Noble H. Nichols
Noble H. Nichols, farmer, P. O. Garrettsville, Ohio, was born in Essex County, N. Y., May 29, 1825; son of Andrew and Sallie (Haven) Nichols, natives of the same county and State, born September 27, 1790, and July 17, 1797, respectively; former was a Sergeant in the war of 1812; they were married January 7, 1819. Andrew Nichols remained in New York State until 1832, when he came to Ohio and settled with his wife in Shalersville Township, this county, where they created a home and raised a family of five sons and five daughters: Polly M., Koby D., Paris C, Noble H., Lucretia O., Mason E., James H., Martha L., Rossella J., Albert M. The father was an active Democrat all his life, and died in Shalersville Township at the age of seventy-seven years; his widow also died here, aged seventy-five years. Their remains are interred in the Shalersville Cemetery, this county. Our subject was married, April 11, 1844, to Miss Ursula B. Drake, of Shalersville Township, born in Hampshire County. Mass., November 28, 1822, daughter of Stimpson W. and Abigail (Joslin) Drake, also natives of Massachusetts, who married, lived and died in Hampshire County, that State. The wife of our subject came to Ohio in 1843 and is now the mother of eight children: Marcus H., George F., Charles L., Addie L., Henry C, Ida M., William A. and Clarence P. Ida and Andrew died in infancy. Our subject purchased land first in Shalersville Township in 1847. In 1850 he sold this and purchased in Mantua Township, and eight years later removed to Hiram Township, where he has since resided, and is now the owner of over 1,000 acres of land. He and his wife are members of the Disciples Church.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885