Ethan R. Pratt

Family/Spouse: Lucretia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cora married William Wesley Nicholson on 7 Sep 1867 in Hornell, Steuben County, New York. William (son of Harmon Nicholson and Sally Smith) was born on 6 Jul 1839 in Hornellsville, Steuben County, New York; died on 23 Dec 1915 in Hornell, 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)