Family:William Nicol and Margaret Pollock (2)

William May Nicol, III

Birth: May 22, 1803, Carluke, Scotland
Death: Oct. 24, 1885, Stacyville, Mitchell County, Iowa, USA
Burial: Stacyville Cemetery, Stacyville, Mitchell County, Iowa, USA

WILLIAM M. NICOL, III (82 yrs.7 months) (twin) was the fourth child of William Nicol (1779- unknown) and Agnes Bronlee (1772-1855)(Scottish immigrants). He and his twin sister, Agnes Nancy Nicol 1803-1877) were born May 22, 1803 in Gillhead, Carluke, Lanarkshire Scotland. (His twin sister, Agnes, married William Austin. They converted to become Morman and went to Utah).

When William was 16 his family immigrated from Scotland to America and settled in Hammond, St. Lawrence County, NY around 1820.

It is said that William first met his future bride, Margaret Pollock, when he saved her from drowning after she fell overboard into the St. Lawrence River on the ferry traveling between Canada and New York. Their eventual marriage resulted in a happy family of 12 children all of whom were born in Hammond, St. Lawrence County, NY. William married Margaret Pollack on April 29, 1825 in Hammond, St. Lawrence county, NY.

In 1861 William and Margaret and some of their children made the difficult journey across the U.S. to find farm land in N.E. Iowa. They settled in Stacyville, Mitchell county, Iowa. They lived there with the exception of 8 years in which they lived in Dickinson county, Iowa.

William joined the Methodist Episcopal church, Stacyville, IA at age 62 and remained a consistent member till his death. He was for the last eight months incapacitated, but until that time he was actively and intelligently interested in all matters social and religious. He was a good citizen and valuable member of the community.
(Source: Find A Grave^[1])

Margaret Pollack Nicol

Birth: Feb. 2, 1808, Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Death: Mar. 17, 1897, Stacyville, Mitchell County, Iowa, USA
Burial: Stacyville Cemetery, Stacyville, Mitchell County, Iowa, USA

MARGARET POLLACK NICOL (89) was the daughter of John Pollack and Elizabeth Brown (Scotland). She was born in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, Scotland . Margaret immigrated from Scotland through Canada to the United States and settled with her parents in Hammond, St. Lawrence County, NY.

Margaret married William May Nicol, III. Ap. 29, 1825 in Hammond, St. Lawrence County, NY. The story goes that she met her husband when he saved her from drowning after she fell overboard on the ferry traveling between Canada and New York. They lived in upstate New York (Hammond) where their 12 children were born. Then in 1861 they and some of their children traveled by covered wagon to Northeastern Iowa. William, her husband, was a farmer. They had 12 children: 6 boys and 6 girls. She lived the remainder of their life in Mitchell county except for 8 years (1869 to 1875) when they homesteaded in Dickenson County, Iowa.
(Source: Find A Grave^[2])

William and Margaret's 12 children

1. Elizabeth Nancy Nicol b. July 24, 1826, in Hammond, St. Lawrence Co., NY. (Had twins) d. August 7, 1909, in West Virginia. Spouse: William Revillo Nichols.

2. Agnes Bronlee Nicol b. November 2, 1828, in Hammond, St. Lawrence Co., NY. d. January 23, 1907. Spouse: William Nichols Lynch. School teacher, Lake Park, Iowa and author.

3. Margaret Nicol (3 mo.) b. August 12, 1830, in Hammond, St. Lawrence Co., NY. d. October, 1830.

4. Robert Bruce Nicol b. August 18, 1831, in Hammond, NY. d. January 22, 1916, in Milford, Dickinson County, Iowa. Spouses: Mary Ann Kelly, Martha E. Fletcher. Civil war soldier(Company I 11th Reg. NY Cavalry).

5. William Wallace Nicol b. August 18, 1831, in Hammond, NY. d. April 22, 1904, in Little Cedar, Mitchell County, Iowa. Spouse: Altamand Polly Nichols.

6. Margaret Ann Nicol b. November 2, 1833, in Hammond, NY. d. December 5, 1923, in Clifty,WV. Buried: Kesler Memorial Presbyterian Cemetery. Spouse: (1)George Bissel Hitchcock, (2)John Kesler.

7. John Nicol b. October 16, 1836 in Hammond, NY. d. January 26, 1856, in Hammond, NY died of consumption.

8. Violet Catherine Nicol (my ancestor) b. June 6, 1838, in Hammond,DeKalb County, NY. d. January 24, 1914, in Stacyville, Mitchell County, Iowa. Spouse: James Brainard.

9. James Ross Nicol b. February 1, 1841, in Hammond, New York. d. October, 1863, in Civil War battle skirmish near New Berne, North Carolina. Burial place unknown.

10. David M. Nicol (Farmer) b. July 31, 1843, in Hammond, NY. d. April, 1922, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. Spouse: Mary Blackler Buried in Angelus Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles, California (Civil War Union soldier Company K, 27th Reg., Iowa Infantry)

11. Clark Levi Nicol b. July 8, 1847, in Hammond, NY. d. March 3, 1919, in Excelsior, Dickinson County, Iowa. buried in Excelsior Cemetery. Spouse: Mary Ellen Anderson.

12. Martha "Mattie" Jeanette Nicol b. May 29, 1851, in Hammond, NY. d.October, 1934. Buried in Silver Lake Cemetery in Lake Park, Dickinson County, Iowa. Spouse: John Dickensen. First school teacher in Lake Park, IA.
(Source: Find A Grave^[1][2])

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} [Memorial# 30641052, in Find A Grave.

   William May Nicol, III

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Memorial# 30642415, in Find A Grave.

   Margaret Pollack Nicol