Willis Warren NICHOLAS

Birth:
7 Mar 1846
Huntington, Cabel Co., WVa or Kanawha co, Va
Death:
7 Oct 1921
Huntington, Cabel Co., WVa or Kanawha co, Va
Marriage:
Abt 1896
Huntington, Cabel Co., WVa
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
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    NAME WILLIS WARREN  NICHOLAS /SMITH/ GIVN WILLIS WARREN  NICHOLAS

Line 11484 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long:
    NAME WILLIS WARREN  NICHOLAS /SMITH/ SURN SMITH
SHIRLEY SAID THAT UNCLE WAIN SAID GRANPA ARTHUR SMITH WAS ADOPTED BY
JULIA (NANNIE SMITH'S SISTER) AND HER HUSBAND ANDREW JACKSON SMITH.
SHIRLEY WAS TOLD BY GRANDMA NANNIE SMTIH AND BY SHIRLEY'S MOM (bea)
that HE LIVED WITH THEM FROM THE TIME HE WAS A NEW BABY UNTIL THE TIMEHIS MOTHER MARRIED WILLIS WARREN NICHOLAS AND THAT HE DIDNT LIKE HIM.
IF IT WAS A LEGAL ADOPTION THERE MAY BE RECORDS TO THAT EFFECT.  E

from a letter beatrice smtih moore form wainright nicholas ( his son).
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Nannie Pauline (Nancy) SMITH
Birth:
8 Aug 1868
Lincoln Co., west Va
Death:
8 Sep 1959
Huntington, Cabel Co., WVa or Kanawha co, Va
Notes:
                   Line 11491 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long:
    NAME NANNIE PAULINE /SMITH/ GIVN NANNIE PAULINE

Line 11492 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long:
    NAME NANNIE PAULINE /SMITH/ SURN SMITH
Children
Marriage
1
Arthur Benjamin SMITH
Birth:
17 Dec 1889
Tornado, Kanawha Co. West Virginia, Usa
Death:
17 Jun 1964
Monaville, Logan, West Virginia
Alice NEECE 
Marr:
28 Oct 1911
Lenore, Mingo Co., Wva. 
Notes:
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    NAME ARTHUR /SMITH/ GIVN ARTHUR

Line 11437 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long:

    NAME ARTHUR /SMITH/ SURN SMITH
His mothers maiden name was Smith. So he kept that name.,although hisreal father's  name is George Griffiths.  He was never married toNannie Pauline Smith so arthur is
sealed to willis warren nicholas and his mother nannie pauline .
   ILLEGITIMATE CHILD OF NANNIE PAULINE SMITH AND FAMILY TRADTION SAYS,A GEORGE GRIFFITHS.ALSO, SINCE HIS MOTHER WAS A SINGLE WOMAN, HE WASSUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY HER SISTER, JULIA WHO WAS MARRIED TOANDREW JACKSON SMTIH AND RAISED BY THEM.  WAIN NICHOLAS, HISHALF-BROTHER, SAYS HE WAS ADOPTED BYTHEM.  RESEARCH NEEDS TO BE DONETO FIND THOSE REOCRDS OF ADOPTION, IF IT WAS OFFICAILLY DONE.

FROM A HEART ATTACK.
2
Edith SMITH
Birth:
15 Sep 1894
Putnam co., WVa
Death:
Bef 1994
west virginia
Mr. MCCORMICK 
Marr:
Abt 1914
west virginia 
Notes:
                   1st 2 children of Nannie p. smith were fathered by a Griffiths (seearthur smith notes) but they were never married so the 1st two kidskept their mother's maiden name of smith.
3
Francis McKinley NICHOLAS
Birth:
11 Jul 1897
McCorkle, Lincoln Co., WVa
Death:
 
Marr:
 
4
Wainwright NICHOLAS
Birth:
22 Nov 1898
Garrets Bend, Lincoln Co., west Va
Death:
Bef 1998
west virginia
 
Marr:
 
5
Blocked
Birth:
Death:
Blocked  
Marr:
 
6
Blocked
Birth:
Death:
Blocked  
Marr:
 
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Willis Warren Nicholas - Nannie Pauline (Nancy) Smith

Willis Warren Nicholas was born at Huntington, Cabel Co., WVa or Kanawha co, Va 7 Mar 1846.

He married Nannie Pauline (Nancy) Smith Abt 1896 at Huntington, Cabel Co., WVa . Nannie Pauline (Nancy) Smith was born at Lincoln Co., west Va 8 Aug 1868 daughter of Frances Marion Smith and Amanda V. Hemmings .

They were the parents of 6 children:
Arthur Benjamin Smith born 17 Dec 1889.
Edith Smith born 15 Sep 1894.
Francis McKinley Nicholas born 11 Jul 1897.
Wainwright Nicholas born 22 Nov 1898.
Blocked
Blocked

Willis Warren Nicholas died 7 Oct 1921 at Huntington, Cabel Co., WVa or Kanawha co, Va .

Nannie Pauline (Nancy) Smith died 8 Sep 1959 at Huntington, Cabel Co., WVa or Kanawha co, Va .