William Wesley Nicholson

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Died at his home No.157 East Elm Street this morning, W. Wesley Nicholson, aged 75 years. He is survived by one daughter, Miss Grace Nicholson, of 157 East Elm Street; his stepmother, Mrs. Harmon Nicholson, of the Turnpike; one sister, Mrs. Harrison Russell, of the Big Creek Road. The funeral will be held at his late home Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The remains will be taken Monday morning on the six o'clock train to Spencertown, NY for interment.
(Evening Tribune-Times, Hornell, NY, Thursday, December 23, 1915)

William married Sarah Elizabeth Shurbin on 1 Sep 1865. Sarah was born on 23 Feb 1848; died on 8 Aug 1866 in Hornell, Steuben County, New York; was buried in Highland Cemetery, Avoca, Steuben County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Cora Pratt on 7 Sep 1867 in Hornell, Steuben County, New York. Cora (daughter of Ethan R. Pratt and Lucretia) was born on 22 Oct 1846 in New York; died on 22 Oct 1900 in Hornellsville, Steuben County, New York; was buried in Spencertown Cemetery, Spencertown, Columbia County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Late 1890 lived in Brooklyn studying music.

Miss Grace P. Nicholson who has been spending here holiday vacation with relatives in town has resumed her studies in the Knapp School of Music in Cincinnati.
(Evening Tribune, Hornell, NY, Saturday, January 6, 1906)

Missionary To Speak At Old St. John's
Miss Grace P. Nicholson will her the speaker Wednesday, May 22, at Old St. John's Church. She was a missionary in China for 17 1/2 years. She went to China in 1923 and first worked with the Rev. L. M. Anglin as a teacher in the Home of Onesiphorus, a large orphanage at Taian, Shantung Province. Here she came in contact with hundreds of pilgrims on their way to Tai Shan, one of the five sacred mountains of China. This is the largest of the peaks and has been considered holy ground for thousands of years. After some nine years of association with the orphanage, she took some of the young people of the institution and began to establish village work. That year three new stations were opened. Two new churches were built in this spring of 1940. After the dedication of the new church at Pu-Chi, the pressure of the Japanese made it necessary for her to leave China for her first furlough. She returned to this country in 1940 and is planning to return to China as soon as war conditions will allow.
(Seneca County News, Waterloo, NY, Thursday, May 16, 1946)

Miss Grace P. Nicholson of Hornell led vespers Sunday evening. She gave a very interesting account of her work for over 17 years In North China. Her work was some time at the orphanage at Taian, teaching and together with these young people at the orphanage she opened up village work later. That village work is still going on under the oversight of these same Chinese workers. The work is growing, and in spite of the Communist menace people are turning to the Lord and Saviour. The interesting book she has written Is of her life and experiences and work there, makes very helpful reading. "Light Bearers of Shan Tung" is the name of the book. Several copies were distributed.
(The Castilian, Castile,NY, Thursday, October 2, 1947)