The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, March 4, 1909 W.H. NICKELL, of Lucas, died last Saturday at his home in Lucas after an illness or decline lasting several months. He was over 80 years of age and one of the best known men in the county, settling in Jackson Township in an early day. During the Cleveland administration he served as postmaster at Lucas and for many years was the local magistrate of justice. He was true as steel to his obligations and in his active days a leader of affairs. The funeral occurred Tuesday, Rev. W.H. Larrick, of Massena, conducting the service, and the Masonic Order, of which he was a member, conjoined with their rites. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert May 31, 2005 iggy29@rnetinc.net