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Female Mary Ida Nickelson Click to view Mary Ida Nickelson in the family tree

Mary Ida was born on February 10th, 1871 in ,Stewart, GA.  Mary Ida's father was Nathaniel Nunn NICHOLSON and her mother was Mary Elizabeth DAWSON.  Her paternal grandparents were John Candor Nickelson and Frances Fanny Nunn; her maternal grandparents were Malakiah DAWSON and Mary Marcus BROWN. She had a brother and two sisters, named Ira Britt, Mary Ida and Sallie.  She was the second oldest of the four children. She had nine half-brothers named James John, Martin Luther, William Jefferson, Leroy I, Daniel Melson, Nathan, Samuel Pratt, Martha and Calvin.  She died at the age of 80 in 1951 in Plains, Sumter Co GA.


Mary Ida's family with James Jackson Gordy

‌Mary Ida and James Jackson were married in a religious ceremony on September 6th, 1888 in Chattahoochee Co GA.  They had a daughter named Bessie Lillian.


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