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Iola Fern Nickell
1897 - 1981 (83 years)-
Name Iola Fern Nickell Born 8 Jul 1897 Browning, Linn, Missouri, United States 
[1] Gender Female AFN S1RZ-Q2 Buried Jan 1981 Browning, Linn, Missouri, United States Died 3 Jan 1981 Browning, Linn, Missouri, United States [2] Person ID I3270 Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark Last Modified 11 Jan 2014
Father Joseph Nickell, b. 25 Oct 1875, Linn, Missouri, United States , d. 25 Nov 1936, Browning, Linn, Missouri, United States (Age 61 years) Mother Rosa Gertrude Smith, b. 23 Dec 1872, near Scottsville, Sullivan, Missouri , d. 20 Oct 1906, Sullivan, Missouri, United States (Age 33 years) Married 24 Mar 1895 Browning, Linn, Missouri, United States [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] Family ID F626 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Guilford Thomas Woodward, b. 15 Aug 1895, Browning, Linn, Missouri, United States , d. 14 Oct 1993 (Age 98 years) Married 17 Sep 1916 Sullivan, Missouri, United States [11] Children + 1. Mildred Effie Woodward, b. 26 Feb 1918, Browning, Linn, Missouri, United States , d. 20 Feb 2009, Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States (Age 90 years)+ 2. Joseph Wyan Woodward, b. 19 Nov 1919, Browning, Linn, Missouri, United States , d. 30 Apr 1991 (Age 71 years)Last Modified 22 Nov 2014 Family ID F1139 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 8 Jul 1897 - Browning, Linn, Missouri, United States 
Married - 17 Sep 1916 - Sullivan, Missouri, United States Buried - Jan 1981 - Browning, Linn, Missouri, United States Died - 3 Jan 1981 - Browning, Linn, Missouri, United States = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - 1897 BIRTH: MO, Sullivan Co-Browning: Iola Fern Nickell born 8 July 1897, known as Fern
1900 CENSUS: MO,Sullivan Co-Duncan Twp, Browning City: Dw #109: Iola F Nickell 2/MO, born July 1896, daughter of Joseph and Rosa G Nickell
1910 CENSUS: MO,Sullivan Co-Duncan Twp, Browning: 39 North Street, pg 94: Iola F Nickell age 12 bn Missouri, daughter of Joseph Nickell, widower
1916 MARRIAGE: MO,Sullivan Co: Iola Fern Nickell married Guilford Thomas Woodward 17 Sep 1916
1936 HIST: Obit of father, Browning MO Leader-Rcd, 3 Dec 1936: "Fern Woodward of this city"
1967 HIST: Obit for sister, Browning Leader-Record 5 Jan 1967: "sister Fern, Mrs G T Woodward,
Browning"
1981 DEATH: MO,Sullivan Co-Browning: Iola Fern Nickell Woodward died 2 Jan 1981
NOTES: Publisher of Browning Leader-Record, newspaper. "History of Sullivan Co,MO", Vol I, pg 37: Paper begun 1 Sep 1886. Owned by Fern's father in law, then by Fern and her husband.
June 1991: Tried calling Browning paper-no paper. Given city hall no. and tried calling many times-no answer: 1 619 946 4215. Also tried to reach any Bales or Nickells in Fairbury, Nebraska...Ron Nickells (or Bales) 729-2776. Others: Lewis, Sylvester.
"Descendants.." says Iola spent her entire life in the Browning,Missouri area. She and her husband both worked in the office of Browning's paper, the Leader Record, which was owned by husband's parents. In 1936 they became the owners of the Leader Record and operated it until ill health forced
them to close the doors.
- 1897 BIRTH: MO, Sullivan Co-Browning: Iola Fern Nickell born 8 July 1897, known as Fern
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Sources - [S282] Descendants of John and Abigail Thurlo, 929.273 t425.
Iola Fern Nickell born 8 July 1897, known as Fern, no place shown - [S282] Descendants of John and Abigail Thurlo, 929.273 t425.
Iola Fern Nickell died 3 Jan 1981, no place shown - [S248] Family Rcds: HALLMARK, June B Smith.
Joseph Nickell md Gertrude Smith 24 March 1895, Sullivan Co MO
June Smith Hallmark as given her by father Edward Vern Smith, a brother to Rosa Gertrude Smith - [S282] Descendants of John and Abigail Thurlo, 929.273 t425.
Joseph Nickell md Gertrude Smith 24 March 1895, no place shown - [S226] US Military Pension Rcds, Pension Claim 692,296 pg 13.
Joseph Nickell of Browning, Sullivan Co MO, over age of 21, md Gertrude Smith of Browning, Sullivan Co MO, over age of 18, on 24 Mar 1895 at White Oak Church, Sullivan Co [north of Browning]. Married by MRF Nickell, Joseph's father & their minister
Certified copy of Marriage License
Date: 11 August 1891 - [S281] Obituaries of the Browning Leader-Record, Vol 1-6, Vol 3, pg 56.
Joe Nickell... He married Gertrude Smith 24 Mar 1895, Sullivan Co MO
Obit for Joseph Nickell
Date: 3 December 1936 - [S283] History of Sullivan Co Missouri, Vol 1, pg 694.
Joseph Nickell md Gertrude Smith 24 March 1895, Sullivan Co MO - [S422] Internet: Ancestry.com, Anc.com img 18, MG Lic Bk, pg 203 [?].
Marriage License issue to Joseph E Nickell of Browning, Sullivan Co MO, under 21 and Gertrude Smith of Browning, Sullivan Co MO, over 18... father's consent filed... STATE OF MISSOURI, Co of Sullivan: This is to certify that the undersigned, a Minister of the Gospel, did at White Oak Church [north Browning] in said county, on the 24th day of March AD, 1895, unite in marriage the above named persons. Signed M. R. F. Nickell; recorded 8th April 1895, Joe McCallister, Recorder
Missouri Marriage Rcds 1805-2002, searched 1-19-2009, copy of Marriage License page but cannot read the page number well [blackened] - [S422] Internet: Ancestry.com, Anc.com img 97, Reg of MG pg 50.
#57 Mar 21, 1895, Joseph Nickell 20 and Gertrude Smith 20, License returned to record April 5, 1895, performed by MRF Nickell, M G., recorded bk 4... father's consent filed.
Missouri Marriage Rcds 1805-2002, searched 1-19-2009, copy of pg 50 from Register of Marriage Licenses issued in Sullivan County. - [S248] Family Rcds: HALLMARK, June B Smith.
...we are double cousins - your grandmother Smith was a sister to my husband's mother and your Grandad Mark was my mother's brother. There were 3 daughters and 1 son in the family, all dead.
Letter from Mrs Neva Nickell Bales
Date: 21 February 1962 - [S282] Descendants of John and Abigail Thurlo, 929.273 t425.
Iola Fern Nickell married Guilford Thomas Woodward 17 Sep 1916, no place shown
- [S282] Descendants of John and Abigail Thurlo, 929.273 t425.