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- J. W. Nicholson Passes at 92; Cast 71 Votes
Former Hornell Fire Chief Was Oldest Steuben Democrat
Hornell, Dec. 20.—(Special Dispatch)—Jonathan W. Nicholson, 92, former Hornell fire chief and alderman and said to be the oldest Democrat in Steuben County, died in his home at 109 Genesee Street here today.
Mr. Nicholson had voted for 71 consecutive years, casting his first ballot in 1863 and his last at this year’s November election. He was one of the founders and served 21 years as president of the Hornellsville Co-operative and Loan Association, and was a teller and director of the Citizens National Bank until his retirement in 1924.
One of Mr. Nicholson’s first employers, Charles Cadogan, still is living, at 98 years of age, three doors from the Nicholson residence. Before going to work for Mr. Cadogan, Mr. Nicholson was employed by Ell & Brown as a grocery clerk in 1859. Later he was engaged in the retail shoe business.
He was president of Hope Cemetery Association, a life member of Hornellsville Lodge, F. and A.M., and of Steuben Chapter, R.A.M. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. George L. Moore of Owego; a son, J. Arthur Nicholson of Hornell; two grandchildren, Mrs. Lewis H. Davenport of Erie, Pa., and J. Wilton Nicholson of Rochester; a great-grandson, Henry Davenport of Erie; two sisters, Mrs. Samantha Emery of Winthrop, Mass., and Mrs. Mary Newman of Canandaigua.
Funeral will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in the home, with burial in Hope Cemetery.
(Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York, Friday, December 21, 1934)
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