interested in mining.  He
afterwards returned home, going to San Francisco and thence by steamer
to New York.  The spring of 1867 found him in St. Joseph, Missouri,
where he has since been a resident.  His business extends throughout
Northern Missouri, portions of Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska.  The St.
Joseph Glucose Works, one of the largest institutions of the kind in
the country, was fitted and placed in running order by Mr. Nichols.
Millwright work is his specialty, but he is adept in the various
branches of mechanism.  He married in 1864 to Miss L. A. Pardee, of
New York.  He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

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