Nicholson
George William
1789 – 1865
George William Nicholson was born in Hampshire County, Virginia just after the Revolutionary War. Prior to 1813, he had moved to Kentucky, where he took Sarah Ann Bassett as his bride.
The Children
Although the oldest of their children were born in Franklin County, Kentucky, George and Sarah Ann “Sally” primarily raised their children in Ripley County, Indiana. Their children include: John Madison [m. Sarah Elizabeth Glaze], Mary A. [m. James Demaree], George William [m. Mary Jane Signer], Samuel [m. Mary Jane McGee and Isabelle McGee], Ascha, Sarah Ann [m. Alfred Campbell] , Thomas Jefferson [m. Julia Elizabeth McGee], Cynthia Ann, William H. [m. Ellen Ellis, daughter of David and Lucy (Storms) Ellis], Andrew Baker [m. Lucinda Christie], Joseph F. [m. Eliza Harris], and an infant that died young.
Many of George and Sally’s children moved west, fanning out across several states. William H. and Ellen (Ellis) Nicholson moved to Kansas and lived in southeast Kansas.