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Below is a family biography included in The History of Carroll County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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B. N. Nicholes, a dealer in general merchandise at Eureka Springs, Ark., established his business there in 1883. He is a native of Ohio, born in 1843. His early life was spent in Ohio, but when about twelve years of age he removed with his parents to Iowa. Remaining there one year the family removed to Missouri, and settled in St. Clair County, where the father still resides. There the mother died in 1876. B. N. Nicholes remained in Missouri for twelve years, thence removed to Kansas, and remained eighteen years. In 1866 he engaged in farming in Cherokee County, Kas., and continued very successfully until 1883, when he came to Eureka Springs, and engaged in merchandising, as before stated. He is public spirited and enterprising, and is considered one of the substantial men of the county. On August 26, 1861, he enlisted in the Federal army, joining Company B, Twenty-third Missouri Infantry, and was in the service until October, 1864. In the battle of Shiloh his regiment lost all but ninety men. He spent awhile skirmishing through Missouri with his regiment after bushwackers. Returning to Tennessee, he joined Sherman’s army at Altoona Pass, and went with them to Jonesboro, reaching there September 1, 1864. His wife, to whom he was married in 1860, was Christina Clevenger, a native of Indiana. They are the parents of six children: Orville, of Washington Territory; Olive, Mrs. Charles Robinette, of Eureka Springs; Lora, Luther, Joseph and Cora.

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This family biography is one of 82 biographies included in The History of Carroll County, Arkansas published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Carroll County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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