Towner Lee Nicholson: Our Family History

Generation: 1

Towner Lee Nicholson was born on 17 Mar 1886 in Mississippi (son of Godfrey Lee Nicholson and Margaret Ellen Boutwell); died on 18 Mar 1934 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; was buried in Salem Cem, Wayne Co, Mississippi.

Towner married Rista Bell Cooley on 17 Jan 1909. Rista (daughter of Andrew Moses Cooley and Martha Jane Strickland) was born on 25 Oct 1892 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; died on 18 Mar 1942 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; was buried in Salem Cem, Wayne Co, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

Godfrey Lee Nicholson was born on 2 Nov 1860 in Rawls Springs, Mississippi (son of Benjamin Elijah Nicholson and Mary Matilda Holley); died on 4 Jun 1937 in Wayne Co, Mississippi.

Godfrey married Margaret Ellen Boutwell on 25 Mar 1880 in Wayne Co, Mississippi. Margaret was born on 3 Oct 1861 in Jones Co, Mississippi; died on 2 Mar 1922 in Wayne Co, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret Ellen Boutwell was born on 3 Oct 1861 in Jones Co, Mississippi; died on 2 Mar 1922 in Wayne Co, Mississippi.

Children:

1. Towner Lee Nicholson was born on 17 Mar 1886 in Mississippi; died on 18 Mar 1934 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; was buried in Salem Cem, Wayne Co, Mississippi.
James Thomas Nicholson was born on 10 Jun 1890; died on 23 Jul 1950 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; was buried in Hollis Creek Cem, Hollis Creek, Wayne Co, Mississippi.
Ella Nicholson was born on 27 Sep 1895 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; died on 23 Nov 1974 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; was buried in Salem Cem, Wayne Co, Mississippi.

Generation: 3

4.	Benjamin Elijah Nicholson was born in 1828 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; died in 1862 in Warwickshire, England. Benjamin married Mary Matilda Holley about 1849 in Mississippi. Mary was born in 1830 in Wilcox Co, Alabama; died on 24 Feb 1895 in Covington Co, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Matilda Holley was born in 1830 in Wilcox Co, Alabama; died on 24 Feb 1895 in Covington Co, Mississippi.

Children:

S. Daniel McCoy Nicholson, Sr. was born on 26 Feb 1850 in Rawl Springs, Wayne Co, Mississippi; died on 31 Aug 1925 in Wayne Co, Mississippi.
James D. Nicholson was born on 17 May 1857 in Mississippi; died on 2 Nov 1945 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; was buried in Mulberry Cem, Wayne Co, Mississippi.
2. Godfrey Lee Nicholson was born on 2 Nov 1860 in Rawls Springs, Mississippi; died on 4 Jun 1937 in Wayne Co, Mississippi.