DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN - MISCELLANEOUS - Obituary of Harry D. Nichol
====================================================================
     USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing
         free information on the Internet, data may be used by
         non-commercial entities, as long as this message
         remains on all copied material. These electronic
         pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit
         or for presentation by other persons or organizations.

         Persons or organizations desiring to use this material
         for purposes other than stated above must obtain the
         written consent of the file contributor.

	 The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives
	 to store the file permanently for free access.

         This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb
         Archives by: Margaret Nolen Nichol	MNNICHOL@aol.com
====================================================================
		Obituary of Harry D. Nichol

Contributor's Notes:  Harry Douglas Nichol died, 20 Jan 1926.  This newspaper 
clipping is in the possession of the submitter.  Origin unknown.  Harry D. 
Nichol was the grandfather of my husband, Harry Hite Nichol.

Death Summons Harry D. Nichol
Prominent Stock Raiser Had Been In Ill Health for Months
To Be Buried Friday
Grandparents Were Among Nashville’s Early Citizens, 
Office Building Bears His Name
Spent His Life on Farm

     Harry D. Nichol, 78. prominent farmer and stock raiser, died at his 
country home, Nicholhurst, a part of the Old Belair estate, six miles on the 
Lebanon Road, at 7:10 o’clock Wednesday night following an illness of five 
months.  Funeral services will be conducted from the residence Friday after at 
2:30 o’clock it burial at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.  The services will be conducted 
by the Rev. C. M. Epps.
     Mr. Nichol came from one of Nashville’s pioneer families, his grandfather 
and grandmother, Josiah and Eleanor Nichol having been among the early 
residents of this city, with a home at Fourth and Union street where the 
Nichol building now stands, and which bears the name of the deceased.  His 
grandfather also owned a farm and only spent the winter months in Nashville.  
His father, William Nichol, was identified with the banking interests of 
Nashville and was for years head of the Bank of Tennessee.
     Mr. Nichol, however, spent the greater part of his life on the farm, one 
of the best in Middle Tennessee, consisting of 1,700 acres of bluegrass land, 
and devoted his energies to the raising of pure-bred livestock, specializing 
in swine and sheep.  He also kept a few blooded horses, and was recognized as 
an authority on fine livestock.
     About four years ago, however his health failed, and he had been confined 
to his since September.
     Mr. Nichol was married twice, his first wife being Miss Lizzie Lytle of 
Murfreesboro, who died 1889.  Several years later he married Miss Roberta 
Wendel, also of Murfreesboro.  He is survived by Mrs. Roberta Wendel Nichol 
and the following children: 
Mrs. Percy Sharpe, of Nashville; Mrs. G. N. Keeling of San Antonio, Texas; 
Mrs. Edwin Noel, Mrs. Henry Spicer, Mrs. Sam Sweeney, Jr., and Miss Roberta 
Nichol, of Nashville; Douglas Nichol, Jr. of Paducah, Ky.; J. Searcy Nichol 
and Wendel Nichol of Nashville.
     The following friends will serve as pallbearers: E. Livingfield More of 
River Falls, Ala.; William L Nichol; Dr. A. G. Nichol; Trimble Brown;  Judge 
J. D. B. Debow; Ephraim F. Lytle, of Murfreesboro; and Dr. E. B. Lytle, of 
Florida.