Judy, I have a Rev John C. NICHOLS (b 11/10/1848) who married Julie E. LAIRD (b 12/21/1847). They were from Onondaga, also. In 1880, they lived in Otisco and had a son, Ralph, who was one year old. They are all buried at Elbridge Rural Cemetery. It appears that Ralph died in 1897. Let me know if you find a connection. That is all I know about them. Rodger Airey