Thank you for your reply. I I have written to him without a reply. will wait some more and see if he responds. Again thank you ruth Joe Armstrong <SgtMaj@zianet.com> wrote:Jane If you are looking for "ANYTHING" Nickell, I would say your best bet would be to start with Don Nickell. I don't think anyone would argue with me on that Don is THE authority on Nickell. E-mail Address(es): dnickell@adelphia.net dnickell@icehouse.net Personal Information: Web Page: http://nickell.tierranet.com/john/nickell.htm Good Hunting Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "janemc" To: Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 2:46 PM Subject: [KYMORGAN] Nickell family > I am the GG Grand daughter of Elizabeth Lizzie Nickell and Greenville T. > Little and I am new to your List as of today. > I am looking for information about Elizabeth Lizzie Nickell's mother, > Elizabeth [called Bettie]. It has been tradition in my family that this > Bettie's maiden name was Baker and that she was born in Perry Co., Ky. and > that maybe true but I am needing to get some facts straight about this. I > want my information to be accurate and when I've looked on the internet on > Ancestry. com and the Mormon site, there are two different families claiming > that Elizabeth Nickell who was married to John B. Nickell's parents were > John Jackson Baker and Mary Campbell. One of those families comes from our > line and the other says that John Jackson Baker and Mary Campbell had a > daughter named Elizabeth Baker called Betsy who married twice, once to a > John Shepherd and they had children and then to a James Jim Hendrix. I don't > want to put John Jackson Baker and Mary Campbell down as the parents of my > Bettie Nickell if they are not but don't want to throw that out either if > they are. Here is what I have and I am hoping that maybe someone up there > can help me to see if it is correct and then to find out who Bettie Nickell > who married John B. Nickell's parents were. > I have John B. Nickell born 1816-1819 in Morgan Co., Ky. and married > Elizabeth Bettie ? on March 22, 1839 [I sure would like ot have a copy of > their marriage record or at least know what it says so I could find out what > Bettie's maiden name was]. I have the marriage record of my Charles Little > and Charlotte Bryant Little who married in 1824 in Morgan Co., Ky. and of > his parents Peter D. Little and Hannah Minton who also married in 1824 for > the second time so if there is one as far back as that, surely there is one > for the year of 1839 or somewhere there abouts. I have had two different > people looking for it and they can't find it. I don't know if maybe they > were married in another county or what???? > Anyway, I have that John B. Nickell died in 1891 in Washington Co., Arkansas > and is buried there in the Nickell cemetery along with his wife, Bettie and > their son Joseph D. Little and other Nickell's. On Elizabeth [Bettie] > Nickell, I have that she was born in Sept. of 1818 or 1822 in Perry Co., Ky. > and that she died in July of 1899 or 1900 in Washington Co., Ark. > The children of John B.Nickell and BEttie were: > 1. Priscilla Nickell born 1840 in Morgan Co., Ky. > 2. Elizabeth Lizzie Nickell born Dec. 30, 1841 in Morgan Co., Ky. and > married Greenville T. Little in 1860 [would like to know about their > marriage record also]. She died on Jan. 3, 1929 in Dallas, Texas. > 3. Robert Nickell born 1844 in Morgan Co., Ky. and died in 1852. > 4. Mary Pertinia Nickell born 1845 in Morgan Co.,KY. and married John Lyons > in 1869 and died in 1886 in Ark. > 5. Andrew Thomas Nickell called Spaniard. He was born June 3, 1850 in Morgan > Co.,Ky. and married China Perlina Wallen abt. 1871. He died on Nov. 3, 1916 > in Washington Co., Ark. and is buried there, I think. > 6. Henry E. Nickell born 1852 in Morgan Co., Ky. and married 1. Orlena Jane > Wilson; 2. Halley Banks; 3. Adeline Wells. He died on March 5, 1926 in Wolfe > Co., Ky. > 7. Nancy Jane Nickell born Jan. 31, 1854 in Morgan Co., Ky. and married > Abner Terry Shackelford on July 14, 1874 in Wolfe Co., Ky. and died Feb. 16, > 1935 in Hazel Valley, Ark. > 8. Frances "Fanny" Nickell born June 1855 in Morgan Co., Ky. and married > Stanley Gossit Shackelford in 1877. I don't know when or where she died. > 9. Perlina "Line" Nickell born Nov. 1857 in Morgan Co., Ky. and married > William Stanford Bud Shackelford in 1878. She died in 1948 but don't know > where she died. > 10. Joseph D. Nickell born 1859-60 in Morgan Co., Ky. and married Mary Jane > Leslie in 1888 and he died in 1917 and is buried beside his parents in > Washington Co., Ark. > I would like to find descendants of these children. If I could get a > death certificate on any of these children, it might have the maiden name of > their mother on it. I would like to at least find out for sure what Bettie > Nickell's maiden name was. That would be a place to start and something that > we could have as proven evidence of her maiden name or perhaps someone has a > family Bible with this information in it that could share that info. with > me. Sure hope to hear from someone on this and maybe have some help with a > marriage record for John B. Nickell and his wife Elizabeth Bettie and or a > death certificate info. on some of these descendants. > Thanks so much, > Jane Little McEndree > janemc@airmail.net > > > >