Nicholson, Novella Pool, 1860-1924

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Novella Maria (Pool) Nicholson was born to Patrick V.C. Pool and Mary E. Jones Pool in Farmer City, Ill. In 1879 she moved by covered wagon with her family to Kansas where her father took a homestead and practiced law. She taught in a sod school house. She married William Austin Nicholson in 1883 and the family moved to Tacoma, Wash., in 1889, where Austin Nicholson died from injuries from a boating accident in 1904. Novella was involved in the WCTU in Kansas and remained so in Washington.

From the description of Novella Pool Nicholson papers, 1880-1923 and undated. (Washington State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 730257381

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correspondedWith Nicholson, William Austin, d. 1904 person
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correspondedWith Pool, Patrick V. C. person
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Place Name Admin Code Country
Cherokee Strip (Okla. and Kan.)
Wellington (Kan.)
Milan (Kan.)
Tacoma (Wash.)
Kansas
Washington (State)
Washington (State)--Tacoma
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Actions and defenses
Agriculture
Business enterprises
Frontier and pioneer life
Temperance
Women pioneers
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Women pioneers
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Birth 1860

Death 1924

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