According to the 1850 census taken in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, in which he was enumerated as age 27, was living with his 21 year old wife, their three children and a Shaver family member, more of whom lived next door, he was born c.1823.[2]
He died on December 7, 1919 in Texas and was laid to rest in Mount Tabor Cemetery in Madison County Texas. According to his gravestone he died at 112 years old.[1]
Sources
↑ 1.01.1 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 February 2020), memorial page for William Pinkney Nickerson (22 Feb 1807–7 Dec 1919), Find A Grave Memorial no. 61121020, citing Mount Tabor Cemetery, Madison County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Melody (contributor 47137329) .Find A Grave: Memorial #61121020. Photo of gravestone included.
↑ 2.02.1 "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJQ-WRN : 12 April 2016), Wm P Nickerson, Bossier parish, Bossier, Louisiana, United States; citing family 1258, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Wm P Nickerson Male 27 Louisiana
Nancy Nickerson Female 21 Louisiana
Mary E Nickerson Female 5 Louisiana
Wm R Nickerson Male 3 Louisiana
Elijah T Nickerson Male 0 Louisiana
Anderson Shaver Male 29 Arkansas
↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3QK-7GD : 13 March 2018), Wm Pinckney Nickerson in entry for William Richard Nickerson, 24 Mar 1929; citing certificate number 14488, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,114,763.
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